| Postcode | ME16 8QW | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Maidstone | 
| Nearest station | Maidstone Barracks (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Bower Mount Road (NW) Bedford Place (N) Somerfield Hospital (N) Somerfield Hospital (S) Terrace Road (N) Bower Lane (E) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.274411 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.510399 | |
| Easting | 575202 | |
| Northing | 155800 | |
| Grid reference | TQ752557 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 326350 5683285 | |
| what3words | snack.units.relate | |
| FixPhrase | crimp magnolia stiffen unclasp | |
| Plus code | 9F327GF6+Q5 | |
| Altitude | 38 metres (126 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 13.6 KMs (8.5 miles) | 
| Parish | Maidstone, unparished area | E43000297 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Allington & Bridge | E05015593 | 
| Local Authority District | Maidstone | E07000110 | 
| Local Authority | Kent | E10000016 | 
| County | Kent | E10000016 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Maidstone and Malling | E14001349 | 
| MP | Helen Grant | Conservative | 
| Police force | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Mid Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1992 | 
| 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: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Maidstone | E63012591 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00123564 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Maidstone 006A | E01024339 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Maidstone 006A | E01024339 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Maidstone West | E02005073 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Maidstone West | E02005073 | 
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 | 
| Average property price in Rochester | £326,833 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |