ME18 6ED

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 6EE 84 m
ME18 6EF 207 m
ME18 6EA 413 m
ME15 0QR 598 m
ME18 6EB 647 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 6ED
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 6
Latitude
51.227843
Longitude
0.447887
British National Grid easting
571,013
British National Grid northing
150,475

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004960
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00123584
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 018A · E01024345
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 018 · E02005085

Postcode source versions

Explore ME18

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Pennywood Cottages, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6ED 17 December 2025 £500,000
Pennywood Cottages, 3, Lughorse Lane, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6ED 17 December 2021 £670,000
1, Pennywood Cottages, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6ED 25 July 2013 £285,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    966 m
  2. Hunton Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km
  3. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
134
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 42
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Other theft 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Vehicle crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

8 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.5% 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+
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
0%
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

3

within 5 km

  • YALDING

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

    ODS code G82141

    1.5 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    3.5 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    4.1 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

  • Yalding Hill

    BCT · Yalding

    0.6 miles
  • Yalding Hill

    BCT · Yalding

    0.6 miles
  • Shingle Barn Lane

    BCT · West Farleigh

    0.6 miles
  • Shingle Barn Lane

    BCT · West Farleigh

    0.6 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Yalding

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 018A, 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

14,814 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
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 £585,000 from 2 recorded sales in ME18 6ED. 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 966 m.

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

Recorded crime

134 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 42 events.

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