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ME3 8TX

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 8UG 53 m
ME3 8TT 71 m
ME3 8UQ 86 m
ME3 8TS 99 m
ME3 8TU 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 8TX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 8
Latitude
51.434784
Longitude
0.501641
British National Grid easting
573,981
British National Grid northing
173,611

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

Explore ME3

Property

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
45, Milton Avenue, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8TX 23 April 2024 £340,000
62, Milton Avenue, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8TX 14 April 2021 £338,000
43, Milton Avenue, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8TX 15 January 2021 £320,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
17
Secondary
2

  1. City of Rochester School

    Other independent special school

    130 m

  2. Cliffe Woods Primary School

    Academy converter

    222 m

  3. Chattenden Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
97
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 40
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Burglary 11
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Other theft 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

15 female, 14 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.3% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

6

within 5 km

  • HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX

    ODS code G82100

    345 m

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82744

    4.0 km

  • APEX MEDICAL CENTRE

    GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW

    ODS code G82679

    4.2 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82077

    4.2 km

  • ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82233

    4.4 km

  • COURT VIEW SURGERY

    2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA

    ODS code G82203

    4.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Primary School

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.0 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.1 miles

  • Woodside Green

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.1 miles

  • Woodside Green

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.2 miles

  • Tennyson Avenue

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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 £340,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME3 8TX. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. City of Rochester School is the nearest published school at 130 m.

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

Recorded crime

97 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 40 events.

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