| Postcode | ME8 8PU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Gillingham |
| Nearest station | Rainham (Kent) (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Three Sisters (NE)
Harwood Road (W)
Otterham Quay (S)
Otterham Quay (N)
The Concorde (W)
Wallbridge Lane (N)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Canterbury Lane, Rainham
3 Canterbury Lane, Rainham
5 Canterbury Lane, Rainham
7 Canterbury Lane, Rainham
9 Canterbury Lane, Rainham
11 Canterbury Lane, Rainham
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.368751 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.627439 | |
| Easting | 582989 | |
| Northing | 166575 | |
| Grid reference | TQ829665 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 334851 5693504 | |
| what3words | beards.brew.reflect | |
| FixPhrase | crimson mahogany stapling venomous | |
| Plus code | 9F329J9G+GX | |
| Altitude | 19 metres (61 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:39 | |
| Sunset (today) | 17:45 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.8 KMs (0.5 miles) |
| Parish | Upchurch | E04005077 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch | E05009550 |
| Local Authority District | Swale | E07000113 |
| County Electoral Division | Swale West | E58000738 |
| Local Authority | Kent | E10000016 |
| County | Kent | E10000016 |
| Constituency (2024) | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | E14001474 |
| MP | Kevin McKenna | Labour |
| Police force | Kent | |
| Water company | Southern Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Kent Thames Gateway | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Kent | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | October 1987 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
|
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Gillingham (Medway) | E63012307 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00124724 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Swale 008C | E01024572 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Swale 008C | E01024572 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Newington, Halstow & Upchurch | E02005122 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Newington, Halstow & Upchurch | E02005122 |
| Travel to work area | Medway | E30000242 |
| Average property price in Rochester | £326,833 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.1% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Canterbury Lane, Rainham | Terraced (freehold) | Dec 2024 | £340,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Oct 2022 | £350,000 | |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Feb 2017 | £275,000 | |
| 1 Canterbury Lane, Rainham | Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2022 | £360,000 |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Feb 2017 | £300,000 | |
| 3 Canterbury Lane, Rainham | Terraced (freehold) | May 2021 | £315,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jan 2019 | £295,000 | |
| New build terraced (freehold) | Jan 2017 | £275,000 | |
| 11 Canterbury Lane, Rainham | New build detached (freehold) | May 2019 | £430,000 |
| 9 Canterbury Lane, Rainham | New build detached (freehold) | Mar 2017 | £420,000 |
| 7 Canterbury Lane, Rainham | New build terraced (freehold) | Feb 2017 | £285,000 |