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ME3 8QB

Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Medway · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rochester
Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
Local authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 8PX 435 m
ME3 9DE 554 m
ME3 9GT 578 m
ME3 9DF 580 m
ME3 9UU 583 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 8QB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 8
Latitude
51.426317
Longitude
0.544409
British National Grid easting
576,986
British National Grid northing
172,772

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Medway · E06000035
Electoral ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · E05014457
Parish or community
E04001136
Westminster constituency
Rochester and Strood · E14001447
Output area
E00189687
Lower layer super output area
Medway 003E · E01016143
Middle layer super output area
Medway 003 · E02003316

Postcode source versions

Explore ME3

Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Windmill, Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 8QB 11 March 2022 £780,000
The Windmill, Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 8QB 24 September 2018 £30,000
Rosehill, Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 8QB 11 January 2016 £530,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
21
Secondary
3

  1. Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo

    Academy sponsor led

    650 m

  2. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough

    Academy converter

    818 m

  3. Chattenden Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
699
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 307
  • Anti social behaviour 139
  • Criminal damage and arson 73
  • Other theft 38
  • Other crime 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

9 female, 13 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.1
ME3 8 residents
10,133

Age bands in ME3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,923 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,120 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,567 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,709 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

1,800 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
25%
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
50%

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82077

    1.2 km

  • ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82233

    1.3 km

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82744

    2.2 km

  • HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX

    ODS code G82100

    3.4 km

  • PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR

    SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX

    ODS code G82741

    3.6 km

  • APEX MEDICAL CENTRE

    GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW

    ODS code G82679

    4.8 km

  • THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE

    VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA

    ODS code G82129

    4.8 km

  • BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY

    ODS code G82631

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Swimming Pool

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.4 miles

  • The Hundred of Hoo Academy

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.4 miles

  • The Hundred of Hoo Academy Grounds

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.4 miles

  • Broad Street

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.5 miles

  • Broad Street

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 003E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,726 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
1 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 £780,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME3 8QB. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo is the nearest published school at 650 m.

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

Recorded crime

699 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 307 events.

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