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ME8 8LW

Rainham North · Medway · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Gillingham
Ward
Rainham North
Local authority
Medway
Constituency
Gillingham and Rainham
Postcode district
ME8
Postcode sector
ME8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME8 8LU 67 m
ME8 8LN 97 m
ME8 8NT 98 m
ME8 8NR 108 m
ME8 8DA 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME8 8LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME8
Postcode sector
ME8 8
Latitude
51.363028
Longitude
0.621135
British National Grid easting
582,571
British National Grid northing
165,923

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
E00081391
Lower layer super output area
Medway 025E · E01016102
Middle layer super output area
Medway 025 · E02003338

Postcode source versions

Explore ME8

Property

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13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Bramley Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8LW 10 November 2017 £247,000
7, Bramley Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8LW 19 September 2017 £231,000
14, Bramley Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8LW 19 May 2017 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
22
Secondary
5

  1. Leigh Academy Rainham

    Free schools

    226 m

  2. Riverside Primary School

    Academy converter

    314 m

  3. St Margaret's Church of England Junior School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
976
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 399
  • Anti social behaviour 138
  • Criminal damage and arson 99
  • Other theft 76
  • Public order 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
35

15 female, 20 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.5
ME8 8 residents
10,284

Age bands in ME8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.3%

1,908 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

1,058 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.5%

2,720 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.6%

2,525 residents

Age 65 and over
16.8%

1,662 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME8 8 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+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

10

within 5 km

  • ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE

    THE RED SUITE, 103-107 HIGH STREET, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 8AA

    ODS code G82162

    811 m

  • THAMES AVE SURGERY

    2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW

    ODS code G82154

    1.3 km

  • MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82180

    1.4 km

  • PUMP LANE SURGERY

    13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA

    ODS code G82635

    2.3 km

  • LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82737

    2.4 km

  • WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW

    ODS code G82226

    2.6 km

  • PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82721

    2.8 km

  • WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ

    ODS code G82184

    2.8 km

  • EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY

    52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY

    ODS code G82600

    3.1 km

  • WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU

    ODS code G82014

    4.2 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

  • Leigh Academy

    BCT · Rainham

    0.1 miles

  • Leigh Academy

    BCT · Rainham

    0.1 miles

  • Blackthorne Road

    BCT · Rainham

    0.1 miles

  • Otterham Quay Lane

    BCT · Rainham

    0.1 miles

  • Farnham Close

    BCT · Rainham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 025E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,049 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

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
1
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

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Leigh Academy Rainham is the nearest published school at 226 m.

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

Recorded crime

976 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 399 events.

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