Collet Close Bodsham, Folkestone and Hythe
32 addresses across 3 postcodes (TN25), about 890 m (0.6 miles) long. USRN 34500989.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £266,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Folkestone and Hythe costs £2,539 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 64% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wye, about 6.4 km (4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 114 to 165 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wye Surgery, about 5.6 km (3.5 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £266,500 | £266,500 | £266,500 |
| 1995 | 2 | £49,500 | £40,000 | £59,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2017 | 2 TN25 5JG | Terraced | £266,500 | |
| 28 Apr 1995 | 1 TN25 5JG | Terraced | £40,000 | |
| 10 Jan 1995 | 1 TN25 5JG | Terraced | £59,000 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 104 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (2); before 1900 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (social) (1); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Folkestone and Hythe in 2026-27: Band D £2,539 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,693 | £1,975 | £2,257 | £2,539 | £3,103 | £3,667 | £4,231 | £5,078 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (22% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- HOLT LODGE, grade II
- TIMBER BATTS PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN25 5JQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN25 5JG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN25 5JH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 32 addresses are between 114 m and 165 m above sea level (152 m on average); the ground rises about 51 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN25 5JG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TN25 5JH | 64% | 64% | 64% | 0% |
| TN25 5JQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wye 229,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Westenhanger 63,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Chilham 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Park Corner Evington | 190 m |
| Ferry terminal | Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 50 km (31 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 84.2 km (52 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wye Surgery | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wye Dental Surgery | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Gstt @ William Harvey Hospital | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Police station | Ashford Police Station | 10.4 km (6.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 170 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4,020 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St James, a listed building (Grade I), 820 m (0.5 miles) south-east. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St James | Listed building, Grade I | 820 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Oval barrow in Shrub's Wood | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Elchin Wood | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Shrub's Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Doves Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Fishponds Bottom | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Swinyard's Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-east |
| Trout Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 32 |
9 of the street's 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Folkestone and Hythe: see them on the Folkestone and Hythe page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodsham Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 310 m | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Batts Inn TN25 5JQ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 370 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 31 Oct 2021 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (kent).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- TN25 5JQ: 27 addresses of 32 in the postcode
- TN25 5JG: 4 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- TN25 5JH: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
All the streets in TN25 and across Folkestone and Hythe.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.