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ME9 8JN

Borden and Grove Park · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sittingbourne
Ward
Borden and Grove Park
Local authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME9 8JW 118 m
ME9 8JR 140 m
ME9 8JQ 148 m
ME9 8JF 154 m
ME9 8LN 157 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME9 8JN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 8
Latitude
51.333929
Longitude
0.702851
British National Grid easting
588,378
British National Grid northing
162,894

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
Borden and Grove Park · E05009546
Parish or community
E04012439
Westminster constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey · E14001474
Output area
E00124641
Lower layer super output area
Swale 009A · E01024554
Middle layer super output area
Swale 009 · E02005123

Postcode source versions

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Property

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29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, The Street, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JN 19 July 2024 £500,000
1, The Street, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JN 30 April 2024 £225,000
St Mawes, The Street, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JN 24 January 2022 £415,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
5

  1. Borden Church of England Primary School

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    768 m

  2. Westlands School

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    1.1 km

  3. Westlands Primary School

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    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
453
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 218
  • Anti social behaviour 58
  • Criminal damage and arson 44
  • Other theft 42
  • Vehicle crime 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
47

25 female, 22 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.6% 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
34.4%

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

7

within 5 km

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LONDON ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 1ND

    ODS code G82231

    1.9 km

  • THE MEADS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82634

    2.1 km

  • MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4XX

    ODS code G82693

    2.4 km

  • THE MEDIC CARE SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82698

    2.4 km

  • THE CHESTNUTS SURGERY

    70 EAST STREET, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4RU

    ODS code G82035

    2.9 km

  • GREEN PORCH MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    GREEN PORCH MEDICAL CENTRE, GREEN PORCH CLOSE, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 2HA

    ODS code G82702

    3.5 km

  • GROVEHURST HEALTH

    GROVEHURST ROAD, KEMSLEY, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 2ST

    ODS code G82026

    4.0 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

  • Church

    BCT · Borden

    0.1 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Borden

    0.1 miles

  • Mountview

    BCT · Borden

    0.2 miles

  • Riddles Road

    BCT · Sittingbourne

    0.4 miles

  • Riddles Road

    BCT · Sittingbourne

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 009A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,069 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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 £346,250 from 4 recorded sales in ME9 8JN. 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

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Borden Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 768 m.

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

Recorded crime

453 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 218 events.

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