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ME9 8AP

West Downs · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sittingbourne
Ward
West Downs
Local authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME9 8AR 401 m
ME9 8HA 493 m
ME9 8EY 549 m
ME9 8AS 589 m
ME9 8ET 631 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME9 8AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 8
Latitude
51.305406
Longitude
0.692020
British National Grid easting
587,740
British National Grid northing
159,695

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
West Downs · E05009566
Parish or community
E04005047
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00124995
Lower layer super output area
Swale 013C · E01024628
Middle layer super output area
Swale 013 · E02005127

Postcode source versions

Explore ME9

Property

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Green Acres, Swanton Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8AP 19 July 2024 £965,000
Downsells Barn, 1, Swanton Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8AP 18 September 2020 £695,000
Downsells Barn, 1, Swanton Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8AP 10 April 2015 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
10
Secondary
4

  1. Bredgar Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    654 m

  2. Yew Tree Farm School

    Other independent special school

    1.0 km

  3. Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Other theft 5
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

16 female, 17 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.7
ME9 8 residents
7,570

Age bands in ME9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

1,489 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

775 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.4%

2,027 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,096 residents

Age 65 and over
16.7%

1,284 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME9 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
88.9%

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

3

within 5 km

  • MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4XX

    ODS code G82693

    4.5 km

  • THE MEDIC CARE SURGERY

    SITTINGBOURNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4DT

    ODS code G82698

    4.5 km

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LONDON ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 1ND

    ODS code G82231

    4.7 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

  • Pond

    BCT · Bredgar

    0.5 miles

  • Kent Science Park

    BCT · Woodstock

    1.6 miles

  • Hales Road

    BCT · Tunstall

    1.9 miles

  • Mountview

    BCT · Borden

    2.0 miles

  • Park Drive

    BCT · Tunstall

    2.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 013C, 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

15,370 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £965,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME9 8AP. 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bredgar Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 654 m.

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

Recorded crime

29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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