Property market
The five-year median is £1,700,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME1 1PJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Medway is £296,182 in June 2026, up 1.1% year on year.
ME1 1PJ
Rochester West & Borstal · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Rochester
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Postcode district
- ME1
- Postcode sector
- ME1 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME1 1PJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2019
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME1
- Postcode sector
- ME1 1
- Latitude
- 51.393257
- Longitude
- 0.505155
- British National Grid easting
- 574,383
- British National Grid northing
- 169,002
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Rochester West & Borstal · E05014465
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Rochester and Strood · E14001447
- Output area
- E00189651
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 015F · E01035296
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 015 · E02003328
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore ME1
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Acorn Shipyard Ltd, Gas House Road, Rochester, ME1 1PJ | 26 June 2023 | £1,700,000 |
| Acorn Shipyard Ltd, Gas House Road, Rochester, ME1 1PJ | 10 November 2016 | £499,999 |
| Acorn Shipyard Ltd, Gas House Road, Rochester, ME1 1PJ | 5 June 2015 | £499,999 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 85
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 15
- 206 m
Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School
Free schools
- 575 m
King's School, Rochester
Other independent school
- 962 m
All Faiths Children's Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,796
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,347
- Anti social behaviour 543
- Shoplifting 456
- Criminal damage and arson 306
- Other theft 284
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME1 1 residents
- 6,382
Age bands in ME1 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.9%
841 residents
899 residents
2,154 residents
1,642 residents
897 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
950 m
THORNDIKE PARTNERSHIP
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
1.4 km
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
1.6 km
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
1.8 km
CITY WAY SURGERY
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
2.4 km
MARLOWE PARK MEDICAL CTR.
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
2.7 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
2.7 km
MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP
ODS code G82744
2.7 km
BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
2.8 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
3.0 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
3.1 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
3.6 km
MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY
262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL
ODS code G82139
3.7 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
3.9 km
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
4.0 km
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
4.2 km
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
4.6 km
HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
4.6 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE
ODS code G82077
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Rochester Guildhall Museum
BCT · Rochester
- 0.2 miles
Rochester Guildhall Museum
BCT · Rochester
- 0.2 miles
Railway Station
BCT · Strood
- 0.2 miles
Railway Station
BCT · Strood
- 0.2 miles
Railway Station
BCT · Rochester
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 015F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,915 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Schools
85 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 15 secondary schools. Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 206 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,796 published events cover 12 months, averaging 316.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,347 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.