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Romney Avenue, Folkestone, CT20

Land size
0.77 acres

Description

SITUATION
The land is located adjacent to Romney Avenue on the Golden Valley Estate, which offers a promenade of individual shops, take away restaurants, and The Golden Arrow public house.
The nearby Sandgate Village is about a half a mile walk and famous for its antique shops, which also offers local shops, restaurants as well as the beachfront where you can enjoy miles of lovely walks. The nearby Enscombe Park is a haven for natural wildlife, Henry VIII restored Sandgate Castle on the seafront together with a Napoleonic Martello Tower, all of which adds character and history to the village of Sandgate. Folkestone is also easily reached, which offers a wider range of facilities, along with the Folkestone Leas, also famous for its Victorian water lift, and bandstand.
There is a good choice of schools in and around the area and includes boys’ and girls’ grammar schools.
Recreation facilities, include a sports centre, swimming pools, football, bowls and cricket, there is a good choice of local golf courses, and fishing and water sports can be found along the coast and Royal Military Canal.
Transport links are also good, with the M20 linking into the A2/M2, M25 and other motorway networks.
The high-speed train operates from Folkestone Central, and Folkestone West into London St Pancras in less than an hour. Eurotunnel at Cheriton and the Port of Dover both provide services to the continent.

DESCRIPTION
The land occupies a generous plot of 0.77 of an acre and has planning consent to build eight semi-detached, three and four-bedroomed houses of an attractive and contemporary design.
The plots include gardens and parking. For further information please visit the Folkstone & Hythe planning website ref Y19/0925/FH and Y18/1013/FH, or call Whitney homes.

FEATURES
• Entrance hall
• WC
• Sitting room
• Open plan kitchen/dining room
• Master bedroom
• En-suites to most units
• Three and four bedrooms
• Family bathrooms
• Parking
• Gardens
• 0.774 of acre

VIEWINGS
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DIRECTIONS
From Sandgate High Street, turn into Military Road, then take first right onto Enbrook Road, Romney Avenue is the fourth turning on the right. The plot will be found on the right next to Turner Court.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-10-01

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

80 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good GoodO2 Good NoneThree Good GoodVodafone Good None

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Sandgate Primary School317 metresOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    419
    Type
    Community school
  • Morehall Primary School and Nursery798 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    249
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • All Soul's Church of England Primary School864 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    256
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Cheriton Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    391
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Harcourt Primary School0.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    179
    Type
    Foundation school

Secondary

  • The Folkestone School for Girls566 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,145
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • The Harvey Grammar School835 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,005
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys
  • Turner Free School0.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    997
    Type
    Free schools
  • Folkestone Academy1.2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    936
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Brockhill Park Performing Arts College3.6 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,314
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Cheriton, Folkestone859 metres
Morrisons Cheriton Folkestone, Folkestone0.6 miles
M&S Cheriton Folkestone BP, Folkestone0.7 miles

GP surgery

White House Surgery681 metres

Pharmacy

Paydens Pharmacy752 metres

Hospital

Royal Victoria Hospital1.1 miles

Green space

Playing Field134 metres

Walking trail

North Downs Way1.2 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Folkestone West Rail Station550 metres

Nearest bus stop

Golden Valley Shopping Centre139 metres

Typical drive times

Dover14 min · 9.9 miles
Hythe9 min · 3.6 miles
Ashford22 min · 16 miles
Folkestone4 min · 1.6 miles
Canterbury (city)27 min · 17 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Medium to low risk (1 in 100 to 1 in 1000)

Not at the pin: mapped about 20 metres away.

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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