ME18 5EL

Marden & Yalding · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME18 5EN 19 m
ME18 5EW 43 m
ME18 5AB 66 m
ME18 5EH 68 m
ME18 5GA 79 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 5EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5
Latitude
51.249403
Longitude
0.419239
British National Grid easting
568,934
British National Grid northing
152,806

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004967
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00123763
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 014C · E01024377
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 014 · E02005081

Postcode source versions

Explore ME18

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Medway Terrace, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5EL 29 June 2021 £351,000
3, Medway Terrace, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5EL 30 October 2019 £280,000
4, Medway Terrace, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5EL 15 November 2017 £340,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    166 m
  2. The Discovery School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  3. Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
114
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Other theft 13
  • Anti social behaviour 12
  • Vehicle crime 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

4 female, 8 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.0
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+
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
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

3

within 5 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    820 m

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82135

    2.7 km

  • YALDING

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

    ODS code G82141

    3.2 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

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wateringbury

    0.0 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles
  • Wateringbury Rail Station

    RSE · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles
  • Wateringbury Rail Station

    RLY · Wateringbury

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 014C, 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

11,168 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 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.

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

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 166 m.

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

Recorded crime

114 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 34 events.

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