| Postcode | ME2 3RU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Rochester |
| Nearest station | Strood (Kent) (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Farm Hill Avenue (SW)
Harlech Close (SW)
Harlech Close (NE)
Petrol Station (SE)
Gravesend Road (NW)
Gravesend Road (SE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 14 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Orchard Avenue, Rochester
1A Orchard Avenue, Rochester
2 Orchard Avenue, Rochester
4 Orchard Avenue, Rochester
5 Orchard Avenue, Rochester
6 Orchard Avenue, Rochester
8 Orchard Avenue, Rochester
12 Orchard Avenue, Rochester
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.403111 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.482931 | |
| Easting | 572802 | |
| Northing | 170045 | |
| Grid reference | TQ728700 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 324925 5697660 | |
| what3words | puts.stamp.leap | |
| FixPhrase | cringe magnitude scale thorn | |
| Plus code | 9F32CF3M+65 | |
| Altitude | 73 metres (240 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:36 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:57 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 3.3 KMs (2.1 miles) |
| Parish | Medway, unparished area | E43000030 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Strood North & Frindsbury | E05014467 |
| Unitary Authority | Medway | E06000035 |
| County | Kent | E10000016 |
| Constituency (2024) | Rochester and Strood | E14001447 |
| MP | Lauren Edwards | 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 | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Population (2011) | 32 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 12 | |
| 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) | E00081564 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Medway 005A | E01016133 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Medway 005A | E01016133 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Broomhill | E02003318 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Broomhill | E02003318 |
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 |
| Average property price in Rochester | £327,424 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2024 | £330,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2005 | £180,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2000 | £117,500 | |
| 1 Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2020 | £285,000 |
| 2 Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Detached (freehold) | May 2018 | £350,000 |
| 5 Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2016 | £290,000 |
| 4 Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2009 | £140,000 |
| 1A Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Detached (freehold) | Aug 1999 | £124,000 |
| 8 Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 1996 | £59,995 |
| 12 Orchard Avenue, Rochester | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 1996 | £64,000 |