ME18 5BE

East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME18 5BD 101 m
ME19 6JQ 134 m
ME18 5BJ 144 m
ME18 5BG 196 m
ME18 5BN 216 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 5BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5
Latitude
51.268226
Longitude
0.429733
British National Grid easting
569,597
British National Grid northing
154,923

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Parish or community
E04005110
Westminster constituency
Tonbridge · E14001549
Output area
E00125779
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 007D · E01024781
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 007 · E02005155

Postcode source versions

Explore ME18

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
466, Red Hill, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5BE 4 October 2022 £480,000
470, Red Hill, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5BE 17 February 2022 £400,000
468, Red Hill, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5BE 29 October 2014 £285,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
24
Secondary
5
  1. The Discovery School

    Community school

    926 m
  2. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km
  3. Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
188
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 82
  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Other theft 17
  • Vehicle crime 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
ME18 5 residents
4,455

Age bands in ME18 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

641 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

472 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

806 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

1,505 residents

Age 65 and over
25.4%

1,168 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME18 5 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
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

5

within 5 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    1.4 km

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

    37 QUEEN STREET, KINGS HILL, WEST MALLING, ME19 4JF

    ODS code G82135

    1.9 km

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LARKFIELD HEALTH CENTRE, MARTIN SQUARE, LARKFIELD, AYLESFORD, ME20 6QJ

    ODS code G82083

    3.6 km

  • BLACKTHORN

    BLACKTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, MAIDSTONE, ME16 9AL

    ODS code G82098

    4.0 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

  • Dawn Lane

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.6 miles
  • Holly Way

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.6 miles
  • Holly Way

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.6 miles
  • Quindell Place

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.7 miles
  • Livesey Street

    BCT · Teston

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 007D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,174 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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
3
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 £440,000 from 2 recorded sales in ME18 5BE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tonbridge and Malling is £405,932 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Discovery School is the nearest published school at 926 m.

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

Recorded crime

188 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 82 events.

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