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ME14 2AP

Penenden Heath · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Penenden Heath
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME14 2AS 26 m
ME14 2AR 55 m
ME14 2AX 71 m
ME14 2AN 93 m
ME14 2BD 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME14 2AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 2
Latitude
51.284255
Longitude
0.527312
British National Grid easting
576,342
British National Grid northing
156,935

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Penenden Heath · E05015609
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00123783
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 002E · E01024386
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 002 · E02005069

Postcode source versions

Explore ME14

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
30
Secondary
11

  1. St Paul's Infant School

    Community school

    163 m

  2. North Borough Junior School

    Community school

    211 m

  3. Serenity School Maidstone

    Other independent special school

    783 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,396
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,598
  • Shoplifting 649
  • Anti social behaviour 513
  • Criminal damage and arson 340
  • Other theft 306

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

5 female, 7 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
6.0
ME14 2 residents
11,199

Age bands in ME14 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

2,031 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.5%

1,504 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.3%

4,125 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.1%

2,771 residents

Age 65 and over
13.2%

1,582 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME14 2 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.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    831 m

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    1.7 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    1.8 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    1.8 km

  • BLACKTHORN

    BLACKTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, MAIDSTONE, ME16 9AL

    ODS code G82098

    3.3 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    3.7 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

    THE MEDICAL PRACTICE, 10A NORTHUMBERLAND COURT, NORTHUMBERLAND ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 7LN

    ODS code G82604

    3.7 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE NEW AYLESFORD SURGERY, ADMIRAL MOORE DRIVE, ROYAL BRITISH LEGION VILLAGE, AYLESFORD, ME20 7SE

    ODS code G82058

    3.8 km

  • MOTE

    ST. SAVIOURS SURGERY, ST. SAVIOURS ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 9FL

    ODS code G82076

    4.4 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Boxley Road TA Centre

    BCT · Penenden Heath

    0.0 miles

  • Boxley Road TA Centre

    BCT · Penenden Heath

    0.1 miles

  • The Dog and Gun

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles

  • The Dog and Gun

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles

  • Heathfield Road

    BCT · Penenden Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 002E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,798 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 11 secondary schools. St Paul's Infant School is the nearest published school at 163 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,396 published events cover 12 months, averaging 366.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,598 events.

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