Schools
79 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 12 secondary schools. Horsted Junior School is the nearest published school at 548 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME5 9XW
Fort Horsted · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Fort Horsted
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Postcode district
- ME5
- Postcode sector
- ME5 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME5 9XW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1996
- Terminated
- 1 August 1997
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME5
- Postcode sector
- ME5 9
- Latitude
- 51.354464
- Longitude
- 0.514169
- British National Grid easting
- 575,158
- British National Grid northing
- 164,710
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Fort Horsted · E05014452
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford · E14001157
- Output area
- E00081494
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 033B · E01016122
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 033 · E02003346
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore ME5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 79
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 12
- 548 m
Horsted Junior School
Community school
- 550 m
Horsted Infant School
Community school
- 804 m
Walderslade School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,204
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 797
- Shoplifting 381
- Anti social behaviour 292
- Criminal damage and arson 201
- Other theft 149
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME5 9 residents
- 11,828
Age bands in ME5 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.6%
1,825 residents
1,123 residents
2,707 residents
3,265 residents
2,455 residents
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.
GP practices
20
within 5 km straight-line
KING GEORGE ROAD SURGERY
52A KING GEORGE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0TT
ODS code G82108
689 m
MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY
262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL
ODS code G82139
773 m
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
1.5 km
CITY WAY SURGERY
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
2.0 km
REACH HEALTHCARE
WALDERSLADE VILLAGE SURGERY, 62A ROBIN HOOD LANE, CHATHAM, ME5 9LD
ODS code G82161
2.0 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
2.7 km
BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
3.0 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
3.0 km
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
3.0 km
THORNDIKE PARTNERSHIP
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
3.0 km
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
3.3 km
PHOENIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
33 BELL LANE, BURHAM, ROCHESTER, ME1 3SX
ODS code G82234
3.7 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
3.8 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
4.1 km
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
4.5 km
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FERRY ROAD, HALLING, ROCHESTER, ME2 1NP
ODS code G82106
4.7 km
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
4.9 km
EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY
52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY
ODS code G82600
4.9 km
MARLOWE PARK MEDICAL CTR.
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
4.9 km
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Vale Drive Play Area
BCT · Davis Estate
- 0.1 miles
Hurst Close
BCT · Davis Estate
- 0.1 miles
Field Close
BCT · Davis Estate
- 0.1 miles
Amethyst Avenue West
BCT · Davis Estate
- 0.2 miles
Amethyst Avenue East
BCT · Davis Estate
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 033B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,444 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,204 published events cover 12 months, averaging 183.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 797 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.