Bearsted

Bearsted is covered by postcode districts ME14 and ME15. It is in the Maidstone council area, Kent.

Typical price £448,000 Homes sold in Bearsted, last 12 months. ▼ 0.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 171 of 224 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 3 of 225 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bearsted, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bearsted, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in Bearsted that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 222 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bearsted. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A20 ME14 3LT: not on the flood risk listME14 4AH: not on the flood risk listME14 4AJ: not on the flood risk listME14 4AL: not on the flood risk listME14 4AP: not on the flood risk listME14 4AR: not on the flood risk listME14 4AS: not on the flood risk listME14 4AT: not on the flood risk listME14 4AU: not on the flood risk listME14 4AW: not on the flood risk listME14 4AX: not on the flood risk listME14 4AY: not on the flood risk listME14 4AZ: not on the flood risk listME14 4BA: not on the flood risk listME14 4BB: not on the flood risk listME14 4BD: not on the flood risk listME14 4BE: not on the flood risk listME14 4BF: not on the flood risk listME14 4BG: not on the flood risk listME14 4BH: not on the flood risk listME14 4BJ: not on the flood risk listME14 4BL: not on the flood risk listME14 4BN: not on the flood risk listME14 4BP: not on the flood risk listME14 4BS: not on the flood risk listME14 4BT: not on the flood risk listME14 4BU: not on the flood risk listME14 4BW: not on the flood risk listME14 4BX: not on the flood risk listME14 4BY: not on the flood risk listME14 4BZ: not on the flood risk listME14 4DA: not on the flood risk listME14 4DB: not on the flood risk listME14 4DD: not on the flood risk listME14 4DE: not on the flood risk listME14 4DF: not on the flood risk listME14 4DG: not on the flood risk listME14 4DH: not on the flood risk listME14 4DL: not on the flood risk listME14 4DN: not on the flood risk listME14 4DP: not on the flood risk listME14 4DR: not on the flood risk listME14 4DS: not on the flood risk listME14 4DT: not on the flood risk listME14 4DU: not on the flood risk listME14 4DX: not on the flood risk listME14 4DY: not on the flood risk listME14 4DZ: not on the flood risk listME14 4EA: not on the flood risk listME14 4EB: not on the flood risk listME14 4ED: not on the flood risk listME14 4EE: not on the flood risk listME14 4EF: not on the flood risk listME14 4EG: not on the flood risk listME14 4EH: not on the flood risk listME14 4EJ: not on the flood risk listME14 4EL: not on the flood risk listME14 4EN: not on the flood risk listME14 4EP: not on the flood risk listME14 4ER: not on the flood risk listME14 4ET: not on the flood risk listME14 4EU: not on the flood risk listME14 4EW: not on the flood risk listME14 4EX: not on the flood risk listME14 4EY: not on the flood risk listME14 4FB: not on the flood risk listME14 4FD: not on the flood risk listME14 4FE: not on the flood risk listME14 4FF: not on the flood risk listME14 4FG: not on the flood risk listME14 4FH: not on the flood risk listME14 4FJ: not on the flood risk listME14 4FN: not on the flood risk listME14 4FQ: not on the flood risk listME14 4FS: not on the flood risk listME14 4FT: not on the flood risk listME14 4GA: not on the flood risk listME14 4GB: not on the flood risk listME14 4GD: not on the flood risk listME14 4GE: not on the flood risk listME14 4GF: not on the flood risk listME14 4GL: not on the flood risk listME14 4HA: not on the flood risk listME14 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listME14 4JS: not on the flood risk listME14 4JT: not on the flood risk listME14 4JU: not on the flood risk listME14 4JX: not on the flood risk listME14 4JY: not on the flood risk listME14 4LA: not on the flood risk listME14 4LB: not on the flood risk listME14 4LD: not on the flood risk listME14 4LE: not on the flood risk listME14 4LF: not on the flood risk listME14 4LG: not on the flood risk listME14 4LH: not on the flood risk listME14 4LJ: not on the flood risk listME14 4LL: not on the flood risk listME14 4LN: not on the flood risk listME14 4LP: not on the flood risk listME14 4LR: not on the flood risk listME14 4LS: not on the flood risk listME14 4LT: not on the flood risk listME14 4LU: not on the flood risk listME14 4LX: not on the flood risk listME14 4NA: not on the flood risk listME14 4NB: not on the flood risk listME14 4ND: not on the flood risk listME14 4NE: not on the flood risk listME14 4PE: not on the flood risk listME14 4PH: not on the flood risk listME14 4PJ: not on the flood risk listME14 4PP: not on the flood risk listME14 4PQ: not on the flood risk listME14 4QE: not on the flood risk listME14 4QF: not on the flood risk listME14 4QG: not on the flood risk listME14 4QL: not on the flood risk listME14 4QQ: not on the flood risk listME14 4QR: not on the flood risk listME14 4QZ: not on the flood risk listME14 4RE: not on the flood risk listME14 4RG: not on the flood risk listME15 8DW: not on the flood risk listME15 8EX: not on the flood risk listME15 8FW: not on the flood risk listME15 8GR: not on the flood risk listME15 8HF: not on the flood risk listME15 8JJ: not on the flood risk listME15 8JP: not on the flood risk listME15 8JR: not on the flood risk listME15 8JS: not on the flood risk listME15 8JU: not on the flood risk listME15 8JW: not on the flood risk listME15 8JX: not on the flood risk listME15 8JY: not on the flood risk listME15 8JZ: not on the flood risk listME15 8LA: not on the flood risk listME15 8LB: not on the flood risk listME15 8LD: not on the flood risk listME15 8LE: not on the flood risk listME15 8LF: not on the flood risk listME15 8LG: not on the flood risk listME15 8LH: not on the flood risk listME15 8LJ: not on the flood risk listME15 8LL: not on the flood risk listME15 8LN: not on the flood risk listME15 8LP: not on the flood risk listME15 8LQ: not on the flood risk listME15 8LR: not on the flood risk listME15 8LS: not on the flood risk listME15 8LT: not on the flood risk listME15 8LU: not on the flood risk listME15 8LW: not on the flood risk listME15 8LX: not on the flood risk listME15 8LZ: not on the flood risk listME15 8NA: not on the flood risk listME15 8NB: not on the flood risk listME15 8ND: not on the flood risk listME15 8NE: not on the flood risk listME15 8NJ: not on the flood risk listME15 8NL: not on the flood risk listME15 8NN: not on the flood risk listME15 8NP: not on the flood risk listME15 8NR: not on the flood risk listME15 8NS: not on the flood risk listME15 8NT: not on the flood risk listME15 8NU: not on the flood risk listME15 8NW: not on the flood risk listME15 8NX: not on the flood risk listME15 8NY: not on the flood risk listME15 8NZ: not on the flood risk listME15 8PA: not on the flood risk listME15 8PB: not on the flood risk listME15 8PD: not on the flood risk listME15 8PE: not on the flood risk listME15 8PF: not on the flood risk listME15 8PG: not on the flood risk listME15 8PH: not on the flood risk listME15 8PJ: not on the flood risk listME15 8PL: not on the flood risk listME15 8PN: not on the flood risk listME15 8PP: not on the flood risk listME15 8PQ: not on the flood risk listME15 8PR: not on the flood risk listME15 8PS: not on the flood risk listME15 8PT: not on the flood risk listME15 8PW: not on the flood risk listME15 8QX: not on the flood risk listME15 8UA: not on the flood risk listME15 8UB: not on the flood risk listME15 8UD: not on the flood risk listME15 8UE: not on the flood risk listME14 4AN: low flood risk at worstME14 4PG: low flood risk at worstME14 4HJ: high flood risk Bearsted Map of every postcode in Bearsted, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in Bearsted that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 222 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bearsted. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Bearsted
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 222

Of the 225 postcodes in Bearsted that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 222 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. 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 51.2699, longitude 0.5727. 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

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

ME14 4HJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Bearsted?

Homes sold for a typical £448,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 171 of the 224 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 225 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bearsted, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bearsted?

Homes in Bearsted sold for a typical £448,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 100 sales, down 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£448,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£450,000
12 months to August 2026
£448,000

▼ down 0.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£580,000 39 sales
Semi-detached£415,000 40 sales
Terraced£342,375 18 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole ME14 district, Bearsted's main postcode district: a typical £350,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bearsted: 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

Are new homes being built in Bearsted?

10 of the 225 postcodes now in use in Bearsted came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 154 homes sold in Bearsted were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME14 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

ME14 4FQsince April 2024ME14 4FTsince February 2024ME14 4FSsince February 2023ME14 4FJsince March 2022ME14 4GJsince November 2021ME14 4GLsince November 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BearstedAcross the ME14 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 100 (0%) 6 of 395 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 154 (3%) 29 of 544 (5%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Bearsted?

Ofcom reports on 224 of the 225 postcodes in Bearsted. At 171 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit171 of 224
Postcodes where every home can get superfast220 of 224

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 Bearsted at risk of flooding?

3 of the 225 postcodes in Bearsted 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 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 225 postcodes High: 1Low: 4

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

Which schools are in Bearsted?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bearsted. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Bearsted?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bearsted is Bearsted Rail Station, 750 m away in a straight line.

  • Bearsted Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
  • Maidstone East Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Hollingbourne Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Bearsted?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Bearsted. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bearsted safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 656 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bearsted over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 44 September 2025
  2. 44 October 2025
  3. 45 November 2025
  4. 52 December 2025
  5. 64 January 2026
  6. 48 February 2026
  7. 44 March 2026
  8. 49 April 2026
  9. 73 May 2026
  10. 75 June 2026
  11. 61 July 2026
  12. 57 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences235 reports
Anti-social behaviour211 reports
Other theft46 reports
Criminal damage and arson44 reports
Vehicle crime29 reports
Shoplifting20 reports
Other crime19 reports
Burglary18 reports

Also: public order 16, drugs 9, bicycle theft 3, possession of weapons 3, robbery 2, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Bearsted?

District, borough or city council
Maidstone
County council
Kent
Parliamentary constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Police force area
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Helen Whately (Conservative)

All 225 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Bearsted

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Bearsted postcodes

225 postcodes in use in Bearsted, by district:

ME14 postcode district,155 postcodesME15 postcode district,70 postcodes

Those districts are all in the ME postcode area.

Check a Bearsted postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Bearsted

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bearsted's £448,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Maidstone3.3 km, £325,000Loose5.2 km, £452,500Sutton Valence6.4 km, £595,000Coxheath6.6 km, £365,000Harrietsham8.0 km, £380,000Larkfield9.3 km, £382,000Chatham10.4 km, £295,000Lenham10.5 km, £370,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bearsted

What is it like to live in Bearsted?
Homes sold for a typical £448,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 171 of the 224 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 225 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bearsted, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Bearsted?
Bearsted is covered by postcode districts ME14 and ME15, across 225 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bearsted in?
Bearsted is in the Maidstone council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bearsted?
Bearsted is in the Faversham and Mid Kent parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Helen Whately (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bearsted?
Homes in Bearsted sold for a typical £448,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 100 sales, down 0.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bearsted?
In Bearsted, primary schools at its postcodes include Roseacre Junior School, Thurnham Church of England Infant School and Madginford Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Leigh Academy Snowfields, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bearsted have a railway station?
Yes: Bearsted is 750 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Bearsted, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bearsted?
Ofcom reports on 224 of the 225 postcodes in Bearsted. At 171 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bearsted at risk of flooding?
3 of the 225 postcodes in Bearsted 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 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bearsted?
10 of the 225 postcodes now in use in Bearsted came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 154 homes sold in Bearsted were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME14 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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