Dover
CT18 house prices in Dover
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Dover, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£355,000
Range £244,500–£600,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in CT18: the typical (median) sold price is £355,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). CT18 is an active market, with about 19 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were detached homes (typically £465,000) and 27% were semi-detached homes (typically £345,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,462 a year: Dover's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dover, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on CT18: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
CT18 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 19 sales a month, which suits pricing from the latest sold homes better than from any single average or trend.
For sellers, £355,000 is the middle of a £244,500 to £600,000 range, so check where your home would sit among the recent sales before choosing a number; roughly 19 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseWhen buying here, on price, CT18 is well above the UK average, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Before you offer in CT18, check planning history nearby (160 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,462 a year), and ask your conveyancer about the title.
To see this next to flood, crime, planning and council tax, run the free CT18 OfferCheck; the Report explains what matters for your home.
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At a glance
CT18 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£355,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
18.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,462
A year
On the map
Where CT18 sits in Dover
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in CT18
27, PAY STREET, FOLKESTONE
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£370,000
20, JUNIPER WAY, FOLKESTONE
Terraced · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£380,000
3, ROBUS CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£366,000
7, KIPPING CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£302,500
54, LEWIS ROAD, FOLKESTONE
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£260,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). CT18 includes the Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in CT18
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in CT18 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £465,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £182,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 97 | £465,000 | £324,000–£676,000 |
| Semi-detached | 65 | £345,000 | £262,000–£465,000 |
| Terraced | 65 | £290,000 | £240,000–£388,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 12 | £182,500 | £133,000–£217,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in CT18
The quarterly typical price fell 3.2%, from £370,000 in Q3 2025 (73 sales) to £358,000 in Q3 2026 (22 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £370,000 | 73 |
| Q4 2025 | £350,000 | 61 |
| Q1 2026 | £363,500 | 48 |
| Q2 2026 | £347,500 | 46 |
| Q3 2026 | £358,000 | 22 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of CT18 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most CT18 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £244,500 and £600,000, around a typical £355,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in CT18
Detached homes were 41% of recorded sales (97 of 239). 94% of sales were freehold and 6% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached41%
- Semi-detached27%
- Terraced27%
- Flat / maisonette5%
Tenure
- Freehold94%
- Leasehold6%
See the figures
236 freehold (94%) and 14 leasehold (6%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in CT18, including 9 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Dover (CT18) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £465,000 against £182,500 for flats: about 2.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (94%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 19 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 7 July 2025 and 19 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on CT18
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in CT18
£2,462
Band D a year in Dover, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,641 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,915 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,188 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,462 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,009 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,556 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,103 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,923 |
These are Dover's charges for 2026-27, the authority CT18 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Dover · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near CT18
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest The Churchill School.
All schools
The Churchill School
Primary · Academies · CT18 7RH
867 m
Good · 2015
Hawkinge Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CT18 7BN
1.1 km
Outstanding · 2019
Harcourt Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CT19 4NE
2.6 km
Good · 2013
Turner Free School
Middle deemed secondary · Free Schools · CT19 4PB
2.7 km
Good · 2022
Birchwood
Local authority maintained schools · CT19 4FP
2.8 km
Good · 2019
Folkestone Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · CT19 5FP
2.9 km
Good · 2022
Folkestone Primary
Primary · Academies · CT19 5FP
2.9 km
Good · 2023
All Soul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · CT19 4LG
3.0 km
Good · 2023
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the CT18 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near CT18
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around CT18
160
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
FolkestoneHythe/26/0890/FHUndecided
192 m
Retrospective application to incorporate the landscape buffer zone into a residential garden.
Received 2026-06-05
FolkestoneHythe/26/0795/FHUndecided
192 m
Retrospective application to Incorporate the landscape buffer zone into a residential garden.
Received 2026-05-20
FolkestoneHythe/26/0333/FHConditions
201 m
Change of use of the land into residential garden and erection of fencing.
Received 2026-03-05 · decided 2026-05-21
FolkestoneHythe/26/0178/FHConditions
266 m
Construction of a timber outbuilding.
Received 2026-02-09 · decided 2026-03-24
FolkestoneHythe/26/0116/FHConditions
408 m
Single storey rear extension
Received 2026-01-26 · decided 2026-04-01
FolkestoneHythe/25/1567/FHConditions
408 m
Change of use of existing attached residential annex to a treatment room.
Received 2025-08-18 · decided 2025-10-20
Applications are matched within 500 m of the CT18 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for CT18 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 160 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for CT18
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled CT18 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 8, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
CT18 7DN, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so CT18 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in CT18: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in CT18, band by band
Dover's council tax for 2026-27 set against the CT18 median sold price of £355,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearDover | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £355,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,641 | £137 | 0.46% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,915 | £160 | 0.54% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,188 | £182 | 0.62% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,462 | £205 | 0.69% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,009 | £251 | 0.85% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,556 | £296 | 1.00% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,103 | £342 | 1.16% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,923 | £410 | 1.39% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the CT18 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dover, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in CT18 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for CT18. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
27, PAY STREET, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7DN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-08-19
20, JUNIPER WAY, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7TU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-08-18
3, ROBUS CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 8JF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£366,000
2026-08-14
7, KIPPING CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7NY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£302,500
2026-08-07
54, LEWIS ROAD, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7SE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-08-07
5, JAMES CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 8NL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-08-04
1, WADDINGTON DRIVE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7NU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-08-04
17, TRUNLEY WAY, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7SD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£470,000
2026-08-04
8, TRUNLEY WAY, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7SD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-08-03
109, THE STREET, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7DF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-31
18, THE SIDINGS, FOLKESTONE
CT18 8HH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-31
41, ALEXANDRA ROAD, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7LS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£293,000
2026-07-30
CANDLESPUR, FOLKESTONE
CT18 8LW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-07-28
23, PAY STREET, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7DN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-07-24
2, STANSFELD AVENUE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7SA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-07-24
31, PAXTON AVENUE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7GW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-22
4, HASKARD CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7NB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£368,000
2026-07-15
7, CLOUSTON CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7RN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-15
23, ST MICHAELS WALK, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7EE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£555,000
2026-07-13
17, WENTWORTH CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 8LZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-07-09
35, MOUNT PLEASANT CLOSE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 8HF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-03
9, MITCHELL AVENUE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7QY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-03
37, LANCASTER DRIVE, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7SW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£362,500
2026-06-30
25, PAY STREET, FOLKESTONE
CT18 7DN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-06-29
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near CT18
The closest districts to CT18 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in CT20 (Folkestone) 2.5 miles
- House prices in CT21 (Hythe) 4.4 miles
- House prices in CT17 (Dover) 6.4 miles
- House prices in CT16 (Dover) 6.8 miles
- House prices in CT15 (Dover) 7 miles
- House prices in CT4 (Canterbury) 8.3 miles
- House prices in TN25 (Ashford) 9.3 miles
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Data sources
Every CT18 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.