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ME16 0UZ

Palace Wood · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Maidstone
Ward
Palace Wood
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 0JU 59 m
ME16 0UN 66 m
ME16 0WH 94 m
ME16 0YG 120 m
ME16 0WG 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 0UZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 0
Latitude
51.274274
Longitude
0.492826
British National Grid easting
573,975
British National Grid northing
155,743

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Palace Wood · E05015607
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00123697
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 008C · E01024367
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 008 · E02005075

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

Property

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41 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Gainsborough Drive, Maidstone, ME16 0UZ 24 October 2025 £500,000
1, Gainsborough Drive, Maidstone, ME16 0UZ 12 November 2024 £450,000
6, Gainsborough Drive, Maidstone, ME16 0UZ 19 October 2022 £600,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
33
Secondary
12

  1. St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone

    Voluntary aided school

    200 m

  2. St Simon Stock Catholic School

    Academy converter

    313 m

  3. West Borough Primary School

    Community school

    600 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,513
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,147
  • Anti social behaviour 374
  • Criminal damage and arson 228
  • Other theft 185
  • Shoplifting 140

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

21 female, 27 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.3% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
83.3%

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

10

within 5 km

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    792 m

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    984 m

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    1.6 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    2.2 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    2.2 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    2.6 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    4.4 km

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LARKFIELD HEALTH CENTRE, MARTIN SQUARE, LARKFIELD, AYLESFORD, ME20 6QJ

    ODS code G82083

    4.6 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    4.8 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    5.0 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

  • Malling Terrace

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles

  • Malling Terrace

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles

  • Saxon Mews

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

  • Saxon Mews

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

  • Hazelwood Drive

    BCT · Palace Wood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 008C, 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

20,378 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £527,500 from 4 recorded sales in ME16 0UZ. 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

53 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone is the nearest published school at 200 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,513 published events cover 12 months, averaging 209.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,147 events.

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