ME5 postcode district: Chatham and around

ME5 is a postcode district in England, with 1,003 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester. It is split between 3 councils: Medway (848 postcodes), Tonbridge and Malling (81) and Maidstone (74). 155 of its 1,003 postcodes are in Kent. ONS lists no county for the other 848.

Postcodes in use: 1,003
Sectors: 4
Councils: 3 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 ME5, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 25
In use before 2020: 978
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,003 postcodes in ME5 that ONS places, 25 are new since 2020 and 978 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 150 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 51.3487, longitude 0.5328. 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

ME5 8FXJune 2026 ME5 8FYJune 2026 ME5 8FSFebruary 2026 ME5 8TQFebruary 2026 ME5 7FPOctober 2025

4 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

ME5 9RE ME5 9RF ME5 9RH ME5 9RJ

Where the new postcodes lie together

11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME5 0FQ, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME5 7FG, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in ME5?

Ofcom reports on 993 of the 1,003 postcodes in ME5. At 853 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit853 of 993

Postcodes where every home can get superfast960 of 993

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 993

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 ME5 at risk of flooding?

None of the 1,003 postcodes in ME5 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 ME5?

Homes in ME5 sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 578 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£310,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£302,500 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 2.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £440,000 113 sales
Semi-detached £325,000 221 sales
Terraced £280,000 210 sales
Flat or maisonette £131,250 34 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