Cheriton High Street
Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 40/100; transport-stop proximity 60/100; daily amenities 16/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 41/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £200,000 from 73 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; family indicators 70/100; green-space proximity 41/100; daily amenities 16/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 60/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 16/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £200,000 from 73 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; green-space proximity 41/100; daily amenities 16/100; amenity proximity 60/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 60/100; daily amenities 16/100; area-safety proxy 40/100. Recorded median sale price: £200,000 from 73 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
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Score 16/100. Check the available shops and services against your daily needs.
Score 40/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Cheriton High Street is located in Folkestone and Hythe, near Folkestone, Kent. The associated LSOA area has 289 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. The dataset records 1 nearby amenities. The closest is an ATM at 61m. Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Hawkins Road) is 63m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £200,000, with a +26% difference between the sampled annual medians five years apart; this is not repeat-sales appreciation or a forecast. Based on 73 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,955; owner-occupied homes 30.6%; social housing 11%; retired population 18.8%; average household size 2.6. There are 4 schools within 2 km, 4 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 78/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 50/100. Its recorded district percentile is 63. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Terraced | Freehold | Transactions: High recorded volume
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Cheriton High Street, with detailed information for each.
libraries (2)
- Cheriton Library 563m · 7 min walk
- Sandgate Library 1939m · 24 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Cheriton Recreation Ground 374m · 5 min walk
- Golden Valley Park 931m · 12 min walk
- Staff Memorial Garden 1140m · 14 min walk
- Sandgate Park and Sandgate Recreation Ground 1433m · 18 min walk
- Wilberforce Park 1794m · 22 min walk
schools (5)
- All Soul's Church of England Primary School 544m · 7 min walk
- Harcourt Primary School 598m · 8 min walk
- Turner Free School 991m · 12 min walk
- Morehall Primary School and Nursery 1156m · 14 min walk
- Sandgate Primary School 1654m · 21 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Caesar's Way — Folkestone and Hythe50
- Sandling Road — Folkestone and Hythe54
- Risborough Lane — Folkestone and Hythe53
- Firs Close — Folkestone and Hythe54
- Firs Lane — Folkestone and Hythe55
Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees.
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