Area Info for Postling (Kent)

Postling (Kent, UK)

Postling is a small village located in the county of Kent, in the southeastern part of England. It is situated near the town of Folkestone, which provides access to larger urban amenities and transportation links. The village is known for its rural character and historical significance within the region.

Geography and Location

Postling lies within the administrative district of Folkestone and Hythe. It is characterized by its scenic countryside, with surrounding farmland and natural landscapes. The proximity to the English Channel makes it a location with historical maritime connections.

History

While specific historical details about Postling are limited, the area is part of Kent, a county with a rich history dating back to Roman times. The village and its surroundings have historically been involved in agriculture and local trade. Nearby historical sites include old churches and remnants of traditional Kentish architecture.

Community and Amenities

Postling is a small community with a rural setting, and it may have limited local amenities. Residents often rely on nearby towns such as Folkestone for shopping, education, and other services. The village may host local events and activities typical of rural English communities.

Transport

Transport links in Postling are primarily road-based, with access to nearby towns via local roads. The proximity to Folkestone provides access to rail services, including the Folkestone Central and Folkestone West railway stations, offering connections to London and other parts of the UK.

Additional Information

Postling's appeal largely stems from its peaceful rural environment and its proximity to the coast. It is a desirable location for those seeking a quiet lifestyle within reach of larger towns and transportation networks.

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School
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College	1.68 miles
Sandling Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4HL
Lyminge Church of England Primary School	1.79 miles
Church Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 8JA
Saltwood CofE Primary School	1.83 miles
Grange Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4QS
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School	2.01 miles
St John`s Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4BE
Lympne Church of England Primary School	2.61 miles
Octavian Drive, Lympne, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4JG
Stowting Church of England Primary School	2.64 miles
Stowting, Stowting Hill, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6BE
Hythe Bay CofE Primary School	2.66 miles
Cinque Ports Avenue, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6HS
Sellindge Primary School	2.73 miles
Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6JY
Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School	2.97 miles
Horn Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3JJ
Cheriton Primary School	3.02 miles
Church Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3EP
Palmarsh Primary School	3.03 miles
St George`s Place, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6NE
Seabrook Church of England Primary School	3.35 miles
Seabrook Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5RL
Harcourt Primary School	3.37 miles
Biggins Wood Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4NE
All Souls' Church of England Primary School	3.52 miles
Stanley Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4LG
Elham Church of England Primary School	3.73 miles
Vicarage Lane, Elham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 6TT
Pent Valley Technology College	3.76 miles
Surrenden Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4ED

Clinic
New Lyminge Surgery	1.68 miles
Greenbanks, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 8NS
Counselling Team Ltd (Hythe)	2.53 miles
First Floor Offices, 6-8 Bank Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5AN
Hythe Clinic	2.54 miles
140-144 High Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5JU
Oaklands Health Centre	2.65 miles
Stade Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6BD
Cherry Tree House	2.78 miles
Cheriton High Street,, Folkestone, CT18 8AN
Cherry Tree House	2.78 miles
Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 8AN
Sellindge Practice Ltd HQ	2.83 miles
Main Road, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6JX
Eversley House	3.11 miles
19 Horn Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5SB
Baker Road Clinic	3.55 miles
Baker Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4NN
Sandgate Road Surgery	4.53 miles
180 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2HN
Ash Eton	4.69 miles
Radnor Park West, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5HL
Folkestone OOH Base	4.81 miles
Royal Victoria Hospital,, CT19 5BL
Shepway Community Mental Health Team	4.89 miles
Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, CT19 5BW
Counselling Team Ltd (Orchard House)	5.09 miles
Orchard House, 2 Bouverie Road West, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2RX
Specsavers Hearcare - Coastal Kent - Folkstone	5.25 miles
6 Alexandra Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1SS
Folkestone Health Centre	5.28 miles
15-25 Dover Road,, Folkestone, CT20 1JY

GP
New Lyminge Surgery	1.68 miles
New Lyminge Surgery, Greenbanks, Lyminge, Folkestone Kent, CT18 8NS
The Surgery	1.91 miles
The Surgery, Church Road, Lyminge, Folkestone Kent, CT18 8HY
Sun Lane Surgery	2.56 miles
Sun Lane Surgery, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5JY
Oaklands Health Centre	2.65 miles
Oaklands Health Centre, Stade Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6BD
Dr G Del Bianco & Partners	2.83 miles
The Surgery, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6JX
Hawkinge And Elham	3.69 miles
The Surgery, Old Road, Elham, Canterbury Kent, CT4 6UH
Dr Jedrzejewski J A & Partners	3.72 miles
The White House, 1 Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4PU
The Surgery	4.33 miles
The Surgery Ingledene, 99 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Kent, CT18 7BS
Hawkinge And Elham	4.42 miles
Hawkinge Health Centre, 74 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Kent, CT18 7BP
Sandgate Road Surgery	4.53 miles
180 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, Folkestone, CT20 2HN
Dr Banik A N & Partner	4.85 miles
Park Farm Surgery, 1 Alder Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5BZ
Dr Amin Y Y	4.92 miles
Central Surgery, 86 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QH
Dr Fernandes M A A	5.00 miles
The Manor Clinic, 31 Manor Road, Folkestone, Kent, Kent, CT20 2SE
Dr Hossain M A & Partners	5.13 miles
65-69 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1EJ
The New Surgery	5.18 miles
The New Surgery, 128 Canterbury Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5SR
Folkestone East Family Practice	5.28 miles
Folkestone Health Centre, 15-25 Dover Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1JY

Hospital
Spire St Saviours Hospital	2.93 miles
71-73 Seabrook Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5BU
Royal Victoria Hospital (Folkestone)	4.81 miles
Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5BN
William Harvey Hospital (Ashford)	6.93 miles
Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LZ
Spencer Private Hospitals - Ashford	7.00 miles
William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LZ
Buckland Hospital	9.91 miles
Buckland Hospital, Coombe Valley Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 0HD
BMI The Chaucer Hospital	10.80 miles
Nackington Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7AR
Kent and Canterbury Hospital	11.14 miles
Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3NG
St Martin's Hospital	11.94 miles
Littlebourne Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1TD
Victoria Hospital, Deal	16.07 miles
Victoria Hospital, London Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 9UA
Faversham Cottage Hospital	16.34 miles
Stone Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8PS
Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital	17.66 miles
Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital, Northwood Road, Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 2HN
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital	18.40 miles
King Edward Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6EB
benenden hospital	19.55 miles
Goddards Green Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4AX
Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital	21.26 miles
Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DT
Dmc Community Dermatology Service - Swale CCG (Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital)	21.26 miles
Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4XX
Spencer Private Hospitals, Margate	23.42 miles
Spencer Private Hospitals, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Ramsgate Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4BG

Pharmacy
Lyminge Pharmacy	1.74 miles
21 Station Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 8HQ
Boots	2.52 miles
95-97 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5JH
Paydens Ltd	2.53 miles
110 High Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5LE
Paydens Ltd	2.65 miles
Oaklands, Stade Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6BD
Tesco Pharmacy	2.67 miles
Tesco Pharmacy, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4QJ
Paydens Pharmacy	3.67 miles
38, Cheriton High Street, Cheriton, Kent, CT19 4ET
Taylors Pharmacy	3.76 miles
362-364 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Cheriton, Kent, CT19 4DX
Vision Pharmacy	4.13 miles
Unit 4, Block 1, 12A Defiant Close, Hawkinge, Kent, CT18 7SU
Sainsburys Pharmacy	4.32 miles
Sainsburys, West Park Farm, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5GA
Paydens Ltd	4.33 miles
97 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Nr Folkestone, Kent, CT18 7BS
Lloydspharmacy	4.53 miles
180 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2HN
Central Pharmacy	4.88 miles
104 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QN
Guildhall Pharmacy	5.11 miles
110 Guildhall Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1ES
The Co-Operative Pharmacy	5.11 miles
133 Blackbull Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5NU
Lloydspharmacy	5.14 miles
114 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2BW
Mistvale Chemists	5.17 miles
127 Canterbury Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5NR

Park
SANDLING PARK (Grade II Listed)	1.47 miles
BROCKHILL	1.79 miles
PEENE QUARRY	2.62 miles
PORT LYMPNE (Grade II* Listed)	3.53 miles
LOWER LEAS COASTAL	4.97 miles
HATCH PARK (Grade II Listed)	5.50 miles
WYE	5.53 miles
POULTON WOOD, ALDINGTON	5.63 miles
FOLKESTONE WARREN	6.14 miles
EAST CLIFF AND WARREN	6.24 miles
DOVER-FOLKESTONE	6.76 miles
JUMPING DOWNS	6.86 miles
BROOME PARK (Grade II Listed)	7.51 miles
OLANTIGH TOWERS (Grade II Listed)	8.14 miles
ROMNEY WARREN	8.62 miles
HAM STREET WOODS	9.07 miles

Groceries
Lyminge Village Store	1.92 miles
Purbeck House, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folestone, Kent CT18 8HU
Sainsbury's Hythe	2.40 miles
19 Military Road, Hythe, CT21 5AS
Costcutter Hythe	2.44 miles
Central Service Station, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5DD
Londis, Hythe	2.46 miles
78 Dymchurch Road, Hythe, CT21 6LH
Iceland Hythe	2.50 miles
54/56 High Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5AT
ALDI 70-72 High Street	2.52 miles
Hythe, CT21 5AL
The Corner Shop	2.53 miles
155 High Street, Hythe, Kent CT21 5JL
Waitrose Hythe	2.56 miles
Prospect Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5NH
Co-op Ashford	2.57 miles
Sellindge, TN25 6JA
Tesco Folkestone (Superstore)	2.98 miles
Cheriton High St, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4QJ
M&S Cheriton Folkestone Bp	3.23 miles
Cheriton High Street Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4JE
SPAR Hythe	3.37 miles
Spar Store, Seabrook Road, Kent, CT21 5RS
Londis D Newsagents	3.37 miles
209a Cheriton High Street, Folkstone, CT19 4HW
Cheriton Food & Wine	3.48 miles
135 Cheriton High Street, Folkstone Kent CT19 4HG
Co-op Folkestone	3.54 miles
Cheriton, CT19 4HB
A.B’s Minimarket	3.86 miles
99 Enbrook Valley, Folkestone Kent CT20 3NE

Airport
Lydd London Ashford Airport	11.85 miles
Kent International Airport	20.87 miles
London Southend Airport	35.59 miles

Bus Stop
Postling Turn (NE)	0.19 miles
Postling Turn (SW)	0.20 miles
The Street (N)	0.29 miles
The Street (S)	0.29 miles
Postling Wents (NE)	0.50 miles
Postling Wents (SW)	0.50 miles
Staple Farm (NE)	0.68 miles
Staple Farm (SW)	0.73 miles
Sandling Turning (SE)	0.87 miles
Sandling Turning (NW)	0.88 miles
Sandling Rail Station ()	1.07 miles
Stone Street Junction (N)	1.07 miles
Sandling Rail Station ()	1.08 miles
Sandling Rail Station ()	1.08 miles
Railway Station (W)	1.09 miles
Newbarn Corner (NW)	1.09 miles

Ferry Port
Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal	2.38 miles
Dover Western Docks Ferry Terminal	10.85 miles
Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal	11.43 miles
Ramsgate Ferry Terminal	21.47 miles
Burnham on Crouch Ferry Landing	37.36 miles
Wallasea Island Ferry Landing	37.58 miles
Point Clear Ferry Landing	48.18 miles
Brightlingsea Ferry Landing	48.36 miles

Railway Station
Sandling Rail Station	1.08 miles
Westenhanger Rail Station	1.42 miles
Folkestone West Rail Station	4.11 miles
Folkestone Central Rail Station	4.78 miles
Wye Rail Station	8.05 miles
Ashford International Rail Station	8.62 miles
Shepherds Well Rail Station	9.12 miles
Kearsney Rail Station	9.44 miles
Ham Street Rail Station	9.52 miles
Snowdown Rail Station	9.91 miles
Chilham Rail Station	10.34 miles
Aylesham Rail Station	10.44 miles
Dover Priory Rail Station	10.48 miles
Chartham Rail Station	10.65 miles
Adisham Rail Station	10.99 miles
Bekesbourne Rail Station	11.17 miles

Flood Risk Per Year (CT21 4E*)
Number of Properties in Catchment	294
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)	0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)	0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)	0
High Risk (>3.3%)	0

DOUGLAS FARM, CUCKOO LANE POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4ET	£275,000 2025-03-21 detached freehold
Sold 1998-01-05	£175,000
WENTS COTTAGE, SANDLING ROAD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4HD	£935,000 2022-08-08 detached freehold
Sold 2003-07-25	£250,000
POSTLING HOUSE, CUCKOO LANE POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4ET	£1,300,000 2022-07-27 detached freehold
Sold 1999-11-24	£281,500
1, ROSE COTTAGES POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EU	£407,000 2020-08-13 semidetached freehold
7, ORCHARD FIELD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EE	£720,000 2019-10-22 detached freehold
Sold 1996-03-08	£250,000
TOLSFORD HOUSE, THE STREET POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EU	£535,000 2018-04-30 detached freehold
Sold 2002-10-18	£230,000
Sold 1998-05-15	£148,000
8, ORCHARD FIELD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EE	£665,000 2017-12-15 detached freehold
Sold 1997-03-11	£215,950
5, ORCHARD FIELD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EE	£881,000 2017-06-23 detached freehold
Sold 2011-03-14	£785,000
Sold 2003-12-12	£499,500
Sold 1996-09-30	£237,000
DOUGLAS FARM COTTAGE, CUCKOO LANE POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4ET	£570,000 2016-04-14 detached freehold
9, ORCHARD FIELD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EE	£270,000 2014-06-17 detached freehold
Sold 2013-04-05	£695,000
Sold 2008-05-16	£795,000
Sold 1996-10-30	£245,000
DOUGLAS MEWS, CUCKOO LANE POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4ET	£100,000 2011-07-04 detached freehold
PANTILES, CUCKOO LANE POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4ET	£558,500 2007-03-05 detached freehold
Sold 2000-04-17	£320,000
NORMANDY, THE STREET POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EU	£310,000 2005-09-20 detached freehold
Sold 2003-08-04	£259,500
Sold 1999-07-19	£153,950
2, ROSE COTTAGES POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EU	£230,000 2005-01-10 semidetached freehold
Sold 1997-11-12	£84,500
2, HONEYWOOD COTTAGES SANDLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4HP	£83,500 2002-04-12 terraced freehold
1, HONEYWOOD COTTAGES SANDLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4HP	£90,000 2002-01-16 terraced freehold
3, HONEYWOOD COTTAGES SANDLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4HP	£76,999 2002-01-10 terraced freehold
1, ORCHARD FIELD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EE	£65,250 2001-02-16 terraced freehold
Sold 2001-02-16	£66,120
Sold 1996-07-26	£42,000
6, ORCHARD FIELD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EE	£219,500 1997-03-21 detached (New) freehold
4, ORCHARD FIELD POSTLING HYTHE KENT CT21 4EE	£42,000 1996-03-29 terraced (New) freehold
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