Map of ME8 8FS postcode

General information
Postcode ME8 8FS
Post Town Gillingham
Nearest station Rainham (Kent) (1 km)
Bus stops
Seymour Road (E)
Seymour Road (W)
The Concorde (W)
Leigh Academy (SW)
Leigh Academy (NE)
Blackthorne Road (NE)
Number of UPRNs 7 View
Known addresses
1 Hoy Close, Rainham
3 Hoy Close, Rainham
4 Hoy Close, Rainham
Main property type Other
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.364231
Longitude 0.626448
Easting 582938
Northing 166070
Grid reference TQ829660
UTM reference 31U 334766 5693004
what3words suitably.tripling.homelands
FixPhrase crimson mahogany squatting trifocals
Plus code 9F329J7G+MH
Altitude 31 metres (103 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:12
Sunset (today) 18:19
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.3 KMs (0.8 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishMedway, unparished areaE43000030
Ward Rainham North E05014461
Unitary Authority Medway E06000035
County Kent E10000016
Constituency (2024) Gillingham and Rainham E14001246
MPNaushabah KhanLabour
Police forceKent
NUTS/ITL 3 Medway
NUTS/ITL 2 Kent
NUTS/ITL 1 South East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced December 2021
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)
23,607 / 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
Census output area (2021)E00081370
Census output area (2011)5A1
Lower layer super output area (2021)Medway 025BE01016095
Lower layer super output area (2011)Medway 025BE01016095
Middle layer super output area (2021)Rainham North EastE02003338
Middle layer super output area (2011)Rainham North EastE02003338
Travel to work areaMedwayE30000242
Property sales
Average property price in Rochester £326,833
Annual change 2.1%
View all properties sold in the ME postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
4 Hoy Close, RainhamNew build detached (freehold)Dec 2024£403,750
1 Hoy Close, RainhamNew build other (freehold)Oct 2023£70,135
3 Hoy Close, RainhamOther (freehold)Nov 2020£14,500,000


View all properties sold in the ME8 8 sector

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