ME9 8SL

Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME9 8UD 539 m
ME9 8UZ 539 m
ME9 8TP 542 m
ME9 8UT 543 m
ME9 8TQ 549 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME9 8SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 8
Latitude
51.382478
Longitude
0.719206
British National Grid easting
589,317
British National Grid northing
168,334

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005056
Output area
E00166880
Lower layer super output area
Swale 007H · E01032656
Middle layer super output area
Swale 007 · E02005121

Postcode source versions

Explore ME9

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Toad Hall Farm, Raspberry Hill Lane, Iwade, Sittingbourne, ME9 8SL 4 August 2025 £395,000
Toad Hall Farm, Raspberry Hill Lane, Iwade, Sittingbourne, ME9 8SL 26 May 2010 £247,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Iwade School

    Academy converter

    816 m
  2. Craftworks

    Special post 16 institution

    1.5 km
  3. Kemsley Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
167
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 65
  • Anti social behaviour 39
  • Other theft 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Vehicle crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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+
0%
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
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • GROVEHURST HEALTH

    GROVEHURST ROAD, KEMSLEY, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 2ST

    ODS code G82026

    2.4 km

  • GREEN PORCH MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82702

    3.4 km

  • THE MEADS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82634

    3.6 km

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LONDON ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 1ND

    ODS code G82231

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Chetney View

    BCT · Iwade

    0.4 miles
  • Chetney View

    BCT · Iwade

    0.4 miles
  • Holly Blue Drive

    BCT · Iwade

    0.5 miles
  • Holly Blue Drive

    BCT · Iwade

    0.5 miles
  • Evergreen Close

    BCT · Iwade

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 007H, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,984 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
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 £395,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME9 8SL. 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 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Iwade School is the nearest published school at 816 m.

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

Recorded crime

167 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 65 events.

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