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ME8 8TW

Rainham South East · Medway · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Rainham South East
Local authority
Medway
Constituency
Gillingham and Rainham
Postcode district
ME8
Postcode sector
ME8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME8 9LJ 44 m
ME8 9JH 83 m
ME8 8TH 118 m
ME8 8RB 120 m
ME8 9LX 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME8 8TW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME8
Postcode sector
ME8 8
Latitude
51.345263
Longitude
0.601868
British National Grid easting
581,300
British National Grid northing
163,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Medway · E06000035
Electoral ward
Rainham South East · E05014462
Parish or community
E43000030
Westminster constituency
Gillingham and Rainham · E14001246
Output area
E00081404
Lower layer super output area
Medway 032D · E01016107
Middle layer super output area
Medway 032 · E02003345

Postcode source versions

Explore ME8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
25
Secondary
6

  1. Parkwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    421 m

  2. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    620 m

  3. Deanwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    754 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
700
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 284
  • Anti social behaviour 123
  • Criminal damage and arson 80
  • Other theft 65
  • Vehicle crime 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82737

    553 m

  • PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82721

    674 m

  • WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW

    ODS code G82226

    1.2 km

  • MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82180

    1.9 km

  • THAMES AVE SURGERY

    2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW

    ODS code G82154

    2.0 km

  • ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82162

    2.1 km

  • PUMP LANE SURGERY

    13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA

    ODS code G82635

    2.6 km

  • EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY

    52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY

    ODS code G82600

    3.3 km

  • WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ

    ODS code G82184

    3.4 km

  • WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82014

    4.4 km

  • MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX

    ODS code G82719

    4.6 km

  • STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY

    25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA

    ODS code G82113

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Middleton Close

    BCT · Meresborough

    0.0 miles

  • Bayswater Drive

    BCT · Meresborough

    0.0 miles

  • Maryland Court

    BCT · Meresborough

    0.1 miles

  • Thrale Way

    BCT · Parkwood

    0.1 miles

  • Dolphin Drive

    BCT · Parkwood

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 032D, 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

28,451 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Parkwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 421 m.

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

Recorded crime

700 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 284 events.

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