| Postcode | ME5 8AE |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chatham |
| Nearest station | Chatham (4 km) |
| Bus stops |
Walderslade Primary School (NW)
Princes Avenue (SW)
Princes Avenue (NE)
Village Centre (S)
The Oak (NE)
The Oak (SW)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 9 View |
| Known addresses |
1A Birchfields, Chatham
1B Birchfields, Chatham
2 Birchfields, Chatham
6 Birchfields, Chatham
10 Birchfields, Chatham
12 Birchfields, Chatham
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.341931 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.528202 | |
| Easting | 576185 | |
| Northing | 163350 | |
| Grid reference | TQ761633 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 327844 5690750 | |
| what3words | famed.places.clues | |
| FixPhrase | crimson magnolia slashing washbasin | |
| Plus code | 9F328GRH+Q7 | |
| Altitude | 97 metres (317 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:38 | |
| Sunset (today) | 17:48 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6.8 KMs (4.2 miles) |
| Parish | Medway, unparished area | E43000030 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Lordswood & Walderslade | E05014458 |
| Unitary Authority | Medway | E06000035 |
| County | Kent | E10000016 |
| Constituency (2024) | Chatham and Aylesford | E14001157 |
| MP | Tristan Osborne | 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) | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 8 | |
| 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) | Chatham | E63012371 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00081738 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Medway 037B | E01016169 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Medway 037B | E01016169 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Walderslade | E02003350 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Walderslade | E02003350 |
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 |
| Average property price in Rochester | £326,833 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Birchfields, Chatham | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2023 | £347,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 1998 | £69,000 | |
| 1B Birchfields, Chatham | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2022 | £360,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2012 | £162,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2002 | £129,995 | |
| 1A Birchfields, Chatham | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2020 | £305,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2007 | £164,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2005 | £154,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2001 | £89,000 | |
| 2 Birchfields, Chatham | Terraced (freehold) | May 2011 | £205,000 |
| 10 Birchfields, Chatham | Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2010 | £186,850 |
| 6 Birchfields, Chatham | Terraced (freehold) | May 2007 | £190,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2006 | £159,995 |