Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 10 secondary schools. The Howard School is the nearest published school at 385 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME8 6BG
Rainham North · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Rainham North
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Postcode district
- ME8
- Postcode sector
- ME8 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME8 6BG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME8
- Postcode sector
- ME8 6
- Latitude
- 51.367168
- Longitude
- 0.591904
- British National Grid easting
- 580,520
- British National Grid northing
- 166,311
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Rainham North · E05014461
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham · E14001246
- Output area
- E00081715
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 023D · E01016167
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 023 · E02003336
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 ME8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 58
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 10
- 385 m
The Howard School
Academy converter
- 491 m
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Academy converter
- 527 m
Rainham School for Girls
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,879
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 655
- Anti social behaviour 269
- Shoplifting 189
- Criminal damage and arson 189
- Other theft 169
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME8 6 residents
- 10,374
Age bands in ME8 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.2%
1,841 residents
1,139 residents
2,494 residents
2,718 residents
1,948 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
18
within 5 km straight-line
PUMP LANE SURGERY
13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA
ODS code G82635
175 m
MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY
53A-53B MAIDSTONE ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0DP
ODS code G82180
800 m
THAMES AVE SURGERY
2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW
ODS code G82154
882 m
WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ
ODS code G82184
921 m
EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY
52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY
ODS code G82600
1.0 km
ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE
THE RED SUITE, 103-107 HIGH STREET, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 8AA
ODS code G82162
1.3 km
WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW
ODS code G82226
1.7 km
LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY
PARKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, ME8 9PR
ODS code G82737
2.1 km
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
2.2 km
PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
119 LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9RR
ODS code G82721
2.4 km
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
3.0 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
3.1 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
3.2 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
3.8 km
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
4.1 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
4.2 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
4.2 km
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Pump Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Bloors Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Pump Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Bloors Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.2 miles
Danson Way
BCT · Twydall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 023D, 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
18,934 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
1,879 published events cover 12 months, averaging 156.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 655 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.