Map of ME8 8GU postcode

General information
Postcode ME8 8GU
Post Town Gillingham
Nearest station Rainham (Kent) (1 km)
Bus stops
Seymour Road (E)
Harwood Road (W)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.360753
Longitude 0.629165
Easting 583141
Northing 165690
Grid reference TQ831656
UTM reference 31U 334943 5692611
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Plus code 9F329J6H+8M
Altitude 32 metres (107 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:01
Sunset (today) 16:09
Distance away
Distance to sea 1.7 KMs (1.1 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 April 2025
Last updated December 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 (2017-2020)
21,638 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£54,600
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Rural town and fringe
Census output area (2021)E00081386
Census output area (2011)E00081386
Lower layer super output area (2021)Medway 032BE01016103
Lower layer super output area (2011)Medway 032BE01016103
Middle layer super output area (2021)Parkwood EastE02003345
Middle layer super output area (2011)Parkwood EastE02003345
Travel to work areaMedwayE30000242
Property sales
Average property price in Rochester £328,398
Annual change 1.7%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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