ME postcode area
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Postcode district boundaries:
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Rochester | |
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Coordinates: 51°19′59″N 0°35′17″E / 51.333°N 0.588°E | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | ME |
Postcode area name | Rochester |
Post towns | 11 |
Postcode districts | 21 |
Postcode sectors | 83 |
Postcodes (live) | 16,365 |
Postcodes (total) | 22,129 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The ME postcode area, also known as the Rochester postcode area,[2] is a group of 20 postcode districts in South East England, within 11 post towns. These cover north central Kent, including the Medway unitary authority and the borough of Swale, plus parts of the boroughs of Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling, and Gravesham. The letters in the postcode are derived from the name of the Medway conurbation.
Coverage
[edit]The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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ME1 | ROCHESTER | Rochester, Borstal, Burham, Wouldham | Medway, Tonbridge and Malling |
ME2 | ROCHESTER | Strood, Halling, Cuxton, Frindsbury | Medway |
ME3 | ROCHESTER | Hoo Peninsula, Higham | Medway, Gravesham |
ME4 | CHATHAM | Chatham, Brompton, Luton, St. Mary's Island | Medway |
ME5 | CHATHAM | Walderslade, Blue Bell Hill, Lordswood, Luton | Medway, Tonbridge and Malling & Maidstone |
ME6 | SNODLAND | Snodland | Tonbridge and Malling |
ME7 | GILLINGHAM | Gillingham, Brompton, Hempstead, Bredhurst | Medway, Maidstone |
ME8 | GILLINGHAM | Rainham, Parkwood, Twydall, Hempstead, Wigmore | Medway |
ME9 | SITTINGBOURNE | Newington, Teynham, Iwade and Rural | Swale |
ME10 | SITTINGBOURNE | Sittingbourne, Kemsley, Milton Regis | Swale |
ME11 | QUEENBOROUGH | Queenborough, Rushenden | Swale |
ME12 | SHEERNESS | Isle of Sheppey, Minster, Sheerness, Eastchurch | Swale |
ME13 | FAVERSHAM | Faversham, Boughton under Blean, Selling and rural area | Swale |
ME14 | MAIDSTONE | Maidstone (north and east), Bearsted, Grove Green | Maidstone |
ME15 | MAIDSTONE | Maidstone (south), Bearsted (Madginford), Downswood, Shepway, Senacre, Loose, Mangravet, Park Wood, Tovil, East Farleigh, West Farleigh | Maidstone |
ME16 | MAIDSTONE | Maidstone (west of the River Medway), Barming, Allington | Maidstone |
ME17 | MAIDSTONE | Hollingbourne, Hucking, Harrietsham, Lenham, Boughton Monchelsea, Linton, Coxheath, Chart Sutton, East Sutton, Langley, Kingswood, Sutton Valence | Maidstone |
ME18 | MAIDSTONE | Wateringbury, Mereworth, Teston, Nettlestead, West Peckham, Yalding, Laddingford | Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling |
ME19 | WEST MALLING | West Malling, Kings Hill, Leybourne, East Malling | Tonbridge and Malling |
ME20 | AYLESFORD | Aylesford, Ditton, Larkfield, Eccles | Tonbridge and Malling |
ME99 | ROCHESTER | Jobcentre Plus | non-geographic |
Map
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)