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ME3 7TJ

Strood Rural · Medway · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rochester
Ward
Strood Rural
Local authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 7ET 64 m
ME3 7TR 163 m
ME3 7TB 190 m
ME3 7TP 205 m
ME3 8UJ 325 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 7TJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 7
Latitude
51.436219
Longitude
0.507720
British National Grid easting
574,398
British National Grid northing
173,785

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Medway · E06000035
Electoral ward
Strood Rural · E05014468
Parish or community
E04001130
Westminster constituency
Rochester and Strood · E14001447
Output area
E00081605
Lower layer super output area
Medway 002C · E01016145
Middle layer super output area
Medway 002 · E02003315

Postcode source versions

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Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Merry Boys Cottages, 4, Cooling Common, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7TJ 29 January 2026 £365,000
Merry Boys Cottages, 1, Cooling Common, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7TJ 12 April 2021 £225,000
Merry Boys Cottages, 4, Cooling Common, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7TJ 14 November 2019 £254,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
16
Secondary
1

  1. Cliffe Woods Primary School

    Academy converter

    230 m

  2. City of Rochester School

    Other independent special school

    326 m

  3. Chattenden Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
109
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 43
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Burglary 10
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Other theft 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

12 female, 12 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.4
ME3 7 residents
6,636

Age bands in ME3 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,009 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

682 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

1,383 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

1,839 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,524 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME3 7 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+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

5

within 5 km

  • HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX

    ODS code G82100

    794 m

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP

    ODS code G82744

    3.9 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

    TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE

    ODS code G82077

    3.9 km

  • ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE

    98 BELLS LANE, HOO, ST WERBURGH, ROCHESTER, ME3 9HU

    ODS code G82233

    4.1 km

  • APEX MEDICAL CENTRE

    GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW

    ODS code G82679

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Primary School

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.2 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.3 miles

  • Woodside Green

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.4 miles

  • Woodside Green

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.4 miles

  • Tennyson Avenue

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 002C, 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

26,260 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £365,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME3 7TJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Medway is £296,182 in June 2026, up 1.1% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cliffe Woods Primary School is the nearest published school at 230 m.

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

Recorded crime

109 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 43 events.

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