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 £413,500 Homes sold in Higham, last 12 months 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 gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in Higham, by gigabit broadband Of the 78 postcodes in Higham that ONS places, 23 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 24 have some that can and 31 can all get it. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 13 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Higham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A289A226 ME3 7AD: gigabit for allME3 7AE: gigabit for allME3 7AL: gigabit for allME3 7AR: gigabit for allME3 7AT: gigabit for allME3 7AX: gigabit for allME3 7AZ: gigabit for allME3 7BD: gigabit for allME3 7BE: gigabit for allME3 7BG: gigabit for allME3 7BH: gigabit for allME3 7BP: gigabit for allME3 7BQ: gigabit for allME3 7BU: gigabit for allME3 7BX: gigabit for allME3 7BY: gigabit for allME3 7BZ: gigabit for allME3 7DB: gigabit for allME3 7DX: gigabit for allME3 7EA: gigabit for allME3 7EB: gigabit for allME3 7ED: gigabit for allME3 7EE: gigabit for allME3 7EG: gigabit for allME3 7EJ: gigabit for allME3 7EL: gigabit for allME3 7ER: gigabit for allME3 7JF: gigabit for allME3 7JN: gigabit for allME3 7JW: gigabit for allME3 7NA: gigabit for allME3 7AB: some gigabitME3 7AG: some gigabitME3 7AH: some gigabitME3 7AJ: some gigabitME3 7AS: some gigabitME3 7BA: some gigabitME3 7BB: some gigabitME3 7BS: some gigabitME3 7BT: some gigabitME3 7BW: some gigabitME3 7DA: some gigabitME3 7DD: some gigabitME3 7DZ: some gigabitME3 7EH: some gigabitME3 7EP: some gigabitME3 7EQ: some gigabitME3 7EW: some gigabitME3 7HP: some gigabitME3 7HR: some gigabitME3 7HS: some gigabitME3 7JE: some gigabitME3 7JP: some gigabitME3 7NB: some gigabitME3 7NN: some gigabitDA12 3JP: no gigabitDA12 3JR: no gigabitME3 7AA: no gigabitME3 7DE: no gigabitME3 7DL: no gigabitME3 7DN: no gigabitME3 7DP: no gigabitME3 7DR: no gigabitME3 7DS: no gigabitME3 7DT: no gigabitME3 7DU: no gigabitME3 7HT: no gigabitME3 7NE: no gigabitME3 7NF: no gigabitME3 7NH: no gigabitME3 7NJ: no gigabitME3 7NL: no gigabitME3 7NQ: no gigabitME3 7NW: no gigabitME3 7NX: no gigabitME3 7NY: no gigabitME3 7NZ: no gigabitME3 7PA: no gigabit Higham 13 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to ME3 7DN, the one nearest the middle of them13 postcodes without gigabit Map of every postcode in Higham, by gigabit broadband Of the 78 postcodes in Higham that ONS places, 23 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 24 have some that can and 31 can all get it. One group of postcodes without gigabit is outlined: 13 postcodes without gigabit. Places named: Higham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A289 Higham 13 postcodes without gigabit, outlined: this goes to ME3 7DN, the one nearest the middle of them13 postcodes without gigabit
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 23
  • Some can get gigabit: 24
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 31
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 0
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together

Of the 78 postcodes in Higham that ONS places, 23 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 24 have some that can and 31 can all get it.

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. 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4153, longitude 0.4579. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

Postcodes without gigabit

23 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

DA12 3JPDA12 3JRME3 7AAME3 7DEME3 7DLME3 7DNME3 7DPME3 7DRME3 7DSME3 7DTME3 7DUME3 7HT

Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together

  • 13 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. ME3 7DN, is the one nearest the middle of them.

What is it like to live in Higham?

Homes sold for a typical £413,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. 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.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Higham?

Homes in Higham sold for a typical £413,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 20 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £395,000 from 35 sales. With fewer than 30 sales a year, a change can come from which homes happened to sell, so we do not give one.

£413,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£395,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £620,000 5 sales
  • Semi-detached £375,000 13 sales
  • Terraced 2 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole ME3 district, Higham's main postcode district: a typical £371,000.

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 October 2026.

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 September 2025, 0 of the 35 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 September 2026 0 of 20 (0%) 2 of 336 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 35 (0%) 52 of 448 (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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 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.

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 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.

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

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

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

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?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Higham

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

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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 £413,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Cliffe Woods3.5 km, £430,000Rochester4.0 km, £312,500Cuxton4.6 km, £445,000Cliffe5.6 km, £377,500Gravesend5.7 km, £350,000Hoo St Werburgh7.1 km, £350,000Istead Rise7.6 km, £455,000Chatham8.0 km, £296,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Higham

What is the postcode for Higham?
Postcode districts DA12 and ME3, with 78 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Higham in?
Gravesham, with Kent as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Higham?
Dr Lauren Sullivan (Labour), for Gravesham. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Higham?
A typical £413,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 20 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are 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.
Does Higham have a railway station?
Yes: Higham station, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
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.
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. River and sea risk for the land, not 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 September 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Higham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME3 district, 12%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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