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ME16 8FE

Fant & Oakwood · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Maidstone
Ward
Fant & Oakwood
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 8FF 50 m
ME16 8LZ 50 m
ME16 8FB 53 m
ME16 8FD 70 m
ME16 8NF 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 8FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 8
Latitude
51.267735
Longitude
0.515970
British National Grid easting
575,614
British National Grid northing
155,071

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Fant & Oakwood · E05015599
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00170368
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 006F · E01033087
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 006 · E02005073

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

Property

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88 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
166, Wallis Place, Maidstone, ME16 8FE 10 July 2026 £140,000
158, Wallis Place, Maidstone, ME16 8FE 13 March 2026 £205,000
169, Wallis Place, Maidstone, ME16 8FE 28 January 2026 £193,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
35
Secondary
12

  1. Archbishop Courtenay Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    282 m

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    351 m

  3. St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone

    Voluntary controlled school

    351 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,020
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,228
  • Anti social behaviour 802
  • Shoplifting 727
  • Criminal damage and arson 523
  • Other theft 414

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
115

52 female, 63 male

Postcode households
65
Residents per household
1.8
ME16 8 residents
12,714

Age bands in ME16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,244 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,337 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.1%

4,381 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.6%

3,162 residents

Age 65 and over
13.3%

1,708 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME16 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 VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    360 m

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    447 m

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    917 m

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    1.2 km

  • 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

    2.6 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    3.1 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    3.9 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    4.0 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    4.2 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    4.2 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

  • Charles Street

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles

  • Charles Street

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

  • Lockmeadow

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

  • Maidstone West Rail Station

    RLY · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

  • Maidstone West Rail Station

    RSE · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 006F, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,771 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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
38
Medium risk addresses
30
Low risk addresses
2
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 £155,000 from 9 recorded sales in ME16 8FE. 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

57 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 12 secondary schools. Archbishop Courtenay Primary School is the nearest published school at 282 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,020 published events cover 12 months, averaging 501.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,228 events.

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