Strood Rural · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
City of Rochester School
Other independent special school
Cliffe Woods Primary School
Academy converter
Wainscott Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
0 female, 2 male
1,923 residents
1,120 residents
2,567 residents
2,709 residents
1,800 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME3 8 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
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within 5 km
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
1.1 km
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
3.0 km
ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP
ODS code G82744
3.3 km
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
3.7 km
TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE
ODS code G82077
4.1 km
98 BELLS LANE, HOO, ST WERBURGH, ROCHESTER, ME3 9HU
ODS code G82233
4.4 km
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
4.6 km
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
4.9 km
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
4.9 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.
Mockbeggar Farm
BCT · Wainscott
Mockbeggar Farm
BCT · Higham
View Road
BCT · Cliffe Woods
View Road
BCT · Cliffe Woods
Woodside Green
BCT · Cliffe Woods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 002B, 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
23,297 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.
36 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. City of Rochester School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
185 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 83 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.