Gillingham
Gillingham is covered by postcode districts ME4, ME5, ME7, ME8 and ME9. It is mostly in the Medway council area: 2,252 of its 2,266 postcodes. The others are in Swale. 14 of its 2,266 postcodes are in Kent. ONS lists no county for the other 2,252.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Gillingham (Medway).
Every postcode in Gillingham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 89
- In use before 2020: 2,177
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,266 postcodes in Gillingham that ONS places, 89 are new since 2020 and 2,177 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 51.3730, longitude 0.5743. 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
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME8 1GH, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME8 8FU, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME4 4SP, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME7 9DY, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME8 7EF, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME4 4FW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Gillingham?
Homes sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.6% on the 12 months before. At 1,959 of the 2,203 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 853 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 172 of its 2,266 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent), 2.3 km 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 Gillingham?
Homes in Gillingham sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,116 sales, down 1.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £510,000 166 sales
- Semi-detached £358,000 316 sales
- Terraced £280,000 527 sales
- Flat or maisonette £176,000 107 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole ME8 district, Gillingham's main postcode district: a typical £335,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Gillingham: 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 Gillingham?
89 of the 2,266 postcodes now in use in Gillingham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 40 of the 1,397 homes sold in Gillingham were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME8 district, 11%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Gillingham | Across the ME8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 1,116 (Under 1%) | 6 of 611 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 40 of 1,397 (3%) | 87 of 825 (11%) |
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 Gillingham?
Ofcom reports on 2,203 of the 2,266 postcodes in Gillingham. At 1,959 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Gillingham at risk of flooding?
172 of the 2,266 postcodes in Gillingham 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 853 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
Which schools are in Gillingham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Gillingham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Featherby Junior School200 m 348 pupils, 360 places
- Danecourt School300 m 291 pupils, 233 places
- Featherby Infant and Nursery School450 m 282 pupils, 270 places
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School600 m 237 pupils, 210 places
- Twydall Primary School and Nursery700 m 245 pupils, 255 places
- The Academy of Woodlands1.0 km 758 pupils, 630 places
- Barnsole Primary School1.6 km 609 pupils, 630 places
- Thames View Primary School1.7 km 459 pupils, 450 places
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 Gillingham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Gillingham is Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.
- Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Rainham (Kent) Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
- Chatham Rail Station Railway station 3.8 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 Gillingham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Gillingham, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Eastcourt Lane Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 232144 350 mWalk
- Waltham Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report October 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 231074 700 mWalk
- Woodlands Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 854431 800 mWalk
- Pump Lane Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 231856 1.2 kmCycle
- Napier Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01634 580480 1.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Gillingham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,628 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Gillingham 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
- 201 September 2025
- 184 October 2025
- 227 November 2025
- 187 December 2025
- 193 January 2026
- 200 February 2026
- 238 March 2026
- 293 April 2026
- 230 May 2026
- 231 June 2026
- 233 July 2026
- 211 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 68, burglary 46, robbery 33, possession of weapons 24, bicycle theft 19, theft from the person 8.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Gillingham?
- Councils
- Medway (2,252) and Swale (14)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Gillingham and Rainham (2,023), Rochester and Strood (228), Sittingbourne and Sheppey (14) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Gillingham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Gillingham is in Medway; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Medway about council tax Council tax, on medway.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Gillingham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Gillingham postcodes
2,266 postcodes in use in Gillingham, by district:
Those districts are all in the ME postcode area.
Check a Gillingham 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 Gillingham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Gillingham's £310,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Gillingham
- What is it like to live in Gillingham?
- Homes sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.6% on the 12 months before. At 1,959 of the 2,203 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 853 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 172 of its 2,266 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent), 2.3 km 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 Gillingham?
- Gillingham is covered by postcode districts ME4, ME5, ME7, ME8 and ME9, across 2,266 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Gillingham?
- Homes in Gillingham sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,116 sales, down 1.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Gillingham?
- In Gillingham, primary schools at its postcodes include Featherby Junior School, Danecourt School and Featherby Infant and Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Robert Napier School, Rainham Mark Grammar School and Alchemy School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Gillingham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Gillingham is Gillingham (Kent), 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Gillingham?
- Ofcom reports on 2,203 of the 2,266 postcodes in Gillingham. At 1,959 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Gillingham at risk of flooding?
- 172 of the 2,266 postcodes in Gillingham 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 853 homes and businesses 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 Gillingham?
- 89 of the 2,266 postcodes now in use in Gillingham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 40 of the 1,397 homes sold in Gillingham were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME8 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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