Map of the ME postcode area
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Overview
This page brings together mapped and statistical information for the ME postcode area, also known as the Medway postal area.
The ME postcode area covers Medway and nearby parts of South East England.
The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: DA - Dartford, CT - Canterbury, SS - Southend-on-Sea, RM - Romford and TN - Tonbridge. It also borders The Thames Estuary and The Tidal Thames.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Kent (100.00%).
Quick facts
| Width east to west | 29.00 mi |
|---|---|
| Height north to south | 20.49 mi |
| Area | 389.73 mi² |
| Maximum width | 29.08 mi |
| Perimeter | 217.50 mi |
| Postcode districts | 21 |
| Postcode sectors | 82 |
| Post towns | 11 |
| Postcodes | 16,544 |
| Population | 607,143 |
The ME postcode area has a population of 607,143 and covers 981,826 hectares. Roughly 0.93% of the population of Great Britain lives here.
Post towns and postcode districts
Where is the ME postcode area?
How built up is the postcode area?
This compares building footprint coverage against the total land area across each postcode district. The least urban district is ME9 and the most urban is ME4.
| Postcode district | Total area (m²) | Footprint area (m²) | Built percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 | 155,250,202 | 1,768,182 | 1.14% |
| ME13 | 139,390,753 | 1,667,433 | 1.20% |
| ME18 | 39,610,256 | 479,271 | 1.21% |
| ME3 | 121,032,547 | 1,697,247 | 1.40% |
| ME17 | 136,218,512 | 1,963,962 | 1.44% |
| ME12 | 84,325,044 | 2,090,622 | 2.48% |
| ME19 | 42,357,394 | 1,248,182 | 2.95% |
| ME14 | 45,767,744 | 1,649,249 | 3.60% |
| ME11 | 5,477,064 | 275,500 | 5.03% |
| ME15 | 36,930,488 | 2,115,260 | 5.73% |
| ME1 | 21,796,425 | 1,282,673 | 5.88% |
| ME2 | 30,639,094 | 1,820,849 | 5.94% |
| ME20 | 20,084,628 | 1,367,101 | 6.81% |
| ME6 | 6,366,944 | 455,488 | 7.15% |
| ME7 | 20,472,658 | 1,850,572 | 9.04% |
| ME16 | 14,609,960 | 1,355,825 | 9.28% |
| ME5 | 16,861,921 | 1,786,735 | 10.60% |
| ME8 | 18,743,235 | 2,155,977 | 11.50% |
| ME10 | 17,829,979 | 2,328,165 | 13.06% |
| ME4 | 6,685,667 | 1,229,413 | 18.39% |
| Total | 980,450,515 | 30,587,706 | 3.12% |
Area measurements
| Hectares | 981,826 |
|---|---|
| Square miles | 3,790.85 |
| Square feet | 105,682,768,814.00 |
| Square kilometres | 9,818.26 |
Postal delivery offices
- Boughton Monchelsea Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Chatham Delivery Office
- Eastchurch Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Faversham Delivery Office
- Gillingham (me) Delivery Office
- Hoo Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Lenham Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Leys Delivery Office Wn-on-sea Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Lowerstoke Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Maidstone Delivery Office
- Medway Valley Delivery Office
- Rainham (me) Delivery Office
- Rochester Delivery Office
- Sheerness Delivery Office
- Sittingbourne Delivery Office
- Sutton Valence Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Wateringbury Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Yalding Scale Payment Delivery Office
Tourist attractions within the area
We found 14 visitor attractions within the Medway postcode area.
| Cobham Wood and Mausoleum |
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| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
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| Ditton Heritage Centre Ltd |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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| Guildhall Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Rochester Cathedral |
| Places of Worship |
| Place of Worship (still in use) |
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| St James Cooling |
| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
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| Go Ape! Tree Top Adventure - Leeds Castle |
| Country Parks |
| Country Park |
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| Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway |
| Railways |
| Steam / Heritage Railway |
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| Sittingbourne's Steam Railway |
| Railways |
| Steam / Heritage Railway |
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| Doddington Place Gardens |
| Gardens |
| Garden |
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| Minster Gatehouse |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| The Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park |
| Country Parks |
| Country Park |
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| Oare Marshes |
| Wildlife |
| Nature Reserve / Wetlands / Wildlife Trips |
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| South Swale Nature Reserve |
| Wildlife |
| Nature Reserve / Wetlands / Wildlife Trips |
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| Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours |
| Workplace |
| Distillery / Vineyard or Brewery |
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Towns and villages within the area
- Addington — village
- Allhallows — village
- Allhallows-on-Sea — village
- Aylesford — village
- Bay View — village
- Bearsted — village
- Benover — village
- Birling — village
- Blue Bell Hill — village
- Bobbing — village
- Borden — village
- Boughton Monchelsea — village
- Boughton under Blean — village
- Boxley — village
- Bredgar — village
- Bredhurst — village
- Burham — village
- Chart Sutton — village
- Chartway Street — village
- Chatham — town
- Chattenden — village
- Chestnut Street — village
- Cliffe — village
- Cliffe Woods — village
- Conyer — village
- Cooling — village
- Coxheath — village
- Culmers — village
- Cuxton — village
- Danaway — village
- Dargate — village
- Dean Street — village
- Detling — village
- Ditton — village
- Doddington — village
- Dunkirk — village
- East Farleigh — village
- East Malling — village
- Eastchurch — village
- Eastling — village
- Eccles — village
- Eyhorne Street — village
- Farleigh Green — village
- Faversham — town
- Fenn Street — village
- Forstal — village
- Gillingham — town
- Grafty Green — village
- Grain — village
- Graveney — village
- Halfway Houses — village
- Halling — village
- Harrietsham — village
- Hartlip — village
- Herne Pound — village
- Hernhill — village
- High Halstow — village
- Higham — village
- Highsted — village
- Hogben's Hill — village
- Hollingbourne — village
- Hoo St Werburgh — village
- Hunton — village
- Iwade — village
- Kent Street — village
- Kettle Corner — village
- Keycol — village
- Kings Hill — Settlement
- Kingsnorth — otherSettlement
- Kingswood — village
- Kit's Coty — village
- Laddingford — village
- Langley Heath — village
- Larkfield — village
- Leeds — village
- Lenham — village
- Lenham Heath — village
- Lewson Street — village
- Leybourne — village
- Leysdown-on-Sea — village
- Linton — village
- Lower Halstow — village
- Lower Hartlip — village
- Lower Higham — village
- Lower Rainham — village
- Lower Stoke — village
- Lower Twydall — village
- Lower Upnor — village
- Lunsford — village
- Lynsted — village
- Maidstone — town
- Mereworth — village
- Middle Stoke — village
- Milstead — village
- Minster — town
- Moor Street — village
- Neames Forstal — village
- Nettlestead — village
- Nettlestead Green — village
- New Hythe — village
- Newington — village
- Newnham — village
- North Halling — village
- Oare — village
- Offham — village
- Painter's Forstal — village
- Perrywood — village
- Peters Village — village
- Pizien Well — village
- Platt's Heath — village
- Pratling Street — village
- Queenborough — town
- Rochester — town
- Rodmersham Green — village
- Ryarsh — village
- Sandway — village
- Selling — village
- Sheerness — town
- Sheldwich Lees — village
- Sittingbourne — town
- Snodland — town
- Stalisfield Green — village
- Staplestreet — village
- Stockbury — village
- Stoke — village
- Sutton Valence — village
- Teston — village
- Teynham — village
- Three Tees — village
- Throwley Forstal — village
- Trottiscliffe — village
- Ulcombe — village
- Upchurch — village
- Upper Halling — village
- Upper Upnor — village
- Wallend — Settlement
- Warden — village
- Warmlake — village
- Wateringbury — village
- West Malling — town
- West Peckham — village
- Whitehill — village
- Wormshill — village
- Wouldham — village
- Wrotham Heath — village
- Yalding — village