Latitude: 51.3723 / 51°22'20"N
Longitude: 0.5475 / 0°32'51"E
OS Eastings: 577414
OS Northings: 166775
OS Grid: TQ774667
Mapcode National: GBR PPX.TGX
Mapcode Global: VHJLV.FRTV
Plus Code: 9F329GCX+W2
Maidenhead Locator System: JO01gi59
What Three Birds: kittiwake.thrush.goose
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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ME5 7BS is a residential postcode in Luton, Chatham. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are B and C.
Residential buildings are typically terraced (including end-terrace) and semi-detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £10,024 to £418,386 with an average of £173,197.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 2003 and 2006 and between 1967 and 1975.
1% of residential property sales since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are mostly a mix of owner occupied and privately rented.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is D.
Chatham is a town, which had a population of 76,792 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 168 people resident in ME5 7BS, of which 91 were male and 77 were female. This includes overnight visitors as well as permanent residents.
ME5 7BS is in the Medway travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Medway Primary Care Trust.
ME5 7BS is approximately 46m (151ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing ME5 7BS
4a2: Multicultural Metropolitans - Rented Family Living - Private Renting New Arrivals
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for ME5 7BS
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
2/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
9/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near ME5 7BS include Aldi, Asda, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Nisa, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of ME5 7BS 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.
Unitary Authority
Medway Council
Ward
Luton and Wayfield
Councillors
Tristran Osborne (Labour)
Simon Curry (Labour)
Joanne Howcroft-Scott (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Chatham and Aylesford
MP
Tracey Crouch (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for ME5 7BS.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near ME5 7BS.
Luton Infant & Nursery School
Alexandra Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5AP
Community School
Ages 3 - 7
Needs improvement
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5JY
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Barnsole Primary School
Barnsole Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2JG
Community School
Ages 2 - 11
Outstanding
New Road Primary School
Bryant Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5QN
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Needs improvement
Chatham Grammar School for Girls
Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EH
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
The Robert Napier School
Third Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2LX
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
The Victory Academy
Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5JB
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Holcombe Grammar School
Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6JB
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
Ordnance Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6SG
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6TJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Walderslade Girls' School
Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LE
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Greenacre School
157 Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LP
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
The Rochester Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
The overall school grade in this area is high.