ME18 5DF

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 5DW 65 m
ME18 5DA 71 m
ME18 5DP 72 m
ME18 5NJ 82 m
ME18 5DD 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 5DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1988
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5
Latitude
51.254087
Longitude
0.422824
British National Grid easting
569,167
British National Grid northing
153,335

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
E00125784
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

36 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Hillside Court, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5DF 3 July 2026 £375,000
11, Hillside Court, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5DF 13 January 2023 £345,000
16, Hillside Court, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5DF 4 July 2022 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    477 m
  2. The Discovery School

    Community school

    2.0 km
  3. Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery

    Community school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
133
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Vehicle crime 15
  • Other theft 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

19 female, 20 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.9% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
76.5%

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

4

within 5 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    255 m

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82135

    2.4 km

  • YALDING

    BURGESS BANK, BENOVER ROAD, YALDING, MAIDSTONE, ME18 6ES

    ODS code G82141

    3.7 km

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

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

Nearby transport

  • Glebe Meadow

    BCT · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles
  • Glebe Meadow

    BCT · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles
  • The Wateringbury

    BCT · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles
  • The Wateringbury

    BCT · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles
  • Wateringbury Rail Station

    RLY · Wateringbury

    0.3 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
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 £380,000 from 5 recorded sales in ME18 5DF. 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 477 m.

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

Recorded crime

133 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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