Higham

Higham is covered by postcode districts DA12 and ME3. It is in the Gravesham council area, Kent.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Higham (Gravesham).

Typical price £397,500 Homes sold in Higham, last 12 months. ▲ 0.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 31 of 78 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Higham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Higham, by flood risk Of the 78 postcodes in Higham that ONS places, 78 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Higham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A289A226 DA12 3JP: not on the flood risk listDA12 3JR: not on the flood risk listME3 7AA: not on the flood risk listME3 7AB: not on the flood risk listME3 7AD: not on the flood risk listME3 7AE: not on the flood risk listME3 7AG: not on the flood risk listME3 7AH: not on the flood risk listME3 7AJ: not on the flood risk listME3 7AL: not on the flood risk listME3 7AR: not on the flood risk listME3 7AS: not on the flood risk listME3 7AT: not on the flood risk listME3 7AX: not on the flood risk listME3 7AZ: not on the flood risk listME3 7BA: not on the flood risk listME3 7BB: not on the flood risk listME3 7BD: not on the flood risk listME3 7BE: not on the flood risk listME3 7BG: not on the flood risk listME3 7BH: not on the flood risk listME3 7BP: not on the flood risk listME3 7BQ: not on the flood risk listME3 7BS: not on the flood risk listME3 7BT: not on the flood risk listME3 7BU: not on the flood risk listME3 7BW: not on the flood risk listME3 7BX: not on the flood risk listME3 7BY: not on the flood risk listME3 7BZ: not on the flood risk listME3 7DA: not on the flood risk listME3 7DB: not on the flood risk listME3 7DD: not on the flood risk listME3 7DE: not on the flood risk listME3 7DL: not on the flood risk listME3 7DN: not on the flood risk listME3 7DP: not on the flood risk listME3 7DR: not on the flood risk listME3 7DS: not on the flood risk listME3 7DT: not on the flood risk listME3 7DU: not on the flood risk listME3 7DX: not on the flood risk listME3 7DZ: not on the flood risk listME3 7EA: not on the flood risk listME3 7EB: not on the flood risk listME3 7ED: not on the flood risk listME3 7EE: not on the flood risk listME3 7EG: not on the flood risk listME3 7EH: not on the flood risk listME3 7EJ: not on the flood risk listME3 7EL: not on the flood risk listME3 7EP: not on the flood risk listME3 7EQ: not on the flood risk listME3 7ER: not on the flood risk listME3 7EW: not on the flood risk listME3 7HP: not on the flood risk listME3 7HR: not on the flood risk listME3 7HS: not on the flood risk listME3 7HT: not on the flood risk listME3 7JE: not on the flood risk listME3 7JF: not on the flood risk listME3 7JN: not on the flood risk listME3 7JP: not on the flood risk listME3 7JW: not on the flood risk listME3 7NA: not on the flood risk listME3 7NB: not on the flood risk listME3 7NE: not on the flood risk listME3 7NF: not on the flood risk listME3 7NH: not on the flood risk listME3 7NJ: not on the flood risk listME3 7NL: not on the flood risk listME3 7NN: not on the flood risk listME3 7NQ: not on the flood risk listME3 7NW: not on the flood risk listME3 7NX: not on the flood risk listME3 7NY: not on the flood risk listME3 7NZ: not on the flood risk listME3 7PA: not on the flood risk list Higham Map of every postcode in Higham, by flood risk Of the 78 postcodes in Higham that ONS places, 78 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Higham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A289 Higham
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 78

Of the 78 postcodes in Higham that ONS places, 78 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4153, longitude 0.4579. 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

What is it like to live in Higham?

Homes sold for a typical £397,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 31 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 78 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Court View Surgery, 3.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Higham, 1.4 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 Higham?

Homes in Higham sold for a typical £397,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 28 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£397,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£395,000
12 months to August 2026
£397,500

▲ up 0.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£537,500 6 sales
Semi-detached£380,000 19 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole ME3 district, Higham's main postcode district: a typical £373,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Higham: 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 Higham?

None of the 78 postcodes now in use in Higham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 30 homes sold in Higham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME3 district, 12%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn HighamAcross the ME3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 28 (0%) 4 of 344 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 30 (0%) 52 of 445 (12%)

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 Higham?

Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Higham. At 31 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit31 of 78
Postcodes where every home can get superfast71 of 78

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 Higham at risk of flooding?

None of the 78 postcodes in Higham 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

Which schools are in Higham?

The open schools at the postcodes in Higham. 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

Secondary

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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 Higham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Higham is Higham Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Higham Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
  • Strood Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
  • Rochester Rail Station Railway station 4.4 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 Higham?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Higham. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Higham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 164 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Higham 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. 12 September 2025
  2. 13 October 2025
  3. 19 November 2025
  4. 13 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 10 February 2026
  7. 18 March 2026
  8. 16 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 13 June 2026
  11. 10 July 2026
  12. 14 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences64 reports
Anti-social behaviour25 reports
Criminal damage and arson21 reports
Other theft17 reports
Vehicle crime9 reports
Other crime7 reports
Public order6 reports
Burglary6 reports

Also: drugs 6, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1, robbery 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 Higham?

District, borough or city council
Gravesham
County council
Kent
Parliamentary constituency
Gravesham
Police force area
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Dr Lauren Sullivan (Labour)

All 78 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 Higham

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Higham postcodes

78 postcodes in use in Higham, by district:

ME3 postcode district,76 postcodesDA12 postcode district,2 postcodes

Those districts are in the ME postcode area and DA postcode area.

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Places near Higham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Higham's £397,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Cliffe Woods3.5 km, £430,000Rochester4.0 km, £310,000Cuxton4.6 km, £417,500Cliffe5.6 km, £371,000Gravesend5.7 km, £350,000Hoo St Werburgh7.1 km, £350,000Istead Rise7.6 km, £457,750Chatham8.0 km, £295,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Higham

What is it like to live in Higham?
Homes sold for a typical £397,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 31 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 78 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Court View Surgery, 3.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Higham, 1.4 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 Higham?
Higham is covered by postcode districts DA12 and ME3, across 78 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Higham in?
Higham is in the Gravesham council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Higham?
Higham is in the Gravesham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Lauren Sullivan (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Higham?
Homes in Higham sold for a typical £397,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 28 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Higham?
In Higham, primary schools at its postcodes include Gad's Hill School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Gad's Hill School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Higham have a railway station?
Yes: Higham is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Higham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Higham?
Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Higham. At 31 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Higham at risk of flooding?
None of the 78 postcodes in Higham 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Higham?
None of the 78 postcodes now in use in Higham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 30 homes sold in Higham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME3 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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