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ME16 0SL

Allington & Bridge · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Maidstone
Ward
Allington & Bridge
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 0AW 50 m
ME16 0UH 77 m
ME16 0AF 83 m
ME16 0AZ 85 m
ME16 0AT 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 0SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 0
Latitude
51.273284
Longitude
0.514710
British National Grid easting
575,505
British National Grid northing
155,685

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Allington & Bridge · E05015593
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00123550
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 006A · E01024339
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 006 · E02005073

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

Property

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20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0SL 20 March 2025 £330,000
16, Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0SL 24 August 2022 £375,000
35, Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0SL 20 May 2020 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
34
Secondary
12

  1. MEPA ACADEMY

    Other independent school

    473 m

  2. Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision

    Pupil referral unit

    605 m

  3. Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    613 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,230
  • Anti social behaviour 823
  • Shoplifting 743
  • Criminal damage and arson 530
  • Other theft 433

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
57

31 female, 26 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.4
ME16 0 residents
14,394

Age bands in ME16 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

2,381 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,387 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

3,541 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

3,831 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

3,116 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME16 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
97.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
82.9%
Gigabit-capable
57.1%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
91.4%

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

11

within 5 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    263 m

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    547 m

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    758 m

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    760 m

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    2.0 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    3.1 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    3.6 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    3.7 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    4.1 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    4.5 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rocky Hill

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles

  • Bedford Place

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles

  • Maidstone West Railway Station

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

  • Maidstone West Railway Station

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

  • Maidstone West Railway Station

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 006A, 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

11,927 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
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 £352,500 from 2 recorded sales in ME16 0SL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Maidstone is £352,191 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.

Schools

56 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 12 secondary schools. MEPA ACADEMY is the nearest published school at 473 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 508.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,230 events.

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