Higham & Shorne · Gravesham · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 53, Oak Drive, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7BD | 19 September 2025 | £380,000 |
| 9, Oak Drive, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7BD | 24 January 2025 | £375,000 |
| 3, Oak Drive, Higham, Rochester, ME3 7BD | 31 October 2024 | £350,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Gad's Hill School
Other independent school
Higham Primary School
Community school
Shorne Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
50 female, 50 male
1,009 residents
682 residents
1,383 residents
1,839 residents
1,524 residents
This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME3 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
4
within 5 km
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
3.1 km
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
3.3 km
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
3.3 km
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
3.4 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Forge Lane Shops
BCT · Higham
Forge Lane Shops
BCT · Higham
School Lane Shops
BCT · Higham
Gardeners Arms
BCT · Higham
Pear Tree Lane
BCT · Higham
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gravesham 010C, 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
21,180 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £385,000 from 8 recorded sales in ME3 7BD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Gravesham is £345,369 in June 2026, up 2.4% year on year.
Published establishments
36 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 3 secondary schools. Gad's Hill School is the nearest published school at 616 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
167 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 66 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.