CT50 1ZY

Sandgate & West Folkestone · Folkestone and Hythe · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Postcode district
CT50
Postcode sector
CT50 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT20 3SE 1 m
CT20 3YY 1 m
CT20 3ZB 1 m
CT20 3ZD 1 m
CT20 3ZE 1 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT50 1ZY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT50
Postcode sector
CT50 1
Latitude
51.075704
Longitude
1.149148
British National Grid easting
620,692
British National Grid northing
135,426

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Folkestone and Hythe · E07000112
Parish or community
E04005041
Westminster constituency
Folkestone and Hythe · E14001239
Output area
E00124463
Lower layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 006H · E01024521
Middle layer super output area
Folkestone and Hythe 006 · E02005107

Postcode source versions

Explore CT50

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. The Folkestone School for Girls

    Academy converter

    186 m
  2. Sandgate Primary School

    Community school

    494 m
  3. School of English Studies

    Miscellaneous

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,380
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 516
  • Anti social behaviour 216
  • Criminal damage and arson 178
  • Other theft 92
  • Public order 89

GP practices

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • SANDGATE ROAD

    180 SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2HN

    ODS code G82121

    700 m

  • WHITE HOUSE SURGERY

    1 CHERITON HIGH STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT19 4PU

    ODS code G82069

    1.3 km

  • MANOR CLINIC

    31 MANOR ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 2SE

    ODS code G82232

    1.8 km

  • GUILDHALL STREET SURGERY

    65-69 GUILDHALL STREET, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1EJ

    ODS code G82091

    2.1 km

  • HARBOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FOLKESTONE HEALTH CENTRE, 15-25 DOVER ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT20 1JY

    ODS code G82217

    2.4 km

  • THE NEW SURGERY

    128 CANTERBURY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, CT19 5SR

    ODS code G82086

    2.7 km

  • SUN LANE

    5 SUN LANE, HYTHE, CT21 5JY

    ODS code G82018

    4.3 km

  • OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE

    STADE STREET, HYTHE, CT21 6BD

    ODS code G82160

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.1 miles
  • Folkestone School for Girls

    BCT · Folkestone

    0.1 miles
  • Enbrook Road

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.2 miles
  • The Crescent

    BCT · Sandgate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Folkestone and Hythe 006H, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,054 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. The Folkestone School for Girls is the nearest published school at 186 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,380 published events cover 12 months, averaging 115 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 516 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.