| Postcode | ME5 9LX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chatham | 
| Nearest station | Chatham (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | Galena Close (E) Woodlands (S) Woodlands (N) Galena Close (W) Alexandra Hospital (N) Alexandra Hospital (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.330604 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.532129 | |
| Easting | 576502 | |
| Northing | 162100 | |
| Grid reference | TQ765621 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 328075 5689482 | |
| what3words | eggs.reheat.craftsmen | |
| FixPhrase | crimson magnolia shush unplanted | |
| Plus code | 9F328GJJ+6V | |
| Altitude | 156 metres (512 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 7.7 KMs (4.8 miles) | 
| 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Mid Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | May 1994 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 1995 | 
| 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) | Chatham | E63012371 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00123532 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Maidstone 001F | E01034990 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Maidstone 001B | E01024334 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Boxley & Detling | E02005068 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Boxley & Detling | E02005068 | 
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 | 
| Average property price in Rochester | £326,833 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |