ME15 8BF

Shepway · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Ward
Shepway
Local authority
Maidstone
Postcode district
ME15
Postcode sector
ME15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME15 8DU 55 m
ME15 8DY 59 m
ME15 8DX 62 m
ME15 8ET 118 m
ME15 8ES 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME15 8BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME15
Postcode sector
ME15 8
Latitude
51.258345
Longitude
0.552925
British National Grid easting
578,228
British National Grid northing
154,116

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Shepway · E05015612
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123835
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 010C · E01024393
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 010 · E02005077

Postcode source versions

Explore ME15

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Parkside, 2, School Lane, Maidstone, ME15 8BF 2 June 2020 £278,000
Parkside, 5, School Lane, Maidstone, ME15 8BF 1 June 2016 £285,000
Parkside, 4, School Lane, Maidstone, ME15 8BF 22 December 2015 £269,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
32
Secondary
11
  1. Greenfields Community Primary School

    Community school

    264 m
  2. Madginford Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  3. King's Reach Education

    Other independent special school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,870
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 739
  • Anti social behaviour 316
  • Criminal damage and arson 206
  • Shoplifting 158
  • Other theft 104

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

9 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.0
ME15 8 residents
12,593

Age bands in ME15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,305 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

1,154 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

3,124 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

3,172 residents

Age 65 and over
22.2%

2,788 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME15 8 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

11

within 5 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    860 m

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    1.4 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    1.8 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

    THE SURGERY, WALLIS AVENUE, PARKWOOD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 9JJ

    ODS code G82641

    1.9 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    2.4 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    2.9 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    3.0 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    3.6 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    3.7 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    4.5 km

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    4.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • School Lane

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles
  • School Lane

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles
  • Greenfields

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles
  • Greenfields

    BCT · Shepway

    0.2 miles
  • Durham Close

    BCT · Shepway

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 010C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,561 of 33,755

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

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 11 secondary schools. Greenfields Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 264 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,870 published events cover 12 months, averaging 155.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 739 events.

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