Schools
96 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 17 secondary schools. Brompton Academy is the nearest published school at 198 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME7 5WX
Gillingham South · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Gillingham South
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Postcode district
- ME7
- Postcode sector
- ME7 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME7 5WX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 2004
- Terminated
- 1 July 2005
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME7
- Postcode sector
- ME7 5
- Latitude
- 51.382032
- Longitude
- 0.542369
- British National Grid easting
- 577,015
- British National Grid northing
- 167,843
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Gillingham South · E05014455
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham · E14001246
- Output area
- E00081106
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 012C · E01016045
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 012 · E02003325
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
- 96
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 17
- 198 m
Brompton Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 419 m
Hospital and Medical Tuition Service
Miscellaneous
- 653 m
Alchemy School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 10,198
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,152
- Anti social behaviour 1,288
- Criminal damage and arson 873
- Shoplifting 797
- Other theft 692
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME7 5 residents
- 9,891
Age bands in ME7 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 10%
2,113 residents
1,163 residents
3,173 residents
2,250 residents
962 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
25
within 5 km straight-line
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
195 m
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
717 m
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
804 m
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
1.2 km
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
1.4 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
1.4 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
1.5 km
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
1.7 km
CITY WAY SURGERY
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
2.4 km
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
2.5 km
THORNDIKE PARTNERSHIP
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
2.8 km
MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP
ODS code G82744
2.8 km
EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY
52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY
ODS code G82600
2.8 km
MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY
262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL
ODS code G82139
2.9 km
WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ
ODS code G82184
3.0 km
PUMP LANE SURGERY
13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA
ODS code G82635
3.6 km
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
3.8 km
KING GEORGE ROAD SURGERY
52A KING GEORGE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0TT
ODS code G82108
4.0 km
BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
4.3 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE
ODS code G82077
4.4 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
The Westcourt Arms
BCT · Gillingham
- 0.2 miles
Copenhagen Road
BCT · Gillingham
- 0.2 miles
Copenhagen Road
BCT · Gillingham
- 0.2 miles
Medway Maritime Hospital
BCT · Gillingham
- 0.2 miles
The Westcourt Arms
BCT · Gillingham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 012C, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,500 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
10,198 published events cover 12 months, averaging 849.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,152 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.