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This section of the site is all about the ME Postcode area, also known as the Medway Postal Area. Explore links to the next level to learn more about specific postcode districts such as ME1.
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Map of the ME Medway Postcode Area
Explore the postcode area by using our interactive map.
Quick Facts about the ME Postcode
| Width from East to West | 29.00 mi |
| Height from North to South | 20.49 mi |
| Area of ME | 389.73 mi² |
| Maximum Width | 29.08 mi |
| Perimeter of Postcode Area | 217.50 mi |
| Number of Postcode Districts | 21 |
| Number of Postcode Sectors | 82 |
| Number of Post Towns | 11 |
| Number of Postcodes | 16,544 |
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The ME postcode area represents a group of 20 postal districts in the Medway area of the United Kingdom. The area code stands for the letters m and e in MEdway. The area has a population of 607,143 and covers an area of 981,826 hectares. Fun fact: 0.93% of the population of Great Britain lives in this area.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Kent (100.00%).
Post Towns and Postcode Districts
Where is the ME Postcode Area?
The ME Medway Postcode is in the South East of England.. The postal area borders the following neighbouring postal areas: DA - Dartford, CT - Canterbury, SS - Southend-on-Sea, RM - Romford and TN - Tonbridge, It also borders The Thames Estuary and The Tidal Thames.
How built up is the Postcode Area?
I've calculated the total area covered by building footprints within the postcode area.
By analyzing this against the total area, I've determined the percentage of the area that's developed, this will give you an idea of how urban or rural the postcode region is.
The higher the percentage the more urban the area is. For example the least urban district is ME9 and the most urban is ME4.
| Postcode District | Total Area (m²) | Footprint Area (m²) | Built Percentage % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 | 155,250,202 | 1,768,182 | 1.14% |
| ME13 | 139,390,753 | 1,667,433 | 1.20% |
| ME18 | 39,610,256 | 479,271 | 1.21% |
| ME3 | 121,032,547 | 1,697,247 | 1.40% |
| ME17 | 136,218,512 | 1,963,962 | 1.44% |
| ME12 | 84,325,044 | 2,090,622 | 2.48% |
| ME19 | 42,357,394 | 1,248,182 | 2.95% |
| ME14 | 45,767,744 | 1,649,249 | 3.60% |
| ME11 | 5,477,064 | 275,500 | 5.03% |
| ME15 | 36,930,488 | 2,115,260 | 5.73% |
| ME1 | 21,796,425 | 1,282,673 | 5.88% |
| ME2 | 30,639,094 | 1,820,849 | 5.94% |
| ME20 | 20,084,628 | 1,367,101 | 6.81% |
| ME6 | 6,366,944 | 455,488 | 7.15% |
| ME7 | 20,472,658 | 1,850,572 | 9.04% |
| ME16 | 14,609,960 | 1,355,825 | 9.28% |
| ME5 | 16,861,921 | 1,786,735 | 10.60% |
| ME8 | 18,743,235 | 2,155,977 | 11.50% |
| ME10 | 17,829,979 | 2,328,165 | 13.06% |
| ME4 | 6,685,667 | 1,229,413 | 18.39% |
| Total | 980,450,515 (m²) | 30,587,706 (m²) | 3.12% |
A map showing the boundary of ME in relation to other areas
There are 11 towns within the Medway postcode area.
| Unit | Area² |
|---|---|
| Hectares | 981,826² |
| Miles | 3,791² |
| Feet | 105,682,768,814² |
| Kilometres | 9,818² |
Postal Delivery Offices Serving the Postcode Area
- Boughton Monchelsea Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Chatham Delivery Office
- Eastchurch Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Faversham Delivery Office
- Gillingham (me) Delivery Office
- Hoo Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Lenham Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Leys Delivery Office Wn-on-sea Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Lowerstoke Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Maidstone Delivery Office
- Medway Valley Delivery Office
- Rainham (me) Delivery Office
- Rochester Delivery Office
- Sheerness Delivery Office
- Sittingbourne Delivery Office
- Sutton Valence Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Wateringbury Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Yalding Scale Payment Delivery Office
Tourist Attractions within the Area
We found 14 visitor attractions within the Medway postcode area
| Cobham Wood and Mausoleum |
|---|
| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
| View Cobham Wood and Mausoleum on Google Maps |
| Ditton Heritage Centre Ltd |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
| View Ditton Heritage Centre Ltd on Google Maps |
| Guildhall Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
| View Guildhall Museum on Google Maps |
| Rochester Cathedral |
| Places of Worship |
| Place of Worship (still in use) |
| View Rochester Cathedral on Google Maps |
| St James Cooling |
| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
| View St James Cooling on Google Maps |
| Go Ape! Tree Top Adventure - Leeds Castle |
| Country Parks |
| Country Park |
| View Go Ape! Tree Top Adventure - Leeds Castle on Google Maps |
| Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway |
| Railways |
| Steam / Heritage Railway |
| View Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway on Google Maps |
| Sittingbourne's Steam Railway |
| Railways |
| Steam / Heritage Railway |
| View Sittingbourne's Steam Railway on Google Maps |
| Doddington Place Gardens |
| Gardens |
| Garden |
| View Doddington Place Gardens on Google Maps |
| Minster Gatehouse |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
| View Minster Gatehouse on Google Maps |
| The Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park |
| Country Parks |
| Country Park |
| View The Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park on Google Maps |
| Oare Marshes |
| Wildlife |
| Nature Reserve / Wetlands / Wildlife Trips |
| View Oare Marshes on Google Maps |
| South Swale Nature Reserve |
| Wildlife |
| Nature Reserve / Wetlands / Wildlife Trips |
| View South Swale Nature Reserve on Google Maps |
| Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours |
| Workplace |
| Distillery / Vineyard or Brewery |
| View Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours on Google Maps |
Councils within the ME Area
Towns and Villages within the Area
- Addington - village
- Allhallows - village
- Allhallows-on-Sea - village
- Aylesford - village
- Bay View - village
- Bearsted - village
- Benover - village
- Birling - village
- Blue Bell Hill - village
- Bobbing - village
- Borden - village
- Boughton Monchelsea - village
- Boughton under Blean - village
- Boxley - village
- Bredgar - village
- Bredhurst - village
- Burham - village
- Chart Sutton - village
- Chartway Street - village
- Chatham - town
- Chattenden - village
- Chestnut Street - village
- Cliffe - village
- Cliffe Woods - village
- Conyer - village
- Cooling - village
- Coxheath - village
- Culmers - village
- Cuxton - village
- Danaway - village
- Dargate - village
- Dean Street - village
- Detling - village
- Ditton - village
- Doddington - village
- Dunkirk - village
- East Farleigh - village
- East Malling - village
- Eastchurch - village
- Eastling - village
- Eccles - village
- Eyhorne Street - village
- Farleigh Green - village
- Faversham - town
- Fenn Street - village
- Forstal - village
- Gillingham - town
- Grafty Green - village
- Grain - village
- Graveney - village
- Halfway Houses - village
- Halling - village
- Harrietsham - village
- Hartlip - village
- Herne Pound - village
- Hernhill - village
- High Halstow - village
- Higham - village
- Highsted - village
- Hogben's Hill - village
- Hollingbourne - village
- Hoo St Werburgh - village
- Hunton - village
- Iwade - village
- Kent Street - village
- Kettle Corner - village
- Keycol - village
- Kings Hill - Settlement
- Kingsnorth - otherSettlement
- Kingswood - village
- Kit's Coty - village
- Laddingford - village
- Langley Heath - village
- Larkfield - village
- Leeds - village
- Lenham - village
- Lenham Heath - village
- Lewson Street - village
- Leybourne - village
- Leysdown-on-Sea - village
- Linton - village
- Lower Halstow - village
- Lower Hartlip - village
- Lower Higham - village
- Lower Rainham - village
- Lower Stoke - village
- Lower Twydall - village
- Lower Upnor - village
- Lunsford - village
- Lynsted - village
- Maidstone - town
- Mereworth - village
- Middle Stoke - village
- Milstead - village
- Minster - town
- Moor Street - village
- Neames Forstal - village
- Nettlestead - village
- Nettlestead Green - village
- New Hythe - village
- Newington - village
- Newnham - village
- North Halling - village
- Oare - village
- Offham - village
- Painter's Forstal - village
- Perrywood - village
- Peters Village - village
- Pizien Well - village
- Platt's Heath - village
- Pratling Street - village
- Queenborough - town
- Rochester - town
- Rodmersham Green - village
- Ryarsh - village
- Sandway - village
- Selling - village
- Sheerness - town
- Sheldwich Lees - village
- Sittingbourne - town
- Snodland - town
- Stalisfield Green - village
- Staplestreet - village
- Stockbury - village
- Stoke - village
- Sutton Valence - village
- Teston - village
- Teynham - village
- Three Tees - village
- Throwley Forstal - village
- Trottiscliffe - village
- Ulcombe - village
- Upchurch - village
- Upper Halling - village
- Upper Upnor - village
- Wallend - Settlement
- Warden - village
- Warmlake - village
- Wateringbury - village
- West Malling - town
- West Peckham - village
- Whitehill - village
- Wormshill - village
- Wouldham - village
- Wrotham Heath - village
- Yalding - village