Schools
72 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 12 secondary schools. Hilltop Primary School is the nearest published school at 160 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME2 4QF
Strood Rural · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Strood Rural
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Postcode district
- ME2
- Postcode sector
- ME2 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME2 4QF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME2
- Postcode sector
- ME2 4
- Latitude
- 51.404973
- Longitude
- 0.503163
- British National Grid easting
- 574,200
- British National Grid northing
- 170,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Strood Rural · E05014468
- Parish or community
- E04001133
- Westminster constituency
- Rochester and Strood · E14001447
- Output area
- E00081617
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 004B · E01016147
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 004 · E02003317
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore ME2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 72
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 12
- 160 m
Hilltop Primary School
Academy converter
- 334 m
Maritime Academy
Free schools
- 458 m
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,966
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 706
- Anti social behaviour 294
- Shoplifting 261
- Criminal damage and arson 159
- Other theft 137
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME2 4 residents
- 7,736
Age bands in ME2 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
1,440 residents
820 residents
2,069 residents
2,163 residents
1,386 residents
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.
GP practices
16
within 5 km straight-line
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
1.1 km
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
2.0 km
MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP
ODS code G82744
2.4 km
THORNDIKE PARTNERSHIP
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
2.7 km
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
2.8 km
MARLOWE PARK MEDICAL CTR.
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
3.1 km
HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
3.3 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
3.5 km
CITY WAY SURGERY
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
3.7 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
3.7 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
3.8 km
BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
3.9 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE
ODS code G82077
4.2 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
4.4 km
ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE
98 BELLS LANE, HOO, ST WERBURGH, ROCHESTER, ME3 9HU
ODS code G82233
4.6 km
MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY
262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL
ODS code G82139
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bingham Road
BCT · Frindsbury Extra
- 0.1 miles
Bingham Road
BCT · Frindsbury Extra
- 0.1 miles
The Ship
BCT · Frindsbury
- 0.1 miles
The Ship
BCT · Frindsbury
- 0.2 miles
Chatsworth Drive
BCT · Frindsbury
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 004B, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,354 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,966 published events cover 12 months, averaging 163.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 706 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.