Latitude: 51.3684 / 51°22'6"N
Longitude: 0.5845 / 0°35'4"E
OS Eastings: 580002
OS Northings: 166428
OS Grid: TQ800664
Mapcode National: GBR PQ4.4LD
Mapcode Global: VHJLW.2VWW
Plus Code: 9F329H9M+9R
Maidenhead Locator System: JO01hi08
What Three Birds: shag.junco.pochard
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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ME8 6YX is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Rainham, Gillingham. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are A and D.
Residential buildings are typically semi-detached and terraced (including end-terrace). Domestic properties are mostly flats and houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £29,419 to £372,863 with an average of £213,377.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1900 and 1929 and between 1930 and 1949.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are mostly privately rented, with some owner occupied
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is C.
Commercial rateable values range from £4,600 to £42,500 with an average of £15,417. The most common recorded business types are Shop and Car Showroom.
Gillingham is a town, which had a population of 104,157 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 28 people resident in ME8 6YX, of which 10 were male and 18 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
ME8 6YX is in the Medway travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Medway Primary Care Trust.
ME8 6YX is approximately 68m (223ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in ME8 6YX
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing ME8 6YX
8c1: Hard-Pressed Living - Hard-Pressed Ageing Workers - Ageing Industrious Workers
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for ME8 6YX
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near ME8 6YX include Aldi, Asda, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Morrisons, Nisa, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of ME8 6YX 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
Twydall
Councillors
Hazel Browne (Labour)
John Lloyd (Labour)
Mark Prenter (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Gillingham and Rainham
MP
Rehman Chishti (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for ME8 6YX.
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 ME8 6YX.
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
Romany Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6JH
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Thames View Primary School
Bloors Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7DX
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Featherby Junior School
Chilham Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6BT
Community School
Ages 7 - 11
Needs improvement
Featherby Infant and Nursery School
Allington Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6PD
Community School
Ages 3 - 7
Good
St Margaret's Infant School
Orchard Street, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 9AE
Community School
Ages 3 - 7
Good
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7AJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
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
The Robert Napier School
Third Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2LX
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Chatham Grammar School for Girls
Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EH
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
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
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
The overall school grade in this area is high.