Schools
37 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 3 secondary schools. Gad's Hill School is the nearest published school at 431 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME3 7BL
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 7BL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1993
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME3
- Postcode sector
- ME3 7
- Latitude
- 51.414122
- Longitude
- 0.453326
- British National Grid easting
- 570,700
- 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
- E00123199
- Lower layer super output area
- Gravesham 010A · E01024265
- 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
- 37
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 3
- 431 m
Gad's Hill School
Other independent school
- 1.2 km
Higham Primary School
Community school
- 1.4 km
Shorne Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 174
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 64
- Anti social behaviour 29
- Other theft 17
- Criminal damage and arson 17
- Vehicle crime 14
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
5
within 5 km straight-line
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
3.1 km
MARLOWE PARK MEDICAL CTR.
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
3.1 km
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
3.3 km
HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
3.8 km
ROCHESTER ROAD SURGERY
115 ROCHESTER ROAD, GRAVESEND, DA12 2HU
ODS code G82648
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Pear Tree Lane
BCT · Higham
- 0.1 miles
Hollytree Drive
BCT · Higham
- 0.2 miles
Forge Lane
BCT · Higham
- 0.2 miles
Forge Lane
BCT · Higham
- 0.3 miles
Forge Lane Shops
BCT · Higham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gravesham 010A, 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
25,590 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
174 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.