ME6 5GL

Snodland West & Holborough Lakes · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Postcode district
ME6
Postcode sector
ME6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME6 5GD 30 m
ME6 5GF 45 m
ME6 5PH 85 m
ME6 5PE 95 m
ME6 5GB 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME6 5GL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME6
Postcode sector
ME6 5
Latitude
51.336371
Longitude
0.443974
British National Grid easting
570,338
British National Grid northing
162,533

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Parish or community
E04005107
Westminster constituency
Chatham and Aylesford · E14001157
Output area
E00186799
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 002I · E01035006
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 002 · E02005150

Postcode source versions

Explore ME6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
32
Primary
24
Secondary
2
  1. Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes

    Academy sponsor led

    228 m
  2. Snodland CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    892 m
  3. Halling Primary School

    Academy converter

    895 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,277
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 441
  • Anti social behaviour 254
  • Shoplifting 163
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Other theft 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

24 female, 27 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.2
ME6 5 residents
11,844

Age bands in ME6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.9%

2,357 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,160 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.9%

3,422 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

3,050 residents

Age 65 and over
15.6%

1,843 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME6 5 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

  • SNODLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CATTS ALLEY, MALLING ROAD, SNODLAND, ME6 5SN

    ODS code G82085

    1.1 km

  • RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FERRY ROAD, HALLING, ROCHESTER, ME2 1NP

    ODS code G82106

    1.4 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    33 BELL LANE, BURHAM, ROCHESTER, ME1 3SX

    ODS code G82234

    2.7 km

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LARKFIELD HEALTH CENTRE, MARTIN SQUARE, LARKFIELD, AYLESFORD, ME20 6QJ

    ODS code G82083

    4.0 km

  • BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY

    25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY

    ODS code G82711

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Manley Boulevard

    BCT · Holborough

    0.0 miles
  • Manley Boulevard

    BCT · Holborough

    0.1 miles
  • Snodland Bypass

    BCT · Holborough

    0.1 miles
  • Snodland Bypass

    BCT · Holborough

    0.1 miles
  • Higham Avenue

    BCT · Holborough

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 002I, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,927 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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
24
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

32 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 2 secondary schools. Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes is the nearest published school at 228 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,277 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 441 events.

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