ME18 postcode district: Wateringbury and around, Kent

ME18 is a postcode district in Kent, with 315 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Wateringbury, Yalding and Kings Hill. It is split between 2 councils: Maidstone (183 postcodes) and Tonbridge and Malling (132).

Postcodes in use
315
Sectors
2
Councils
2 councils
Places
3 places

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

Every postcode in ME18, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in ME18, by flood risk Of the 315 postcodes in ME18 that ONS places, 46 have a home or business at high risk, 27 are at medium risk at worst, 15 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 226 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 18 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wateringbury, East Peckham, Yalding. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A26A228 ME18 5AA: not on the flood risk listME18 5AD: not on the flood risk listME18 5AF: not on the flood risk listME18 5AG: not on the flood risk listME18 5AH: not on the flood risk listME18 5AJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5AL: not on the flood risk listME18 5AN: not on the flood risk listME18 5AQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5AR: not on the flood risk listME18 5AS: not on the flood risk listME18 5AT: not on the flood risk listME18 5AU: not on the flood risk listME18 5AX: not on the flood risk listME18 5AY: not on the flood risk listME18 5BA: not on the flood risk listME18 5BB: not on the flood risk listME18 5BD: not on the flood risk listME18 5BE: not on the flood risk listME18 5BF: not on the flood risk listME18 5BG: not on the flood risk listME18 5BH: not on the flood risk listME18 5BJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5BL: not on the flood risk listME18 5BN: not on the flood risk listME18 5BP: not on the flood risk listME18 5BQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5BS: not on the flood risk listME18 5BU: not on the flood risk listME18 5BY: not on the flood risk listME18 5BZ: not on the flood risk listME18 5DA: not on the flood risk listME18 5DD: not on the flood risk listME18 5DE: not on the flood risk listME18 5DF: not on the flood risk listME18 5DG: not on the flood risk listME18 5DH: not on the flood risk listME18 5DJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5DL: not on the flood risk listME18 5DP: not on the flood risk listME18 5DQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5DR: not on the flood risk listME18 5DW: not on the flood risk listME18 5EE: not on the flood risk listME18 5EJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5EL: not on the flood risk listME18 5EP: not on the flood risk listME18 5ER: not on the flood risk listME18 5ES: not on the flood risk listME18 5ET: not on the flood risk listME18 5EW: not on the flood risk listME18 5EX: not on the flood risk listME18 5EY: not on the flood risk listME18 5EZ: not on the flood risk listME18 5FA: not on the flood risk listME18 5FB: not on the flood risk listME18 5GS: not on the flood risk listME18 5HA: not on the flood risk listME18 5HB: not on the flood risk listME18 5HE: not on the flood risk listME18 5HF: not on the flood risk listME18 5HG: not on the flood risk listME18 5HH: not on the flood risk listME18 5HJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5HL: not on the flood risk listME18 5HP: not on the flood risk listME18 5HQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5HS: not on the flood risk listME18 5HT: not on the flood risk listME18 5HU: not on the flood risk listME18 5HW: not on the flood risk listME18 5HX: not on the flood risk listME18 5HY: not on the flood risk listME18 5JA: not on the flood risk listME18 5JB: not on the flood risk listME18 5JD: not on the flood risk listME18 5JE: not on the flood risk listME18 5JF: not on the flood risk listME18 5JH: not on the flood risk listME18 5JJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5JL: not on the flood risk listME18 5JN: not on the flood risk listME18 5JP: not on the flood risk listME18 5JQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5JR: not on the flood risk listME18 5JS: not on the flood risk listME18 5JT: not on the flood risk listME18 5JU: not on the flood risk listME18 5JW: not on the flood risk listME18 5JY: not on the flood risk listME18 5JZ: not on the flood risk listME18 5LA: not on the flood risk listME18 5LB: not on the flood risk listME18 5LD: not on the flood risk listME18 5LE: not on the flood risk listME18 5LF: not on the flood risk listME18 5LG: not on the flood risk listME18 5LH: not on the flood risk listME18 5LJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5LN: not on the flood risk listME18 5LP: not on the flood risk listME18 5LQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5LR: not on the flood risk listME18 5LS: not on the flood risk listME18 5LT: not on the flood risk listME18 5LU: not on the flood risk listME18 5LW: not on the flood risk listME18 5LY: not on the flood risk listME18 5LZ: not on the flood risk listME18 5NB: not on the flood risk listME18 5ND: not on the flood risk listME18 5NE: not on the flood risk listME18 5NF: not on the flood risk listME18 5NG: not on the flood risk listME18 5NJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5NL: not on the flood risk listME18 5NN: not on the flood risk listME18 5NQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5NS: not on the flood risk listME18 5NU: not on the flood risk listME18 5NW: not on the flood risk listME18 5NX: not on the flood risk listME18 5NY: not on the flood risk listME18 5PA: not on the flood risk listME18 5PD: not on the flood risk listME18 5PG: not on the flood risk listME18 5PH: not on the flood risk listME18 5PJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5PL: not on the flood risk listME18 5PN: not on the flood risk listME18 5PP: not on the flood risk listME18 5PQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5PR: not on the flood risk listME18 5PS: not on the flood risk listME18 5PU: not on the flood risk listME18 5PW: not on the flood risk listME18 5PX: not on the flood risk listME18 5PZ: not on the flood risk listME18 5QA: not on the flood risk listME18 5QB: not on the flood risk listME18 5QD: not on the flood risk listME18 5QE: not on the flood risk listME18 5QG: not on the flood risk listME18 5QH: not on the flood risk listME18 5QL: not on the flood risk listME18 5QN: not on the flood risk listME18 5QP: not on the flood risk listME18 5QQ: not on the flood risk listME18 5QS: not on the flood risk listME18 5QT: not on the flood risk listME18 5QU: not on the flood risk listME18 5QW: not on the flood risk listME18 5QX: not on the flood risk listME18 5QY: not on the flood risk listME18 5QZ: not on the flood risk listME18 5RB: not on the flood risk listME18 5RJ: not on the flood risk listME18 5RP: not on the flood risk listME18 5RS: not on the flood risk listME18 5TD: not on the flood risk listME18 6AB: not on the flood risk listME18 6AG: not on the flood risk listME18 6AH: not on the flood risk listME18 6AJ: not on the flood risk listME18 6AL: not on the flood risk listME18 6AN: not on the flood risk listME18 6AW: not on the flood risk listME18 6AY: not on the flood risk listME18 6BF: not on the flood risk listME18 6DH: not on the flood risk listME18 6DJ: not on the flood risk listME18 6DL: not on the flood risk listME18 6DN: not on the flood risk listME18 6DR: not on the flood risk listME18 6DS: not on the flood risk listME18 6DT: not on the flood risk listME18 6DU: not on the flood risk listME18 6DW: not on the flood risk listME18 6DX: not on the flood risk listME18 6EA: not on the flood risk listME18 6EB: not on the flood risk listME18 6ED: not on the flood risk listME18 6EE: not on the flood risk listME18 6EF: not on the flood risk listME18 6EG: not on the flood risk listME18 6EH: not on the flood risk listME18 6FA: not on the flood risk listME18 6FB: not on the flood risk listME18 6FD: not on the flood risk listME18 6FE: not on the flood risk listME18 6FG: not on the flood risk listME18 6FN: not on the flood risk listME18 6HY: not on the flood risk listME18 6HZ: not on the flood risk listME18 6JB: not on the flood risk listME18 6JD: not on the flood risk listME18 6JE: not on the flood risk listME18 6JF: not on the flood risk listME18 6JG: not on the flood risk listME18 6JH: not on the flood risk listME18 6JJ: not on the flood risk listME18 6JN: not on the flood risk listME18 6JQ: not on the flood risk listME18 6JW: not on the flood risk listME18 6JX: not on the flood risk listME18 6JZ: not on the flood risk listME18 6AT: very low flood risk onlyME18 5BT: low flood risk at worstME18 5BX: low flood risk at worstME18 5DX: low flood risk at worstME18 5HD: low flood risk at worstME18 5NA: low flood risk at worstME18 6AU: low flood risk at worstME18 6AX: low flood risk at worstME18 6BB: low flood risk at worstME18 6BE: low flood risk at worstME18 6BH: low flood risk at worstME18 6BQ: low flood risk at worstME18 6FF: low flood risk at worstME18 6FH: low flood risk at worstME18 6FJ: low flood risk at worstME18 5AB: medium flood risk at worstME18 5DS: medium flood risk at worstME18 5DY: medium flood risk at worstME18 5EG: medium flood risk at worstME18 5EH: medium flood risk at worstME18 5HN: medium flood risk at worstME18 5HZ: medium flood risk at worstME18 5NZ: medium flood risk at worstME18 5PE: medium flood risk at worstME18 6AA: medium flood risk at worstME18 6AD: medium flood risk at worstME18 6BJ: medium flood risk at worstME18 6BL: medium flood risk at worstME18 6BN: medium flood risk at worstME18 6BP: medium flood risk at worstME18 6BS: medium flood risk at worstME18 6BW: medium flood risk at worstME18 6DE: medium flood risk at worstME18 6DG: medium flood risk at worstME18 6EU: medium flood risk at worstME18 6HJ: medium flood risk at worstME18 6HL: medium flood risk at worstME18 6HU: medium flood risk at worstME18 6HX: medium flood risk at worstME18 6JT: medium flood risk at worstME18 5EB: high flood riskME18 5ED: high flood riskME18 5EF: high flood riskME18 5HR: high flood riskME18 5JG: high flood riskME18 6AF: high flood riskME18 6AP: high flood riskME18 6AR: high flood riskME18 6AS: high flood riskME18 6AZ: high flood riskME18 6BA: high flood riskME18 6BD: high flood riskME18 6BG: high flood riskME18 6BU: high flood riskME18 6BX: high flood riskME18 6BY: high flood riskME18 6BZ: high flood riskME18 6DA: high flood riskME18 6DB: high flood riskME18 6DD: high flood riskME18 6DF: high flood riskME18 6DP: high flood riskME18 6DQ: high flood riskME18 6DY: high flood riskME18 6EJ: high flood riskME18 6EL: high flood riskME18 6EP: high flood riskME18 6ER: high flood riskME18 6ES: high flood riskME18 6ET: high flood riskME18 6EX: high flood riskME18 6EY: high flood riskME18 6HA: high flood riskME18 6HB: high flood riskME18 6HE: high flood riskME18 6HG: high flood riskME18 6HH: high flood riskME18 6HS: high flood riskME18 6HT: high flood riskME18 6JP: high flood riskME18 6JR: high flood riskME18 6JS: high flood riskME18 6JY: high flood risk WateringburyEast PeckhamYalding 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to ME18 6HB, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk18 postcodes at high or medium risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to ME18 5ED, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to ME18 6BU, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in ME18, by flood risk Of the 315 postcodes in ME18 that ONS places, 46 have a home or business at high risk, 27 are at medium risk at worst, 15 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 226 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 18 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wateringbury, East Peckham, Yalding. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2 km. A228 WateringburyEast PeckhamYalding
  • A home or business at high risk: 46
  • At medium risk at worst: 27
  • At low risk at worst: 15
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 226
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 315 postcodes in ME18 that ONS places, 46 have a home or business at high risk, 27 are at medium risk at worst, 15 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 226 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 51.2416, longitude 0.4155. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

46 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

ME18 6HH140 at high riskME18 6HG56 at high riskME18 6HB31 at high riskME18 6JS22 at high riskME18 6ET17 at high riskME18 6DQ16 at high riskME18 6EW13 at high riskME18 6HA12 at high riskME18 6HS10 at high riskME18 5ED10 at high riskME18 6AR9 at high riskME18 6EY9 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. ME18 6HB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. ME18 5ED, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. ME18 6BU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What broadband can you get in ME18?

Ofcom reports on 310 of the 315 postcodes in ME18. At 148 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 12 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit148 of 310
Postcodes where every home can get superfast229 of 310
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband12 of 310

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.

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

Is ME18 at risk of flooding?

89 of the 315 postcodes in ME18 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 957 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 89 of 315 postcodes High: 479Medium: 478Low: 203Very low: 30

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 ME18?

Homes in ME18 sold for a typical £447,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 84 sales, down 2.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£447,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£460,000
12 months to August 2026
£447,500

▼ down 2.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£586,250 36 sales
Semi-detached£385,000 27 sales
Terraced£375,000 11 sales
Flat or maisonette£137,500 10 sales

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

Postcodes in ME18

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

ME18 5196 postcodesME18 6119 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in ME18

Towns and villages with postcodes in ME18, and how many each has here.

Wateringbury postcodes,73Yalding postcodes,64Kings Hill postcodes,8

Who covers ME18

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Weald of Kent156
  • Tonbridge132
  • Maidstone and Malling27

Police force areas

  • Kent315

Next to ME18

ME17 postcode district ME19 postcode district All ME districts Wateringbury postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after ME18 in the ME area.

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