| Postcode | ME1 3QU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Rochester | 
| Nearest station | Chatham (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Medway Gurdwara (E) Rochester Airport Industrial Estate (SE) Rochester Airport Industrial Estate (NW) Association Walk (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.354281 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.499609 | |
| Easting | 574147 | |
| Northing | 164655 | |
| Grid reference | TQ741646 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 325900 5692191 | |
| what3words | home.ever.flat | |
| FixPhrase | crimson magnitude spelling unchain | |
| Plus code | 9F329F3X+PR | |
| Altitude | 117 metres (384 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6.5 KMs (4.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Medway, unparished area | E43000030 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Fort Horsted | E05014452 | 
| Unitary Authority | Medway | E06000035 | 
| County | Kent | E10000016 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Chatham and Aylesford | E14001157 | 
| MP | Tristan Osborne | Labour | 
| Police force | Kent | |
| Water company | Southern Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Medway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | February 1990 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Rochester | E63012252 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00081490 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Medway 026B | E01016120 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Medway 026B | E01016120 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Rochester South East | E02003339 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Rochester South East | E02003339 | 
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 | 
| Average property price in Rochester | £326,833 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |