| Postcode | ME2 3WU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Rochester |
| Nearest station | Strood (Kent) (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
Stangate Road (S)
Old Watling Street (E)
Old Watling Street (W)
Bligh Way Shops (NW)
Bligh Way Shops (S)
Strood Academy (W)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 51.39928 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.459893 | |
| Easting | 571214 | |
| Northing | 169565 | |
| Grid reference | TQ712695 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 323308 5697289 | |
| what3words | create.mole.gifted | |
| FixPhrase | crimson magnitude swiftly uncheck | |
| Plus code | 9F329FX5+PX | |
| Altitude | 74 metres (241 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:11 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:15 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 5 KMs (3.1 miles) |
| Parish | Higham | E04004936 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Higham & Shorne | E05014915 |
| Local Authority District | Gravesham | E07000109 |
| County Electoral Division | Gravesham Rural | E58000707 |
| Local Authority | Kent | E10000016 |
| County | Kent | E10000016 |
| Constituency (2024) | Gravesham | E14001254 |
| MP | Dr Lauren Sullivan | Labour |
| Police force | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Kent Thames Gateway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | April 2003 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | July 2004 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references |
| 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) | E00123202 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Gravesham 010A | E01024265 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Gravesham 010A | E01024265 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Higham & Shorne | E02005064 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Higham & Shorne | E02005064 |
| Travel to work area | London | E30000234 |
| Average property price in Rochester | £327,424 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |