Schools
87 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 17 secondary schools. Danecourt School is the nearest published school at 377 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME7 2AR
Watling · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Watling
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Postcode district
- ME7
- Postcode sector
- ME7 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME7 2AR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 March 2001
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME7
- Postcode sector
- ME7 2
- Latitude
- 51.371123
- Longitude
- 0.565071
- British National Grid easting
- 578,637
- British National Grid northing
- 166,685
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Watling · E05014471
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham · E14001246
- Output area
- E00081764
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 019C · E01016175
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 019 · E02003332
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 ME7
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 87
- Primary
- 54
- Secondary
- 17
- 377 m
Danecourt School
Academy special converter
- 782 m
The Robert Napier School
Academy sponsor led
- 834 m
Featherby Junior School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,267
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,265
- Anti social behaviour 453
- Criminal damage and arson 286
- Shoplifting 285
- Other theft 226
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME7 2 residents
- 12,970
Age bands in ME7 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.1%
2,638 residents
1,510 residents
3,483 residents
3,589 residents
1,847 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
819 m
EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY
52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY
ODS code G82600
948 m
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
1.1 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
1.4 km
WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ
ODS code G82184
1.4 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
1.4 km
PUMP LANE SURGERY
13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA
ODS code G82635
1.7 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
2.0 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
2.3 km
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
2.5 km
MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY
53A-53B MAIDSTONE ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0DP
ODS code G82180
2.6 km
WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW
ODS code G82226
2.7 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
2.7 km
THAMES AVE SURGERY
2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW
ODS code G82154
2.8 km
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
3.1 km
ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE
THE RED SUITE, 103-107 HIGH STREET, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 8AA
ODS code G82162
3.2 km
LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY
PARKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, ME8 9PR
ODS code G82737
3.3 km
PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
119 LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9RR
ODS code G82721
3.4 km
MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY
262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL
ODS code G82139
3.5 km
CITY WAY SURGERY
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Woodlands Road South end
BCT · Darland
- 0.1 miles
Woodlands Road South end
BCT · Darland
- 0.2 miles
Leyton Avenue
BCT · Darland
- 0.2 miles
Leyton Avenue
BCT · Darland
- 0.2 miles
Barnsole Road
BCT · Darland
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 019C, 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
25,164 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
3,267 published events cover 12 months, averaging 272.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,265 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.