ME20 postcode district: Larkfield and around, Kent
ME20 is a postcode district in Kent, with 589 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Larkfield and Snodland. It is split between 2 councils: Tonbridge and Malling (574 postcodes) and Maidstone (15).
- Postcodes in use
- 589
- Sectors
- 2
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in ME20, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 62
- In use before 2020: 527
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 589 postcodes in ME20 that ONS places, 62 are new since 2020 and 527 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 160 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 51.3023, longitude 0.4613. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 18 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME20 7YQ, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME20 7ZS, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME20 6ZA, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME20 7YT, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in ME20?
Ofcom reports on 545 of the 589 postcodes in ME20. At 369 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is ME20 at risk of flooding?
119 of the 589 postcodes in ME20 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 647 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 ME20?
Homes in ME20 sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 279 sales, down 1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £540,000 51 sales
- Semi-detached £402,500 121 sales
- Terraced £321,250 76 sales
- Flat or maisonette £215,000 31 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
Postcodes in ME20
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in ME20
Towns and villages with postcodes in ME20, and how many each has here.
Who covers ME20
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
- Chatham and Aylesford292
- Maidstone and Malling282
- Faversham and Mid Kent15
Police force areas
- Kent589
Next to ME20
"Next to" is by number: the district before ME20 in the ME area.
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