ME9 7LS

Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME9 7NW 97 m
ME9 7JP 101 m
ME9 7NP 110 m
ME9 7LT 129 m
ME9 7LR 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME9 7LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 7
Latitude
51.351478
Longitude
0.665461
British National Grid easting
585,703
British National Grid northing
164,750

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005063
Output area
E00124713
Lower layer super output area
Swale 008B · E01024571
Middle layer super output area
Swale 008 · E02005122

Postcode source versions

Explore ME9

124 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
70, The Willows, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LS 13 May 2026 £320,000
24, The Willows, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LS 25 March 2026 £570,000
14, The Willows, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LS 21 November 2025 £505,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
19
Secondary
2
  1. Newington Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    634 m
  2. Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km
  3. Lower Halstow Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
249
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 121
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Other theft 21
  • Public order 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
146

73 female, 73 male

Postcode households
55
Residents per household
2.7
ME9 7 residents
7,866

Age bands in ME9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,265 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

769 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,761 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,096 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

1,748 residents

This postcode contained 1.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME9 7 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
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

6

within 5 km

  • THE MEADS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    29 QUARTZ WAY, THE MEADS, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 5AA

    ODS code G82634

    3.6 km

  • ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82162

    4.1 km

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LONDON ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 1ND

    ODS code G82231

    4.4 km

  • THAMES AVE SURGERY

    2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW

    ODS code G82154

    4.5 km

  • MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82180

    4.7 km

  • LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82737

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Station Road

    BCT · Newington

    0.1 miles
  • Playstool Road

    BCT · Newington

    0.1 miles
  • Playstool Road

    BCT · Newington

    0.1 miles
  • Church Lane

    BCT · Newington

    0.2 miles
  • Newington Rail Station

    RSE · Newington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 008B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,397 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £295,000 from 19 recorded sales in ME9 7LS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Swale is £298,394 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Newington Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 634 m.

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

Recorded crime

249 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 121 events.

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