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ME7 3ND

Boxley Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Gillingham
Ward
Boxley Downs
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Postcode district
ME7
Postcode sector
ME7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME7 3NA 78 m
ME7 3NB 95 m
ME7 3BJ 193 m
ME7 3JS 391 m
ME7 3LY 471 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME7 3ND
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME7
Postcode sector
ME7 3
Latitude
51.325798
Longitude
0.569803
British National Grid easting
579,143
British National Grid northing
161,657

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Boxley Downs · E05015597
Parish or community
E04004947
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123548
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 001C · E01024335
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 001 · E02005068

Postcode source versions

Explore ME7

Property

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13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bennetts Cottages, 6, Dunn Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3ND 3 October 2025 £340,000
Bennetts Cottages, 5, Dunn Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3ND 19 July 2023 £308,000
Hawthorn Lodge, Dunn Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3ND 5 February 2022 £925,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
24
Secondary
4

  1. Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    789 m

  2. Swingate Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

  3. St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Violence and sexual offences 35
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Other theft 11
  • Vehicle crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

14 female, 16 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.1
ME7 3 residents
8,319

Age bands in ME7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,349 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

797 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

1,866 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,402 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,963 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME7 3 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+
91.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

9

within 5 km

  • PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

    119 LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9RR

    ODS code G82721

    2.7 km

  • LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY

    PARKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, ME8 9PR

    ODS code G82737

    3.1 km

  • WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW

    ODS code G82226

    3.2 km

  • REACH HEALTHCARE

    WALDERSLADE VILLAGE SURGERY, 62A ROBIN HOOD LANE, CHATHAM, ME5 9LD

    ODS code G82161

    3.5 km

  • KING GEORGE ROAD SURGERY

    52A KING GEORGE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0TT

    ODS code G82108

    4.4 km

  • THE CHURCHILL CLINIC

    94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL

    ODS code G82697

    4.6 km

  • MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY

    53A-53B MAIDSTONE ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0DP

    ODS code G82180

    4.6 km

  • THAMES AVE SURGERY

    2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW

    ODS code G82154

    4.8 km

  • PUMP LANE SURGERY

    13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA

    ODS code G82635

    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

  • Primary School

    BCT · Bredhurst

    0.5 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Bredhurst

    0.5 miles

  • Birch Drive

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.8 miles

  • Birch Drive

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.8 miles

  • Timber Tops

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 001C, 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

18,985 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
5
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 £357,500 from 4 recorded sales in ME7 3ND. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Maidstone is £352,191 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 789 m.

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

Recorded crime

125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 38 events.

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