| Postcode | ME16 8UU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Maidstone | 
| Nearest station | Maidstone Barracks (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Bower Mount Road (SE) Bower Lane (E) Bower Lane (W) Somerfield Hospital (N) Bedford Place (N) Somerfield Hospital (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.273543 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.508918 | |
| Easting | 575102 | |
| Northing | 155700 | |
| Grid reference | TQ751556 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 326243 5683192 | |
| what3words | sushi.sprint.object | |
| FixPhrase | crimp magnolia stencil unmarked | |
| Plus code | 9F327GF5+CH | |
| Altitude | 44 metres (145 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 13.7 KMs (8.5 miles) | 
| Parish | Maidstone, unparished area | E43000297 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Fant & Oakwood | E05015599 | 
| 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 1993 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1994 | 
| 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) | E00123552 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| 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% |