Map of ME5 8RH postcode

General information
Postcode ME5 8RH
Post Town Chatham
Nearest station Chatham (5 km)
Bus stops
Kellaway Road (SE)
Lynton Drive (N)
Lynton Drive (S)
Lordswood Close (NW)
Lordswood Close (SE)
Achilles Road (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 19 View
Known addresses
2 Swingate Close, Chatham
3 Swingate Close, Chatham
4 Swingate Close, Chatham
6 Swingate Close, Chatham
7 Swingate Close, Chatham
9 Swingate Close, Chatham
14 Swingate Close, Chatham
18 Swingate Close, Chatham
Main property type Detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.336895
Longitude 0.53562
Easting 576721
Northing 162808
Grid reference TQ767628
UTM reference 31U 328342 5690173
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Plus code 9F328GPP+Q6
Altitude 140 metres (460 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:57
Sunset (today) 18:14
Distance away
Distance to sea 7 KMs (4.4 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishMedway, unparished areaE43000030
Ward Lordswood & Walderslade E05014458
Unitary Authority Medway E06000035
County Kent E10000016
Constituency (2024) Chatham and Aylesford E14001157
MPTristan OsborneLabour
Police forceKent
Water companySouthern Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Medway
NUTS/ITL 2 Kent
NUTS/ITL 1 South East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 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
Population (2011) 38
Households (2011) 18
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
20,578 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£46,300
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)ChathamE63012371
Census output area (2021)E00081725
Census output area (2011)E00081725
Lower layer super output area (2021)Medway 038EE01016170
Lower layer super output area (2011)Medway 038EE01016170
Middle layer super output area (2021)LordswoodE02003351
Middle layer super output area (2011)LordswoodE02003351
Travel to work areaMedwayE30000242
Property sales
Average property price in Rochester £318,890
Annual change 0.1%
View all properties sold in the ME postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
9 Swingate Close, ChathamDetached (freehold)Nov 2024£350,000
Detached (freehold)May 2000£96,950
4 Swingate Close, ChathamDetached (freehold)Apr 2023£350,000
Detached (freehold)Nov 2013£220,000
Detached (freehold)Sep 1999£85,500
Detached (freehold)Feb 1996£66,500
14 Swingate Close, ChathamSemi-detached (freehold)Dec 2021£367,000
3 Swingate Close, ChathamSemi-detached (freehold)Nov 2020£325,000
6 Swingate Close, ChathamDetached (freehold)Feb 2019£315,000
2 Swingate Close, ChathamSemi-detached (freehold)Oct 2013£189,950
7 Swingate Close, ChathamDetached (freehold)Nov 2012£165,000
18 Swingate Close, ChathamSemi-detached (freehold)Jun 2000£89,000


View all properties sold in the ME5 8 sector

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