ME17 3PH

Leeds & Langley · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME17 3QN 118 m
ME17 3QH 124 m
ME17 3QG 186 m
ME17 3QL 192 m
ME17 3PF 202 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME17 3PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 3
Latitude
51.229044
Longitude
0.634858
British National Grid easting
584,061
British National Grid northing
151,060

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004948
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123739
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 015C · E01024375
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 015 · E02005082

Postcode source versions

Explore ME17

53 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
40, Charlesford Avenue, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PH 12 May 2026 £325,000
Cantia, 37, Charlesford Avenue, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PH 2 April 2026 £400,000
Woodwinds, 81, Charlesford Avenue, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PH 31 March 2026 £525,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
0
  1. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    229 m
  2. Ulcombe Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km
  3. Harrietsham Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
74
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Other theft 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Vehicle crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
116

60 female, 56 male

Postcode households
49
Residents per household
2.4
ME17 3 residents
7,029

Age bands in ME17 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

1,391 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

707 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

1,957 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

2,025 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,549 residents

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME17 3 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+
10%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
10%
Gigabit-capable
10%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
12%

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

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    3.0 km

  • SUTTON VALENCE GROUP PRACTICE

    SOUTH LANE, SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3BD

    ODS code G82229

    3.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Charlesford Avenue East

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.0 miles
  • Charlesford Avenue East

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.0 miles
  • The Waldens

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.2 miles
  • The Waldens

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.2 miles
  • Charlesford Avenue West

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 015C, 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

15,474 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £464,750 from 10 recorded sales in ME17 3PH. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kingswood Primary School is the nearest published school at 229 m.

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

Recorded crime

74 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 21 events.

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