The Ridgeway, Hythe house prices are built from 70 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 14 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £145,625. Across the 6 years from 1995 to 2001 the median moved +117.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +92.1%.
Median price paid
£145,625
Change in cash, 1995–2001
+117.5%
Change in real terms
+92.1%
HM Land Registry70 salesLatest sale 14 Nov 2025
Section 01
How The Ridgeway, Hythe prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Ridgeway, Hythe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2001. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £91,000 | £202,063 |
| 2000s | 1 | £182,500 | £332,461 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Ridgeway, Hythe is £182,500 in 2001; the lowest is £83,900 in 1995. Across the full 7-year record the cash median has moved from £83,900 to £182,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £186,298, so the real change over the whole record is +92.1% — about +11.50% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +117.5% in cash against +92.1% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 14 Nov 2025 | Detached | £580,000 | £592,609 |
| 9 | 18 Jul 2025 | Detached | £525,000 | £536,413 |
| 1 | 9 Sep 2022 | Detached | £645,000 | £747,288 |
| 8 | 29 Apr 2022 | Detached | £625,000 | £724,117 |
| 30 | 31 Jan 2022 | Detached | £470,000 | £544,536 |
| 9 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £625,000 | £789,651 |
| 29 | 11 Sep 2020 | Detached | £342,500 | £443,457 |
| 30 | 15 Nov 2016 | Detached | £358,000 | £499,782 |
| 2 | 31 Oct 2016 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £397,871 |
| 19 | 29 May 2015 | Detached | £405,000 | £571,050 |
| 35 | 16 May 2014 | Detached | £338,000 | £484,822 |
| 2 | 1 Feb 2013 | Semi-detached | £228,000 | £332,451 |
| 26 | 17 Aug 2012 | Detached | £345,000 | £515,307 |
| 20 | 6 Jul 2012 | Detached | £265,000 | £395,816 |
| 2 | 17 Dec 2010 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £335,334 |
| 21 | 27 Oct 2010 | Detached | £363,500 | £580,447 |
| 4 | 11 Sep 2009 | Detached | £355,000 | £583,392 |
| 27 | 20 Sep 2007 | Detached | £280,000 | £486,806 |
| 30 | 27 May 2005 | Detached | £248,500 | £452,694 |
| 3 | 17 Feb 2004 | Semi-detached | £182,950 | £339,420 |
| 22 | 12 Dec 2003 | Detached | £224,950 | £425,174 |
| 33 | 30 Apr 2003 | Detached | £305,000 | £576,475 |
| 5 | 3 May 2002 | Detached | £233,500 | £450,390 |
| 27 | 20 Dec 2001 | Detached | £182,500 | £357,893 |
| 15 | 6 Dec 2001 | Detached | £223,500 | £438,296 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to The Ridgeway, Hythe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 the Ridgeway | £65,000 (1996) | £580,000 (2025) | +7.8% | +5.1% |
| 9 the Ridgeway | £165,000 (1997) | £525,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 1 the Ridgeway | £140,000 (1995) | £645,000 (2022) | +5.8% | +3.3% |
| 8 the Ridgeway | £145,000 (1997) | £625,000 (2022) | +6.0% | +3.5% |
| 30 the Ridgeway | £85,000 (1996) | £470,000 (2022) | +6.8% | +4.3% |
| 29 the Ridgeway | £86,000 (1997) | £342,500 (2020) | +6.2% | +3.9% |
| 2 the Ridgeway | £78,500 (1995) | £285,000 (2016) | +6.3% | +4.0% |
| 19 the Ridgeway | £135,000 (1997) | £405,000 (2015) | +6.3% | +3.9% |
| 35 the Ridgeway | £125,000 (1995) | £338,000 (2014) | +5.4% | +3.0% |
| 26 the Ridgeway | £130,000 (1996) | £345,000 (2012) | +6.3% | +3.8% |
| 20 the Ridgeway | £91,000 (1996) | £265,000 (2012) | +6.9% | +4.4% |
| 21 the Ridgeway | £125,000 (1996) | £363,500 (2010) | +7.9% | +5.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Ridgeway, Hythe is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 57 | 81.4% | £155,000 | £65,000 – £645,000 |
| Semi-detached | 13 | 18.6% | £113,500 | £75,000 – £285,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Ridgeway, Hythe
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 70 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 70 | 100.0% | £145,625 |
| New build | 32 | 45.7% | £117,500 |
| Existing home | 38 | 54.3% | £230,750 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -49.1%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
Section 07
Living in The Ridgeway, Hythe
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Folkestone and Hythe, 43.8% of 63,526 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.3% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 288 | 0.5% |
| B | 6,476 | 10.2% |
| C | 21,079 | 33.2% |
| D | 22,910 | 36.1% |
| E | 9,418 | 14.8% |
| F | 2,479 | 3.9% |
| G | 876 | 1.4% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Folkestone and Hythe at £1,172 a month as of Jun 2026 — £801 for a one-bedroom home and £1,278 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £145,625 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.66% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of CT21, 66 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 21 violent, 4 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 21 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 2.5 times quieter.
Against the 109,758 residents the 2021 census counted in Folkestone and Hythe, that is 0.60 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around The Ridgeway, Hythe
The 2021 census counted 109,758 residents in Folkestone and Hythe across 48,337 households. 66.6% of those households own their home and 33.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
7 state and independent schools have a CT21 postcode: 6 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockhill Park Performing Arts College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,314 |
| Hythe Bay CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 220 |
| Palmarsh Primary School | Primary | Community school | 204 |
| Saltwood CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 202 |
| Lympne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 195 |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 179 |
| Seabrook Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 104 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Tram | 0.2 km |
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Hythe Station (RHDR) | Metro or underground | 0.3 km |
| Sandling Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
Section 09
How The Ridgeway, Hythe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Ridgeway, Hythe sits below that national figure — -7.5%.
Within Hythe the street ranks 248 of 279 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £207,000 (-29.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £65,000 to £645,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
The Ridgeway, Hythe sits in Folkestone and Hythe, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Folkestone and Hythe at 8.1 times median local earnings of £38,755 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Seabrook Road£215,000 median
- Stade Street£165,000 median
- Dymchurch Road£148,250 median
- North Road£275,000 median
- Stone Street£235,000 median
- Bartholomew Street£95,000 median
- St Leonards Road£184,000 median
- South Road£185,000 median
- Shepherds Walk£169,500 median
- Marine Parade£156,250 median
- Cliff Road£430,000 median
- Ormonde Road£170,000 median
- Romney Way£143,725 median
- Albert Road£186,250 median
- West Parade£265,000 median
- East Street£181,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 30 the Ridgeway5 sales
- 2 the Ridgeway5 sales
- 33 the Ridgeway4 sales
- 9 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 29 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 26 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 20 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 27 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 12 the Ridgeway3 sales
- 1 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 8 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 19 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 35 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 21 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 4 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 3 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 22 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 5 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 15 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 36 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 34 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 23 the Ridgeway2 sales
- 14 the Ridgeway2 sales
Back to Hythe house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Ridgeway, Hythe?
The median price paid in The Ridgeway, Hythe across every sale on the register is £145,625. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in The Ridgeway, Hythe?
70 sales are on record for The Ridgeway, Hythe, the most recent completing on 14 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Ridgeway, Hythe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +117.5% between 1995 and 2001. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +92.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Ridgeway, Hythe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £182,500, set in 2001. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in The Ridgeway, Hythe?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 14 Nov 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “The Ridgeway, Hythe house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.