| Postcode | CT9 2YX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Margate, Birchington | 
| Nearest station | Margate (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | B and Q (S) Gordon Road (NW) Gordon Road (S) Farley Road (NW) Farley Road (SE) Westwood Gateway (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.367359 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 1.390531 | |
| Easting | 636102 | |
| Northing | 168601 | |
| Grid reference | TR361686 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 387961 5691907 | |
| what3words | scan.shower.richer | |
| FixPhrase | crimson maker stand uncle | |
| Plus code | 9F33998R+W6 | |
| Altitude | 41 metres (134 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:46 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 2.7 KMs (1.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Thanet, unparished area | E43000241 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Salmestone | E05005098 | 
| Local Authority District | Thanet | E07000114 | 
| County Electoral Division | Margate | E58000724 | 
| Local Authority | Kent | E10000016 | 
| County | Kent | E10000016 | 
| Constituency (2024) | East Thanet | E14001216 | 
| MP | Polly Billington | Labour | 
| Police force | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | East Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | April 1986 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1990 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Margate | E63012241 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00125347 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Thanet 004E | E01024696 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Thanet 004E | E01024696 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Salmestone | E02005135 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Salmestone | E02005135 | 
| Travel to work area | Margate and Ramsgate | E30000241 | 
| Average property price in Canterbury | £312,289 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.7% |