ME16 0ZG

Barming Heath & Teston · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Maidstone
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 9NZ 11 m
ME16 0UF 42 m
ME16 0ZD 59 m
ME16 0FP 83 m
ME16 0ZE 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 0ZG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 0
Latitude
51.272068
Longitude
0.483631
British National Grid easting
573,342
British National Grid northing
155,476

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00186740
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 008F · E01033088
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 008 · E02005075

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Sandlewood Court, Maidstone, ME16 0ZG 22 September 2023 £61,250
6, Sandlewood Court, Maidstone, ME16 0ZG 15 July 2022 £160,000
18, Sandlewood Court, Maidstone, ME16 0ZG 8 July 2022 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
34
Secondary
12
  1. West Borough Primary School

    Community school

    633 m
  2. Bower Grove School

    Foundation special school

    710 m
  3. St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone

    Voluntary aided school

    836 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,778
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 888
  • Anti social behaviour 245
  • Criminal damage and arson 160
  • Other theft 128
  • Shoplifting 85

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

29 female, 17 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.2
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
100%

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

    474 m

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    1.6 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    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 COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    2.7 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    2.9 km

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82083

    4.3 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    4.4 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    4.8 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    4.9 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

  • Oakapple Lane

    BCT · Barming Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Oakapple Lane

    BCT · Barming Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Maidstone Hospital

    BCT · Barming Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Maidstone Hospital

    BCT · Barming Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Maidstone Hospital

    BCT · Barming Heath

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 008F, 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

20,848 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £160,000 from 3 recorded sales in ME16 0ZG. 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 34 primary and 12 secondary schools. West Borough Primary School is the nearest published school at 633 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,778 published events cover 12 months, averaging 148.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 888 events.

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