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ME17 2LX

Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME17 2LY 49 m
ME17 2NE 83 m
ME17 2ND 129 m
ME17 2NA 145 m
ME17 2LU 223 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME17 2LX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2011
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 2
Latitude
51.228415
Longitude
0.696389
British National Grid easting
588,359
British National Grid northing
151,146

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs · E05015601
Parish or community
E04004963
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123678
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 011B · E01024362
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 011 · E02005078

Postcode source versions

Explore ME17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Platts Heath Primary School

    Community school

    879 m

  2. Lenham Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  3. The Lenham School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
213
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 106
  • Anti social behaviour 27
  • Other crime 16
  • Other theft 16
  • Shoplifting 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • LEN VALLEY PRACTICE

    GROOM WAY, LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, ME17 2QF

    ODS code G82093

    2.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Headcorn Road

    BCT · Sandway

    0.1 miles

  • Headcorn Road

    BCT · Sandway

    0.1 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Platts Heath

    0.5 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Platts Heath

    0.6 miles

  • Lenham Rail Station

    RLY · Lenham

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 011B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,613 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Platts Heath Primary School is the nearest published school at 879 m.

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

Recorded crime

213 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 106 events.

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