ME10 5BU

The Meads · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sittingbourne
Local authority
Swale
Postcode district
ME10
Postcode sector
ME10 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME10 5BT 33 m
ME10 5BD 38 m
ME10 5BS 72 m
ME10 5BW 109 m
ME10 5BX 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME10 5BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME10
Postcode sector
ME10 5
Latitude
51.350348
Longitude
0.708469
British National Grid easting
588,702
British National Grid northing
164,734

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
The Meads · E05009564
Parish or community
E04012438
Output area
E00189753
Lower layer super output area
Swale 009H · E01035306
Middle layer super output area
Swale 009 · E02005123

Postcode source versions

Explore ME10

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Watermark House, Flat 7, Ledger Close, Sittingbourne, ME10 5BU 10 March 2017 £960,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
22
Secondary
5
  1. Grove Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    180 m
  2. Bobbing Village School

    Academy converter

    355 m
  3. Aspire School

    Free schools special

    476 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
944
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 379
  • Anti social behaviour 127
  • Criminal damage and arson 106
  • Other theft 96
  • Vehicle crime 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

22 female, 17 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.1
ME10 5 residents
3,679

Age bands in ME10 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.3%

874 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.6%

452 residents

Age 25 to 44
32.2%

1,161 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.6%

851 residents

Age 65 and over
7.3%

263 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME10 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
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
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

7

within 5 km

  • THE MEADS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    29 QUARTZ WAY, THE MEADS, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 5AA

    ODS code G82634

    595 m

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LONDON ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 1ND

    ODS code G82231

    1.6 km

  • GREEN PORCH MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    GREEN PORCH MEDICAL CENTRE, GREEN PORCH CLOSE, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 2HA

    ODS code G82702

    2.2 km

  • GROVEHURST HEALTH

    GROVEHURST ROAD, KEMSLEY, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 2ST

    ODS code G82026

    2.4 km

  • MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4XX

    ODS code G82693

    2.6 km

  • THE MEDIC CARE SURGERY

    SITTINGBOURNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4DT

    ODS code G82698

    2.6 km

  • THE CHESTNUTS SURGERY

    70 EAST STREET, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4RU

    ODS code G82035

    2.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Meads

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.3 miles
  • The Meads

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.3 miles
  • Jacinth Drive

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.4 miles
  • Jacinth Drive

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.4 miles
  • Wentworth Drive

    BCT · Sittingbourne

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 009H, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,368 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
22
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Grove Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 180 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 379 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.