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ME19 5LB

Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
West Malling
Ward
Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh
Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge
Postcode district
ME19
Postcode sector
ME19 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME19 5FD 262 m
ME19 5LA 415 m
ME19 5AW 433 m
ME19 5FG 439 m
ME19 5LD 443 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME19 5LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME19
Postcode sector
ME19 5
Latitude
51.306263
Longitude
0.397277
British National Grid easting
567,195
British National Grid northing
159,078

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Electoral ward
Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh · E05015037
Parish or community
E04012346
Westminster constituency
Tonbridge · E14001549
Output area
E00186715
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 014F · E01032829
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 014 · E02006833

Postcode source versions

Explore ME19

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Wyndside Bungalow, Church Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, ME19 5LB 1 October 2003 £700,000
Church Farm Oast, Church Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, ME19 5LB 14 October 1999 £550,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
21
Secondary
3

  1. The Rosewood School

    Pupil referral unit

    536 m

  2. Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase

    Academy sponsor led

    612 m

  3. Ryarsh Primary School

    Community school

    865 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
287
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 102
  • Anti social behaviour 48
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Shoplifting 24
  • Vehicle crime 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.6
ME19 5 residents
8,183

Age bands in ME19 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,562 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

710 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,225 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,239 residents

Age 65 and over
18.3%

1,504 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME19 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+
90%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
30%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
30%
Gigabit-capable
30%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
10%

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 straight-line

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82083

    3.1 km

  • SNODLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CATTS ALLEY, MALLING ROAD, SNODLAND, ME6 5SN

    ODS code G82085

    3.9 km

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82135

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Church Road

    BCT · Ryarsh

    0.2 miles

  • Church Road

    BCT · Ryarsh

    0.2 miles

  • Ryarsh Turning

    BCT · Ryarsh

    0.3 miles

  • Ryarsh Turning

    BCT · Ryarsh

    0.4 miles

  • Leybourne Chase Costcutter

    BCT · Leybourne

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 014F, 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

23,573 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. The Rosewood School is the nearest published school at 536 m.

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

Recorded crime

287 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 102 events.

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