ME17 2EG

Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Maidstone
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME17 2EE 163 m
ME17 2ED 338 m
ME13 0BZ 483 m
ME17 2EJ 880 m
ME17 2EH 893 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME17 2EG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 2
Latitude
51.246854
Longitude
0.760364
British National Grid easting
592,748
British National Grid northing
153,362

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004978
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123808
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 011D · E01024387
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 011 · E02005078

Postcode source versions

Explore ME17

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bunkers Hill Cottage, Warren Street, Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2EG 27 June 2025 £550,000
Warren Lodge, Warren Street, Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2EG 24 May 2021 £835,000
Little Tracy, Warren Street, Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2EG 19 July 2019 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Lenham Primary School

    Community school

    3.5 km
  2. The Lenham School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.5 km
  3. Infiniti School

    Other independent special school

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other crime 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

10 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
ME17 2 residents
4,056

Age bands in ME17 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

614 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

375 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

808 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,292 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

1,156 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME17 2 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
42.9%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
57.1%

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

2

within 5 km

  • LEN VALLEY PRACTICE

    GROOM WAY, LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME17 2QF

    ODS code G82093

    2.8 km

  • CHARING SURGERY

    1 SURGERY CLOSE, CHARING, ASHFORD, TN27 0AW

    ODS code G82094

    4.7 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

  • Rayners Hill

    BCT · Lenham

    1.2 miles
  • Rayners Hill

    BCT · Lenham

    1.2 miles
  • Gravel Hill

    BCT · Stalisfield

    1.4 miles
  • Gravel Hill

    BCT · Stalisfield

    1.4 miles
  • Hart Hill Crossroads

    BCT · Charing

    2.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 011D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,398 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £550,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME17 2EG. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Lenham Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 5 events.

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