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ME3 9FX

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 9GB 32 m
ME3 9FW 87 m
ME3 9FS 111 m
ME3 9FY 115 m
ME3 9FQ 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 9FX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 9
Latitude
51.430069
Longitude
0.559235
British National Grid easting
578,002
British National Grid northing
173,225

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
E00189635
Lower layer super output area
Medway 003F · E01035286
Middle layer super output area
Medway 003 · E02003316

Postcode source versions

Explore ME3

Property

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21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
19, Guelder Rose Drive, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9FX 28 May 2025 £385,000
19, Guelder Rose Drive, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9FX 21 October 2022 £390,000
5, Guelder Rose Drive, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9FX 10 February 2021 £460,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  2. Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

  3. Leigh Academy High Halstow

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
564
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 260
  • Anti social behaviour 122
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Other theft 32
  • Other crime 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

23 female, 26 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
3.3
ME3 9 residents
11,742

Age bands in ME3 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,157 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,102 residents

Age 25 to 44
26%

3,044 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

2,941 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

2,467 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME3 9 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
100%

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

    776 m

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82077

    1.1 km

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82744

    3.0 km

  • PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR

    SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX

    ODS code G82741

    4.1 km

  • HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX

    ODS code G82100

    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

  • Fourwents Road

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.1 miles

  • Fourwents Road

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.1 miles

  • Bell's Lane

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.2 miles

  • Bell's Lane

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.2 miles

  • Kingshill Drive

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 003F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,422 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
10 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
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 £387,500 from 2 recorded sales in ME3 9FX. 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

564 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 260 events.

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