ME16 8NF

Fant & Oakwood · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 8FF 60 m
ME16 8QG 62 m
ME16 8LZ 63 m
ME16 8FE 73 m
ME16 8FB 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 8NF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 8
Latitude
51.267775
Longitude
0.514926
British National Grid easting
575,541
British National Grid northing
155,073

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
E00170346
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 006F · E01033087
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 006 · E02005073

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

73 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Lindisfarne Gardens, Maidstone, ME16 8NF 12 November 2024 £179,000
9, Lindisfarne Gardens, Maidstone, ME16 8NF 6 April 2023 £197,000
2, Lindisfarne Gardens, Maidstone, ME16 8NF 5 December 2022 £207,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
35
Secondary
12
  1. Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    279 m
  2. St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone

    Voluntary controlled school

    279 m
  3. Archbishop Courtenay Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    301 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
5,945
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,185
  • Anti social behaviour 796
  • Shoplifting 727
  • Criminal damage and arson 511
  • Other theft 416

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

21 female, 30 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.4% 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.

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

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    352 m

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    518 m

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    865 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

    2.7 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    3.2 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    4.0 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

    4.1 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Charles Street

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles
  • Charles Street

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.1 miles
  • Rowland Close

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles
  • Rowland Close

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles
  • Lockmeadow

    BCT · 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
24
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 £197,000 from 5 recorded sales in ME16 8NF. 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. Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School is the nearest published school at 279 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,945 published events cover 12 months, averaging 495.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,185 events.

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