ME18 6BS

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME18 6AA 84 m
ME18 6BP 93 m
ME18 6BT 103 m
ME18 6BN 116 m
ME18 6BW 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 6BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 6
Latitude
51.207517
Longitude
0.418976
British National Grid easting
569,069
British National Grid northing
148,148

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004980
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00123767
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 014C · E01024377
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 014 · E02005081

Postcode source versions

Explore ME18

34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
32, Cleavesland, Laddingford, Maidstone, ME18 6BS 28 March 2025 £377,500
8, Cleavesland, Laddingford, Maidstone, ME18 6BS 27 September 2024 £318,000
31, Cleavesland, Laddingford, Maidstone, ME18 6BS 23 August 2024 £350,850

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    394 m
  2. The Quest School

    Other independent special school

    1.9 km
  3. Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
47
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Other theft 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
93

44 female, 49 male

Postcode households
53
Residents per household
1.8
ME18 6 residents
2,655

Age bands in ME18 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

378 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

197 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.1%

470 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

720 residents

Age 65 and over
24.7%

578 residents

This postcode contained 3.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME18 6 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
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

2

within 5 km

  • YALDING

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

    ODS code G82141

    1.7 km

  • WOODLANDS HEALTH CENTRE

    1-7 ALLINGTON ROAD, PADDOCK WOOD, TONBRIDGE, TN12 6AX

    ODS code G82118

    3.8 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

  • The Chequers

    BCT · Laddingford

    0.0 miles
  • The Chequers

    BCT · Laddingford

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Beltring

    0.7 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Beltring

    0.7 miles
  • Beltring Rail Station

    RSE · Beltring

    0.7 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
54
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 £345,000 from 5 recorded sales in ME18 6BS. 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 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 394 m.

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

Recorded crime

47 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 13 events.

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