ME16 8EQ

a large user postcode in Maidstone

ME16 8EQ Location Map

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.271 / 51°16'15"N

Longitude: 0.5187 / 0°31'7"E

OS Eastings: 575793

OS Northings: 155439

OS Grid: TQ757554

Location Encoding

Mapcode National: GBR PR6.CXV

Mapcode Global: VHJMD.YB20

Plus Code: 9F327GC9+9F

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01gg25

What Three Birds: skua.auk.woodlark

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Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.

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Barker Road, Maidstone ME16 8EQ

Summary

ME16 8EQ is a large user postcode in Maidstone. It was first introduced in October 1984.

'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.

To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Maidstone Combined Court, Barker Road, Maidstone ME16 8EQ.

The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.

Commercial rateable values range from £1,550 to £1,140,000 with an average of £570,775. The most common recorded business types are Law Court and Mooring.

Maidstone is a town, which had a population of 107,627 in the 2011 census.

ME16 8EQ is in the Medway travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the West Kent Primary Care Trust.

ME16 8EQ is approximately 10m (33ft) above sea level.

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Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing ME16 8EQ

2c1: Cosmopolitans - Comfortable Cosmopolitans - Migrant Families

Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for ME16 8EQ

England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

Healthy Living Index

8/10 (High)

Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index

8/10 (High)

Area Retail Diversity Index

6/10 (Moderate)

Supermarkets near ME16 8EQ include Aldi, Co-Operative Food, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)

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Councils, constituencies and elected representatives

Residents of ME16 8EQ 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

Fant

Councillors

Patrick Coates (Labour)
Margaret Rose (Labour)
Paul Harper (Labour)

County Council

Kent

Electoral Division

Maidstone Central

County Councillors

Tom Cannon (Conservative)
Chris Passmore (Liberal Democrat)

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Maidstone and The Weald

MP

Helen Grant (Conservative)

Broadband Internet

Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for ME16 8EQ.

Full fibre availability
%
Ultrafast broadband availability
0%
Superfast broadband availability
100%
Premises unable to receive 30Mbits/s
0%
Premises unable to receive 10Mbits/s
0%
Premises unable to receive 5Mbits/s
0%
Premises unable to receive 2Mbits/s
0%
Premises below Universal Service Obligation
0%
  • Definitions
  • Ultrafast: 300Mbit/s or greater
  • Superfast: 30Mbit/s to less than 300Mbit/s
  • Universal Service Obligation: Download speeds at or above 10Mbit/s and upload speeds at or above 1Mbit/s

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'.

Schools

The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near ME16 8EQ.

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Government Statistical Service (GSS) Codes for ME16 8EQ

Super Output Area, Lower Layer
E01024359
Maidstone 006D
Super Output Area, Lower Layer
E01033087
Maidstone 006F
Super Output Area, Middle Layer
E02005073
Maidstone 006
Local Authority Ward
E05004992
Fant
Local Authority
E07000110
Maidstone
County
E10000016
Kent
Region
E12000008
South East
Westminster Parliamentary Constituency
E14000804
Maidstone and The Weald
European Electoral Region
E15000008
South East
Primary Care Organisation
E16000111
West Kent
Police Force Area
E23000032
Kent
Travel to Work Area
E30000242
Medway
Built-up Area
E34004399
Maidstone
Local Enterprise Partnership
E37000056
South East
Sub ICB Location
E38000237
NHS Kent and Medway ICB - 91Q
NHS England Region
E40000005
South East
Non-Civil Parished Area
E43000088
Maidstone, unparished area
Sustainability and Transformation Partnership
E54000032
Kent and Medway
Cancer Alliance
E56000011
Kent and Medway
County Electoral Division
E58000711
Maidstone Central
Country
E92000001
England

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