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ME3 9LB

Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Medway · England

Updated September 2026

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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 9YF 49 m
ME3 9GS 202 m
ME3 9TF 203 m
ME3 9TL 241 m
ME3 9TG 260 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 9LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 9
Latitude
51.412719
Longitude
0.565874
British National Grid easting
578,531
British National Grid northing
171,312

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
E00189755
Lower layer super output area
Medway 001D · E01016074
Middle layer super output area
Medway 001 · E02003314

Postcode source versions

Explore ME3

Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit A3 Hoo Industrial Estate, Vicarage Lane, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9LB 15 November 2024 £600,000
Unit 2a, Vicarage Lane, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9LB 23 July 2024 £30,000
Unit A1, Vicarage Lane, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9LB 28 July 2023 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
28
Secondary
5

  1. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  2. Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km

  3. St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
407
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 207
  • Anti social behaviour 76
  • Criminal damage and arson 41
  • Other theft 24
  • Other crime 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

11 female, 16 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.9
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 0.2% 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
3.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
3.3%
Gigabit-capable
3.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
75%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
80%

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

12

within 5 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82077

    997 m

  • ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82233

    1.2 km

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82744

    2.0 km

  • PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR

    SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX

    ODS code G82741

    2.3 km

  • THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE

    VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA

    ODS code G82129

    3.6 km

  • NAPIER ROAD SURGERY

    151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH

    ODS code G82763

    3.6 km

  • WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU

    ODS code G82014

    3.8 km

  • THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE

    30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY

    ODS code G82753

    4.5 km

  • WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ

    ODS code G82184

    4.5 km

  • BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    29 BRYANT STREET, CHATHAM, ME4 5QS

    ODS code G82631

    4.6 km

  • EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY

    52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY

    ODS code G82600

    4.7 km

  • MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX

    ODS code G82719

    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

  • Marina

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.1 miles

  • Church Farm Close

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.3 miles

  • Church Farm Close

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.3 miles

  • The Five Bells

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.5 miles

  • The Five Bells

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.5 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
12
Medium risk addresses
7
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 £190,000 from 3 recorded sales in ME3 9LB. 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

41 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

407 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 207 events.

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