Sheerness
Sheerness is covered by postcode districts ME11 and ME12. It is in the Swale council area, Kent.
Every postcode in Sheerness, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 277
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 289 postcodes in Sheerness that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 277 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 51.4369, longitude 0.7616. 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
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME12 9DJ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Sheerness?
Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.8% on the 12 months before. At 175 of the 272 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 23 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 279 of its 289 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sheerness-on-Sea, 500 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 Sheerness?
Homes in Sheerness sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, up 4.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached 3 sales, too few to price
- Semi-detached £275,000 21 sales
- Terraced £208,500 64 sales
- Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole ME12 district, Sheerness's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sheerness: 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 Sheerness?
12 of the 289 postcodes now in use in Sheerness came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 105 homes sold in Sheerness were newly built (0%), 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 Sheerness | Across the ME12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 92 (0%) | 6 of 421 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 105 (0%) | 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 Sheerness?
Ofcom reports on 272 of the 289 postcodes in Sheerness. At 175 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 Sheerness at risk of flooding?
279 of the 289 postcodes in Sheerness 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 23 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 Sheerness?
The open schools at the postcodes in Sheerness. 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 Sheerness?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sheerness is Sheerness-on-Sea Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.
- Sheerness-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
- Queenborough Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
- Swale Rail Station Railway station 5.4 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 Sheerness?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Sheerness, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- St Georges Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 582880 100 mWalk
- The Om Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 580402 200 mWalk
- Sheerness Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report September 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 580909 350 mWalk
- Vel Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 585255 350 mWalk
- Sheppey Healthy Living Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 877714 500 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sheerness safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,884 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sheerness 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
- 191 September 2025
- 185 October 2025
- 200 November 2025
- 246 December 2025
- 265 January 2026
- 232 February 2026
- 268 March 2026
- 240 April 2026
- 248 May 2026
- 222 June 2026
- 324 July 2026
- 263 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 75, burglary 64, possession of weapons 31, robbery 22, bicycle theft 8, theft from the person 5.
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 Sheerness?
- 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 289 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 Sheerness
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 GP practices in Sheerness
- 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
Sheerness postcodes
289 postcodes in use in Sheerness, by district:
Those districts are all 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 Sheerness
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sheerness's £220,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Sheerness
- What is it like to live in Sheerness?
- Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.8% on the 12 months before. At 175 of the 272 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 23 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 279 of its 289 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sheerness-on-Sea, 500 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 Sheerness?
- Sheerness is covered by postcode districts ME11 and ME12, across 289 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Sheerness in?
- Sheerness is in the Swale council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Sheerness?
- Sheerness 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 Sheerness?
- Homes in Sheerness sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, up 4.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Sheerness?
- In Sheerness, primary schools at its postcodes include Rose Street Primary School, St Edward's Catholic Primary School and Richmond Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include EKC Sheppey Secondary. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Sheerness have a railway station?
- Yes: Sheerness-on-Sea is 500 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Sheerness, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Sheerness?
- Ofcom reports on 272 of the 289 postcodes in Sheerness. At 175 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 Sheerness at risk of flooding?
- 279 of the 289 postcodes in Sheerness 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 23 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 Sheerness?
- 12 of the 289 postcodes now in use in Sheerness came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 105 homes sold in Sheerness were newly built (0%), 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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