ME9 9PB

Teynham and Lynsted · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Swale
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME9 9PD 76 m
ME9 9PF 274 m
ME9 0QX 476 m
ME9 0RA 598 m
ME9 0RB 669 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME9 9PB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 9
Latitude
51.306009
Longitude
0.764187
British National Grid easting
592,767
British National Grid northing
159,949

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005075
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00189740
Lower layer super output area
Swale 016E · E01024624
Middle layer super output area
Swale 016 · E02005130

Postcode source versions

Explore ME9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. Rodmersham School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  2. Lynsted and Norton Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Infiniti School

    Other independent special school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

8 female, 12 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
4.0
ME9 9 residents
5,548

Age bands in ME9 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

934 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

559 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

1,257 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

1,399 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

1,111 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME9 9 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+
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

  • MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4XX

    ODS code G82693

    3.7 km

  • THE MEDIC CARE SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82698

    3.7 km

  • THE CHESTNUTS SURGERY

    70 EAST STREET, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4RU

    ODS code G82035

    3.9 km

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LONDON ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 1ND

    ODS code G82231

    4.8 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

  • Kingsdown Road

    BCT · Lynsted

    0.9 miles
  • Kingsdown Road

    BCT · Lynsted

    0.9 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Lynsted

    1.1 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Lynsted

    1.1 miles
  • Fruiterers Arms

    BCT · Rodmersham

    1.1 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
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

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Rodmersham School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 2 events.

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