ME3 8QE

Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Medway · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rochester
Local authority
Medway
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 8QF 44 m
ME3 8QD 570 m
ME3 8QQ 660 m
ME3 8PT 691 m
ME3 8GJ 699 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 8QE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 8
Latitude
51.435953
Longitude
0.566557
British National Grid easting
578,488
British National Grid northing
173,897

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Medway · E06000035
Parish or community
E04001136
Westminster constituency
Rochester and Strood · E14001447
Output area
E00081268
Lower layer super output area
Medway 001D · E01016074
Middle layer super output area
Medway 001 · E02003314

Postcode source versions

Explore ME3

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Bellwood Cottages, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 8QE 24 July 2007 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Leigh Academy High Halstow

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  2. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
426
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 198
  • Anti social behaviour 90
  • Criminal damage and arson 37
  • Other theft 30
  • Other crime 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.1% 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+
0%
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
33.3%

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

  • ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82233

    1.4 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82077

    1.9 km

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82744

    3.8 km

  • PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR

    SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX

    ODS code G82741

    4.8 km

  • HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX

    ODS code G82100

    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.

Nearby transport

  • Ratcliffe Highway

    BCT · Sharnal Street

    0.6 miles
  • Ratcliffe Highway

    BCT · Sharnal Street

    0.6 miles
  • Fourwents Road

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.6 miles
  • Fourwents Road

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.6 miles
  • Bell's Lane

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 001D, 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

12,054 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Leigh Academy High Halstow is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

426 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 198 events.

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