| Postcode | ME8 8ET | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Gillingham | 
| Nearest station | Rainham (Kent) (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Taswell Road (NE) 
William Street (NW) 
Leigh Academy (NE) 
Leigh Academy (SW) 
Blackthorne Road (NE) 
Otterham Quay Lane (E) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 2 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 51.365836 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.619859 | |
| Easting | 582473 | |
| Northing | 166232 | |
| Grid reference | TQ824662 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 334313 5693197 | |
| what3words | regress.puffed.grazed | |
| FixPhrase | crimson mahogany squiggle vice | |
| Plus code | 9F329J89+8W | |
| Altitude | 22 metres (72 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:27 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 1.2 KMs (0.7 miles) | 
| 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 | 
| Date introduced | September 2003 | 
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| 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 | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| 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) | E00081367 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 7A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Medway 025C | E01016097 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Medway 025C | E01016097 | 
| 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 | 
| Average property price in Rochester | £327,424 | 
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| Annual change | 2.1% |