| Postcode | ME3 8EB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Rochester | 
| Nearest station | Strood (Kent) (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Jarrett Avenue (W) Hollywood Lane Middle (E) Greenfields Close (E) Greenfields Close (W) Hollywood Lane Middle (SW) Povey Avenue (NE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.41252 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.505617 | |
| Easting | 574344 | |
| Northing | 171145 | |
| Grid reference | TQ743711 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 326538 5698652 | |
| what3words | drain.scarf.rice | |
| FixPhrase | cringe magnolia secluding unknotted | |
| Plus code | 9F32CG74+26 | |
| Altitude | 21 metres (68 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.7 KMs (1.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Frindsbury Extra | E04001133 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Strood Rural | E05014468 | 
| Unitary Authority | Medway | E06000035 | 
| County | Kent | E10000016 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Rochester and Strood | E14001447 | 
| MP | Lauren Edwards | Labour | 
| Police force | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Medway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 1996 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | August 1997 | 
| 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) | Rochester | E63012252 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00081623 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Medway 004C | E01016148 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Medway 004C | E01016148 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Wainscott & City Estate | E02003317 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Wainscott & City Estate | E02003317 | 
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 | 
| Average property price in Rochester | £326,833 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |