Map of ME5 8RZ postcode

General information

Postcode	ME5 8RZ
Post Town	Chatham
Nearest station	Maidstone East (6 km)
Bus stops	Golden Wood Close (N) Boxley Road (NW) Copper Tree Walk (E) Timber Tops (E) Timber Tops (W) Copper Tree Walk (W)
Roads in this postcode	Gleaming Wood Drive
Number of UPRNs	10 View
Known addresses	No addresses found
Businesses	BROWN EUROPE LIMITED CASCADE CARS LIMITED COOPER AND LANSBURY ASSOCIATES LIMITED DANIELS ACCOUNTS LLP DREWCLARK LIMITED E-SCAPE GARDENS LIMITED E2E SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS LTD EMBLEM DEVELOPERS LTD EUROPEAN VACUUM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS LTD. HERO MACHINE LTD HOME CAPSULE LIMITED INTERIOR SURVEYING SERVICES LTD J.P BARKER HOLDINGS LTD JPH RECRUITMENT LIMITED MACKARD SERVICES LTD MCHARDY PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD ONE RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL LTD PNJ CONSULTING LIMITED PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING & RESPONSE GROUP LTD R J C & CO LIMITED RAPID PAYROLL LTD SPRAYTONE FINISHING LIMITED THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SALES TRANSFORMATION LIMITED TWM INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED UAS SOLUTIONS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	51.326929
	Longitude	0.546066
	Easting	577487
	Northing	161725
	Grid reference	TQ774617
	UTM reference	31U 329032 5689040
	what3words	poets.sticking.hasten
	FixPhrase	crimson magnolia shorts wad
	Plus code	9F328GGW+QC
	Altitude	172 metres (563 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:36
	Sunset (today)	15:57
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	7.4 KMs (4.6 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Boxley	E04013399
Ward	Boxley Downs	E05015597
Local Authority District	Maidstone	E07000110
Local Authority	Kent	E10000016
County	Kent	E10000016
Constituency (2024)	Faversham and Mid Kent	E14001235
MP	Helen Whately	Conservative
Police force	Kent
Water company	Southern Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Mid Kent
NUTS/ITL 2	Kent
NUTS/ITL 1	South East
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	July 1986
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

Demographics

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	20,847 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£61,900 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)	E00123540
Census output area (2011)	5A1
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Maidstone 001A	E01024333
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Maidstone 001A	E01024333
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Boxley & Detling	E02005068
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Boxley & Detling	E02005068
Travel to work area	Medway	E30000242

Nearby schools

Swingate Primary School (Primary)

Property sales

Average property price in Rochester	£327,424
Annual change	2.1%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode

No recent recorded sales

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