Schools
65 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 12 secondary schools. The Howard School is the nearest published school at 487 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME8 6YR
Rainham South West · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Gillingham
- Ward
- Rainham South West
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Postcode district
- ME8
- Postcode sector
- ME8 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME8 6YR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME8
- Postcode sector
- ME8 6
- Latitude
- 51.367225
- Longitude
- 0.588128
- British National Grid easting
- 580,257
- British National Grid northing
- 166,308
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Rainham South West · E05014463
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham · E14001246
- Output area
- E00081343
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 030B · E01016086
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 030 · E02003343
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
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 245a, London Road, Gillingham, ME8 6YR | 13 May 2021 | £202,500 |
| 247, London Road, Gillingham, ME8 6YR | 13 December 2019 | £750,000 |
| 251, London Road, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 6YR | 20 August 2004 | £300,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 65
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 12
- 487 m
The Howard School
Academy converter
- 523 m
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
Academy converter
- 604 m
Rainham School for Girls
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,770
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 617
- Anti social behaviour 257
- Shoplifting 189
- Criminal damage and arson 170
- Other theft 156
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 27
- Postcode households
- 7
- Residents per household
- 3.9
- ME8 6 residents
- 10,374
14 female, 13 male
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
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME8 6 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+
- 85.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 85.7%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 85.7%
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
18
within 5 km
PUMP LANE SURGERY
13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA
ODS code G82635
120 m
EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY
52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY
ODS code G82600
789 m
WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ
ODS code G82184
790 m
MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY
53A-53B MAIDSTONE ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0DP
ODS code G82180
1.0 km
THAMES AVE SURGERY
2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW
ODS code G82154
1.1 km
ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE
THE RED SUITE, 103-107 HIGH STREET, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 8AA
ODS code G82162
1.6 km
WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW
ODS code G82226
1.7 km
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
1.9 km
LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY
PARKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, ME8 9PR
ODS code G82737
2.2 km
PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
119 LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9RR
ODS code G82721
2.5 km
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
2.8 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
2.8 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
3.0 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
3.5 km
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
3.9 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
3.9 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
4.0 km
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
29 BRYANT STREET, CHATHAM, ME4 5QS
ODS code G82631
4.4 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
- 0.1 miles
Pump Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Caldew Avenue
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Pump Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Edwin Road
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Edwin Road
BCT · Rainham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 030B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,969 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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.
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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
1,770 published events cover 12 months, averaging 147.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 617 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.