ME9 0ES

Teynham and Lynsted · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sittingbourne
Local authority
Swale
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME9 0ET 452 m
ME9 9JJ 532 m
ME9 0HS 541 m
ME9 0EP 663 m
ME9 9JQ 671 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME9 0ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 0
Latitude
51.317790
Longitude
0.807766
British National Grid easting
595,754
British National Grid northing
161,374

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005061
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00189633
Lower layer super output area
Swale 016E · E01024624
Middle layer super output area
Swale 016 · E02005130

Postcode source versions

Explore ME9

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cherry Gardens, Nouds Lane, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 0ES 7 January 1998 £390,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Lynsted and Norton Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  2. Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. ISP School

    Other independent special school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
272
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 95
  • Anti social behaviour 57
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Other theft 23
  • Shoplifting 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

7 female, 4 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.2
ME9 0 residents
2,676

Age bands in ME9 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

409 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

291 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.7%

526 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.7%

893 residents

Age 65 and over
24.8%

700 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME9 0 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+
60%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
60%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Lewson Street

    BCT · Teynham

    0.5 miles
  • Lewson Street

    BCT · Teynham

    0.6 miles
  • Batteries Close

    BCT · Lynsted

    0.6 miles
  • Batteries Close

    BCT · Lynsted

    0.7 miles
  • Dover Castle

    BCT · Teynham

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 016E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,706 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Lynsted and Norton Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

272 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 95 events.

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