Map of ME5 8EH postcode

General information
Postcode ME5 8EH
Post Town Chatham
Nearest station Chatham (3 km)
Bus stops
Kingfisher Drive (SW)
Swift Crescent (SW)
Swift Crescent (NE)
Shawstead Road (S)
Shawstead Road (N)
Devon Close (N)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 2 View
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.353682
Longitude 0.544993
Easting 577309
Northing 164697
Grid reference TQ773646
UTM reference 31U 329057 5692017
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Plus code 9F329G3V+FX
Altitude 100 metres (327 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:45
Sunset (today) 21:09
Distance away
Distance to sea 5.1 KMs (3.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishMedway, unparished areaE43000030
Ward Lordswood & Walderslade E05014458
Unitary Authority Medway E06000035
Constituency (2024) Chatham and Aylesford E14001157
MPTristan OsborneLabour
Police forceKent
NUTS/ITL 3 Medway
NUTS/ITL 2 Kent
NUTS/ITL 1 South East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced November 2014
Last updated June 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
17,099 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£45,200
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)ChathamE63012371
Census output area (2021)E00081168
Census output area (2011)E00081168
Lower layer super output area (2021)Medway 031AE01016058
Lower layer super output area (2011)Medway 031AE01016058
Middle layer super output area (2021)CapstoneE02003344
Middle layer super output area (2011)CapstoneE02003344
Travel to work areaMedwayE30000242
Property sales
Average property price in Rochester £324,804
Annual change 1.5%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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