ME15 8SL

Leeds & Langley · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME15 8SJ 271 m
ME15 8DW 437 m
ME14 4NB 462 m
ME15 8HF 501 m
ME15 8JJ 501 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME15 8SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME15
Postcode sector
ME15 8
Latitude
51.262747
Longitude
0.579416
British National Grid easting
580,059
British National Grid northing
154,670

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04013406
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123608
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 015B · E01024350
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 015 · E02005082

Postcode source versions

Explore ME15

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lenvale Farmhouse, Otham Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8SL 26 June 2020 £800,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
25
Secondary
5
  1. Madginford Primary School

    Community school

    984 m
  2. Thurnham Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km
  3. Roseacre Junior School

    Foundation school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
448
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 167
  • Anti social behaviour 109
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Other theft 30
  • Vehicle crime 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
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.

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
25%

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

8

within 5 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    745 m

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    2.7 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    2.9 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    3.0 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    3.1 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    4.0 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    4.2 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    4.6 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

  • Otham Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.3 miles
  • Otham Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.3 miles
  • The Yeoman

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.4 miles
  • Tudor Park Hotel

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.4 miles
  • The Yeoman

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 015B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,860 of 33,755

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

34 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Madginford Primary School is the nearest published school at 984 m.

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

Recorded crime

448 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 167 events.

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