Latitude: 51.3266 / 51°19'35"N
Longitude: 0.5457 / 0°32'44"E
OS Eastings: 577463
OS Northings: 161692
OS Grid: TQ774616
Mapcode National: GBR PQH.LT5
Mapcode Global: VHJM1.DXVC
Plus Code: 9F328GGW+M7
Maidenhead Locator System: JO01gh58
What Three Birds: jaeger.whinchat.grosbeak
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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ME5 8RF is a non-residential postcode in Chatham, Kent. It was first introduced in October 2006.
Commercial rateable values range from £14,000 to £39,250 with an average of £23,594. The most common recorded business types are Warehouse and Offices.
Chatham is a town, which had a population of 76,792 in the 2011 census.
ME5 8RF is in the Medway travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the West Kent Primary Care Trust.
ME5 8RF is approximately 170m (558ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing ME5 8RF
5a1: Urbanites - Urban Professionals and Families - White Professionals
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for ME5 8RF
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near ME5 8RF include Asda, Co-Operative Food, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of ME5 8RF are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Maidstone Borough Council
Ward
Boxley
Councillors
Bob Hinder (Conservative)
Vanessa Jones (Independent)
Heidi Bryant (Conservative)
County Council
Kent
Electoral Division
Maidstone Rural North
County Councillor
Paul Carter (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
MP
Helen Whately (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for ME5 8RF.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near ME5 8RF.
Swingate Primary School
Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, Kent, ME5 8TJ
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, Kent, ME5 8PU
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Lordswood School
Lordswood Lane, Chatham, Kent, ME5 8NN
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 3 - 11
Needs improvement
Tunbury Primary School
Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 9HY
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Walderslade Primary School
Dargets Road, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 8BJ
Academy Converter
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Greenacre School
157 Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LP
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Walderslade Girls' School
Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LE
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Holcombe Grammar School
Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6JB
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
The Victory Academy
Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5JB
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
The Thomas Aveling School
Arethusa Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2UW
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Rainham School for Girls
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
The Howard School
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Chatham Grammar School for Girls
Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EH
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
The Maplesden Noakes School
Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.