ME13 0RS

East Downs · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Faversham
Local authority
Swale
Postcode district
ME13
Postcode sector
ME13 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME13 0EW 380 m
ME13 0EN 442 m
ME13 0RR 468 m
ME13 0EP 529 m
ME13 0EL 538 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME13 0RS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME13
Postcode sector
ME13 0
Latitude
51.300608
Longitude
0.853992
British National Grid easting
599,049
British National Grid northing
159,588

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005067
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00124691
Lower layer super output area
Swale 016A · E01024565
Middle layer super output area
Swale 016 · E02005130

Postcode source versions

Explore ME13

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brownings Oast, Hansletts Lane, Ospringe, Faversham, ME13 0RS 11 March 2026 £715,000
Broom Hill Oast, Hansletts Lane, Ospringe, Faversham, ME13 0RS 25 May 2021 £725,000
Brownings Oast, Hansletts Lane, Ospringe, Faversham, ME13 0RS 5 August 2015 £492,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Lorenden Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    492 m
  2. Ospringe Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km
  3. The Abbey School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 8
  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Burglary 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

9 female, 9 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.0
ME13 0 residents
2,991

Age bands in ME13 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

464 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

312 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

612 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.9%

1,171 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

896 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME13 0 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+
57.1%
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

1

within 5 km

  • FAVERSHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON ROAD, FAVERSHAM, ME13 8FH

    ODS code G82039

    3.0 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

  • Painter's Forstal Road

    BCT · Painters Forstal

    0.5 miles
  • Painter's Forstal Road

    BCT · Painters Forstal

    0.5 miles
  • Water Works

    BCT · Newnham

    0.9 miles
  • Water Works

    BCT · Newnham

    0.9 miles
  • Syndale Bottom

    BCT · Ospringe

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 016A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,871 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
4
Low risk addresses
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £715,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME13 0RS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Swale is £298,394 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Lorenden Preparatory School is the nearest published school at 492 m.

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

Recorded crime

29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 8 events.

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