ME17 postcode district: Coxheath and around, Kent

ME17 is a postcode district in Kent, with 1,105 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Coxheath, Harrietsham, Lenham and 3 more places. It is split between 2 councils: Maidstone (1,103 postcodes) and Ashford (2).

Postcodes in use: 1,105
Sectors: 4
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 6 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in ME17, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 144
In use before 2020: 961
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,105 postcodes in ME17 that ONS places, 144 are new since 2020 and 961 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 190 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.2335, longitude 0.6103. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

ME17 2GXMay 2026 ME17 3ZGMay 2026 ME17 3XYApril 2026 ME17 3ZHMarch 2026 ME17 2GZFebruary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

27 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME17 3YL, is the newest of them.
22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME17 3XY, is the newest of them.
16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME17 4UQ, is the newest of them.
14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME17 2GF, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME17 1XR, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME17 2GJ, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in ME17?

Ofcom reports on 1,063 of the 1,105 postcodes in ME17. At 493 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 24 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit493 of 1,063

Postcodes where every home can get superfast850 of 1,063

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband24 of 1,063

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is ME17 at risk of flooding?

27 of the 1,105 postcodes in ME17 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 67 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 27 of 1,105 postcodes High: 30Medium: 37Low: 65Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in ME17?

Homes in ME17 sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 321 sales, down 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£395,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£400,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 1.2% on the 12 months before

Detached £555,000 123 sales
Semi-detached £375,000 119 sales
Terraced £315,000 57 sales
Flat or maisonette £211,000 22 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it