| Postcode | ME5 8WE | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chatham | 
| Nearest station | Chatham (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | Arundel Close (SE) Mayford Road (S) Mayford Road (N) Birch Drive (N) Golden Wood Close (N) Birch Drive (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.33238 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.549354 | |
| Easting | 577695 | |
| Northing | 162339 | |
| Grid reference | TQ776623 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 329282 5689639 | |
| what3words | storyline.trips.butter | |
| FixPhrase | crimson magnolia silver unfasten | |
| Plus code | 9F328GJX+XP | |
| Altitude | 143 metres (470 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Medway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | August 2002 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | October 2003 | 
| 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) | Chatham | E63012371 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00081167 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Medway 038C | E01016057 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Medway 038C | E01016057 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Lordswood | E02003351 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Lordswood | E02003351 | 
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 | 
| Average property price in Rochester | £326,833 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |