Schools
38 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 3 secondary schools. Gad's Hill School is the nearest published school at 318 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME3 7AN
Higham & Shorne · Gravesham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Higham & Shorne
- Local authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham
- Postcode district
- ME3
- Postcode sector
- ME3 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME3 7AN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME3
- Postcode sector
- ME3 7
- Latitude
- 51.414032
- Longitude
- 0.457635
- British National Grid easting
- 571,000
- British National Grid northing
- 171,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Gravesham · E07000109
- Electoral ward
- Higham & Shorne · E05014915
- Parish or community
- E04004936
- Westminster constituency
- Gravesham · E14001254
- Output area
- E00123201
- Lower layer super output area
- Gravesham 010B · E01024266
- Middle layer super output area
- Gravesham 010 · E02005064
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 ME3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 38
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 3
- 318 m
Gad's Hill School
Other independent school
- 1.1 km
Higham Primary School
Community school
- 1.7 km
Shorne Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 155
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 62
- Anti social behaviour 24
- Other theft 16
- Criminal damage and arson 15
- Vehicle crime 12
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME3 7 residents
- 6,636
Age bands in ME3 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.7%
1,009 residents
682 residents
1,383 residents
1,839 residents
1,524 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
2.9 km
MARLOWE PARK MEDICAL CTR.
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
3.0 km
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
3.1 km
HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
3.5 km
THORNDIKE PARTNERSHIP
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
4.9 km
BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Forge Lane Shops
BCT · Higham
- 0.1 miles
Forge Lane Shops
BCT · Higham
- 0.1 miles
Gardeners Arms
BCT · Higham
- 0.1 miles
Forge Lane
BCT · Higham
- 0.1 miles
Forge Lane
BCT · Higham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gravesham 010B, 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
13,839 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
155 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 62 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.