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ME16 9LY

Barming Heath & Teston · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Ward
Barming Heath & Teston
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 9NB 149 m
ME16 9NA 200 m
ME15 0JH 252 m
ME15 0JG 272 m
ME16 9ND 275 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 9LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 9
Latitude
51.256291
Longitude
0.484973
British National Grid easting
573,495
British National Grid northing
153,725

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Barming Heath & Teston · E05015594
Parish or community
E04013397
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00123643
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 008B · E01024358
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 008 · E02005075

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

Property

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12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Orchard Cottages, 5, Farleigh Lane, Maidstone, ME16 9LY 17 June 2025 £145,000
Orchard Cottages, 4, Farleigh Lane, Maidstone, ME16 9LY 4 October 2024 £265,000
Walnuts, Farleigh Lane, Maidstone, ME16 9LY 28 August 2024 £685,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
30
Secondary
12

  1. East Farleigh Primary School

    Community school

    906 m

  2. Jubilee Primary School

    Free schools

    917 m

  3. St Helens Montessori School

    Other independent school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
822
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 358
  • Anti social behaviour 154
  • Criminal damage and arson 78
  • Other theft 66
  • Vehicle crime 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

14 female, 15 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
1.9
ME16 9 residents
7,308

Age bands in ME16 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.3%

1,487 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

802 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.1%

1,985 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.9%

1,751 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,292 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME16 9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
11.8%

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

    1.3 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    2.5 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    2.7 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    2.9 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    3.3 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    3.6 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    4.2 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    4.2 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    4.4 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    4.4 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

  • Railway Station

    BCT · East Farleigh

    0.1 miles

  • East Farleigh Rail Station

    RSE · East Farleigh

    0.1 miles

  • East Farleigh Rail Station

    RLY · East Farleigh

    0.1 miles

  • East Farleigh Rail Station

    RSE · East Farleigh

    0.1 miles

  • Church

    BCT · East Farleigh

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 008B, 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

9,582 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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 £265,000 from 3 recorded sales in ME16 9LY. 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

50 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 12 secondary schools. East Farleigh Primary School is the nearest published school at 906 m.

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

Recorded crime

822 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 358 events.

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