Map of ME8 7RU postcode

General information

Postcode	ME8 7RU
Post Town	Gillingham
Nearest station	Rainham (Kent) (0 km)
Bus stops	Railway Station (NE) White Horse (E) The Cricketers (W) Rainham (Kent) Rail Station () Post Office (W) Railway Station (SW)
Roads in this postcode	Longley Road
Number of UPRNs	8 View
Known addresses	No addresses found
Businesses	360 TRAVEL LIMITED ALL THE BEST PUBLISHING LIMITED ASHFORD LOFT DESIGN CONSULTANCY LTD BLACK KNIGHT MOTORS LTD CARBON SMART LTD CLARKES TERRA CLEAN SERVICES LTD CTE (S.E.) LTD ELLWOOD MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED EMILY NORRIS TUITION LIMITED ENVISION FINISHES LTD GOLDENBLACK LTD HFL FLOORING SOLUTIONS LTD KAIROS CONSTRUCT LIMITED KBM SERVICES (KENT) LIMITED KENT BOILER MAINTENANCE LTD KENT ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED KENT PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED KLS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY LTD LAMORBEY LIMITED LAMORBEY PROPERTIES LTD LEWIS FIRE & ELECTRICAL LTD MEDWAY ETHNIC MINORITY FORUM LIMITED NEPTUNE HEATING LIMITED NEPTUNE PLUMBING AND HEATING KENT LLP PLANETZ LIMITED PRO CARE OS LLP R J MOSS LTD THE JUMP DIGITAL SCHOOL LIMITED THE SKIN REFINERY LTD TKW CONTRACTS LTD W. MAURICE & CO. LIMITED ZEN HILL PROPERTY LTD

Geography

	Latitude	51.365472
	Longitude	0.608775
	Easting	581703
	Northing	166164
	Grid reference	TQ817661
	UTM reference	31U 333540 5693182
	what3words	grinning.shipped.nicely
	FixPhrase	crimson mahogany squid unmapped
	Plus code	9F329J85+5G
	Altitude	33 metres (110 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:29
	Sunset (today)	16:01
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.5 KMs (0.9 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Medway, unparished area	E43000030
Ward	Rainham North	E05014461
Unitary Authority	Medway	E06000035
County	Kent	E10000016
Constituency (2024)	Gillingham and Rainham	E14001246
MP	Naushabah Khan	Labour
Police force	Kent
Water company	Southern Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Medway
NUTS/ITL 2	Kent
NUTS/ITL 1	South East
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	September 2025
User type	Large (addresses receive more 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)	7,830 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£41,500 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)	Gillingham (Medway)	E63012307
Census output area (2021)	E00081373
Census output area (2011)	4C3
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Medway 025D	E01016098
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Medway 025D	E01016098
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Rainham North East	E02003338
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Rainham North East	E02003338
Travel to work area	Medway	E30000242

Nearby schools

St Margaret's Infant School (Primary)

Thames View Primary School (Primary)

Miers Court Primary School (Primary)

St Margaret's Church of England Junior 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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