ME13 9LW

Boughton and Courtenay · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Faversham
Local authority
Swale
Postcode district
ME13
Postcode sector
ME13 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT2 9BA 382 m
ME13 9LN 515 m
CT2 9HX 695 m
CT2 9AZ 840 m
CT2 9AY 848 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME13 9LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME13
Postcode sector
ME13 9
Latitude
51.289170
Longitude
1.003092
British National Grid easting
609,493
British National Grid northing
158,731

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005049
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00124651
Lower layer super output area
Swale 017D · E01024558
Middle layer super output area
Swale 017 · E02005131

Postcode source versions

Explore ME13

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Glen, Gate Hill, Dunkirk, Faversham, ME13 9LW 19 October 2001 £220,000
The Risings, Gate Hill, Dunkirk, Faversham, ME13 9LW 14 March 1997 £125,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
13
Primary
5
Secondary
2
  1. Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School

    Other independent school

    3.0 km
  2. Blean Primary School

    Community school

    3.6 km
  3. Kent College (Canterbury)

    Other independent school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
49
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 13
  • Vehicle crime 12
  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.8
ME13 9 residents
5,318

Age bands in ME13 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

806 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

519 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,064 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,650 residents

Age 65 and over
24%

1,277 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME13 9 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+
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
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
60%

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

    BOLTS HILL, CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 7JY

    ODS code G82790

    3.9 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE, GILES LANE, CANTERBURY, CT2 7PB

    ODS code G82140

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Gate Services

    BCT · Dunkirk

    0.4 miles
  • The Red Lion

    BCT · Dunkirk

    0.6 miles
  • Woodside

    BCT · Upper Harbledown

    0.8 miles
  • Limes Place

    BCT · Upper Harbledown

    1.0 miles
  • Courtenay Road

    BCT · Dunkirk

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 017D, 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

18,673 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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

13 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. Kent College Nursery, Infant and Junior School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

49 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 13 events.

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