Medway
1 address across 1 postcode (ME3), about 280 m long. USRN 32105158.
No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Medway costs £2,329 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises. The nearest railway station is Higham, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. It is about 10 m above sea level. None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Highparks Medical Practice, about 3.2 km away. About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Medway in 2026-27: Band D £2,329 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,552 | £1,811 | £2,070 | £2,329 | £2,846 | £3,363 | £3,881 | £4,657 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (27% of about 960 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 10 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME3 8DH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Higham 138,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km |
| Strood (Kent) 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.8 km | |
| Rochester 2.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| Bus or coach station | Waterfront Bus Station Chatham | 7.8 km |
| Ferry terminal | Town Pier Gravesend | 11.0 km |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 5.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 17.2 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 51.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Highparks Medical Practice | 3.2 km |
| Pharmacies | Cliffe Woods Pharmacy | 3.2 km |
| NHS dentists | The Dental Surgery | 4.3 km |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 8.4 km |
| Police station | Medway Police Station | 6.7 km |
| Cash machines | JS Minimarket, Cliffe Cashzone | 2.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,150 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.7 ha | 2.2 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 2.2 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St James, a listed building (Grade I), 110 m west. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 3 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St James | Listed building, Grade I | 110 m west |
| Cooling Castle Gatehouse | Listed building, Grade I | 350 m west |
| Cooling Castle and its associated landscaped setting | Scheduled monument | 370 m west |
| Inner Ward to Cooling Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 370 m west |
| Lodge Hill Anti-aircraft Battery | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Whalebone Marshes | Wetland | 1.4 km north-east |
| Lodge Hill Wood | Wood | 1.6 km south |
| Cooling Marshes | Wetland | 1.7 km north |
| Hoo Peninsula | Headland | 1.8 km south-east |
| Lodge Hill | Hill | 2.0 km south |
| Allen's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Horseshoe & Castle ME3 8DJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 5 Very good | 29 May 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (kent).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- ME3 8DH: 1 address of 33 in the postcode
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.