Minster
Minster is covered by postcode district ME12. It is in the Swale council area, Kent.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Minster (Swale).
Every postcode in Minster, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 9
- In use before 2020: 363
Of the 372 postcodes in Minster that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 363 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. 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 51.4204, longitude 0.8042. 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
What is it like to live in Minster?
Homes sold for a typical £307,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 288 of the 369 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 78 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 64 of its 372 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Sheerness Health Centre, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Queenborough, 3.8 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 Minster?
Homes in Minster sold for a typical £307,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 208 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £380,000 96 sales
- Semi-detached £290,000 58 sales
- Terraced £250,000 41 sales
- Flat or maisonette £165,000 13 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole ME12 district, Minster's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Minster: 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 Minster?
9 of the 372 postcodes now in use in Minster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 272 homes sold in Minster were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME12 district, 9%.
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 Minster | Across the ME12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 208 (0%) | 6 of 421 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 272 (2%) | 54 of 584 (9%) |
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 Minster?
Ofcom reports on 369 of the 372 postcodes in Minster. At 288 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Minster at risk of flooding?
64 of the 372 postcodes in Minster 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 78 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 Minster?
The open schools at the postcodes in Minster. 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
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 Minster?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Minster is Queenborough Rail Station, 3.8 km away in a straight line.
- Queenborough Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
- Sheerness-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
- Swale Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
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 Minster?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Minster. 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.
- Sheerness Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report September 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 580909 3.1 kmCycle
- Vel Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 585255 3.1 kmCycle
- St Georges Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 582880 3.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Minster safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,107 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Minster 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
- 78 September 2025
- 84 October 2025
- 92 November 2025
- 83 December 2025
- 100 January 2026
- 89 February 2026
- 104 March 2026
- 82 April 2026
- 98 May 2026
- 87 June 2026
- 124 July 2026
- 86 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: public order 27, burglary 18, possession of weapons 15, bicycle theft 4, theft from the person 2, robbery 2.
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 Minster?
- District, borough or city council
- Swale
- County council
- Kent
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Kevin McKenna (Labour)
All 372 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 Minster
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Swale about council tax Council tax, on swale.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Minster postcodes
372 postcodes in use in Minster, by district:
That district is in the ME postcode area.
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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 Minster
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Minster's £307,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Minster
- What is it like to live in Minster?
- Homes sold for a typical £307,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 288 of the 369 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 78 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 64 of its 372 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Sheerness Health Centre, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Queenborough, 3.8 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 Minster?
- Minster is covered by postcode district ME12, across 372 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Minster in?
- Minster is in the Swale council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Minster?
- Minster is in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Kevin McKenna (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Minster?
- Homes in Minster sold for a typical £307,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 208 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Minster?
- In Minster, primary schools at its postcodes include Minster in Sheppey Primary School, Thistle Hill Primary School and St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Elmley Dray School and Leigh Academy Minster. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Minster have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Minster is Queenborough, 3.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Minster?
- Ofcom reports on 369 of the 372 postcodes in Minster. At 288 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Minster at risk of flooding?
- 64 of the 372 postcodes in Minster 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 78 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 Minster?
- 9 of the 372 postcodes now in use in Minster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 272 homes sold in Minster were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME12 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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