51 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5AL
About 51 Forest Road
51 Forest Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£392/sq ft) was about 53.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
51 Forest Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
51 Forest Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
51 Forest Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£711,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 25 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
20 December 2021Most recent
£650,000
+123.4%over 17 years28 March 2004
£291,000
+153.0%over 7 years21 November 1996
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN2 5AL: £476,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in TN2 5AL
61 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5AL
Sold Jul 2025
£476,00069 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5AL
Sold Jul 2023
£770,00079a, Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5AL
Sold Nov 2022
£590,00037 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5AL
Sold May 2021
£362,50075 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5AL
Sold Mar 2016
£700,000
Everything we know about 51 Forest Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Forest Road homes
51 Forest Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,221
Street avg £3,222
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
International House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Peter's Church of England Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB