Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is covered by postcode districts ME9 and ME10. It is in the Swale council area, Kent.
Every postcode in Sittingbourne, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 84
- In use before 2020: 1,103
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,187 postcodes in Sittingbourne that ONS places, 84 are new since 2020 and 1,103 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 51.3436, longitude 0.7364. 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
- 16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME10 2WP, is the newest of them.
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME10 3NY, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME10 9PN, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME10 4FR, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME10 2XN, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Sittingbourne?
Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 902 of the 1,136 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 248 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 117 of its 1,187 postcodes. It has 15 primary schools and 6 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sittingbourne, 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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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 Sittingbourne?
Homes in Sittingbourne sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 632 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £300,000 from 863 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £442,000 103 sales
- Semi-detached £325,000 186 sales
- Terraced £265,000 268 sales
- Flat or maisonette £167,000 75 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole ME10 district, Sittingbourne's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sittingbourne: 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 Sittingbourne?
84 of the 1,187 postcodes now in use in Sittingbourne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 67 of the 863 homes sold in Sittingbourne were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME10 district, 10%.
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 Sittingbourne | Across the ME10 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 13 of 632 (2%) | 13 of 623 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 67 of 863 (8%) | 84 of 863 (10%) |
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 Sittingbourne?
Ofcom reports on 1,136 of the 1,187 postcodes in Sittingbourne. At 902 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 Sittingbourne at risk of flooding?
117 of the 1,187 postcodes in Sittingbourne 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 248 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 Sittingbourne?
The open schools at the postcodes in Sittingbourne (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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
- Milton Court Primary Academy850 m 251 pupils, 238 places
- South Avenue Primary School1.0 km 408 pupils, 420 places
- Regis Manor Primary School1.0 km 616 pupils, 570 places
- Canterbury Road Primary School1.1 km 209 pupils, 210 places
- Sunny Bank Primary School1.2 km 236 pupils, 315 places
- Westlands Primary School1.2 km 469 pupils, 480 places
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School1.3 km 210 pupils, 210 places
- The Oaks Infant School1.5 km 312 pupils, 270 places
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: 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 Sittingbourne?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sittingbourne is Sittingbourne Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.
- Sittingbourne Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
- Kemsley Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
- Newington Rail Station Railway station 4.8 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 Sittingbourne?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Sittingbourne, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- London Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report January 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 472100 700 mWalk
- The Chestnuts Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 470794 750 mWalk
- Memorial Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 477764 1.0 kmWalk
- The Medic Care Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01795 521205 1.0 kmWalk
- Green Porch Medical Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2024 · Phone 01795 424315 1.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sittingbourne safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,190 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sittingbourne 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
- 317 September 2025
- 306 October 2025
- 371 November 2025
- 316 December 2025
- 330 January 2026
- 348 February 2026
- 322 March 2026
- 368 April 2026
- 374 May 2026
- 371 June 2026
- 372 July 2026
- 395 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 110, burglary 76, robbery 41, possession of weapons 40, bicycle theft 22, theft from the person 16.
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 Sittingbourne?
- District, borough or city council
- Swale
- County council
- Kent
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey (1,129) and Faversham and Mid Kent (58)
- 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 Sittingbourne
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 Sittingbourne
- 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
Sittingbourne postcodes
1,187 postcodes in use in Sittingbourne, by district:
Those districts are all in the ME postcode area.
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Places near Sittingbourne
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sittingbourne's £290,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Sittingbourne
- What is the postcode for Sittingbourne?
- Postcode districts ME9 and ME10, with 1,187 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Sittingbourne in?
- Swale, with Kent as its county council. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Sittingbourne?
- A typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 632 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Sittingbourne?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Milton Court Primary Academy, South Avenue Primary School and Regis Manor Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Borden Grammar School, VTC Independent School and Highsted Grammar School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Sittingbourne have a railway station?
- Yes: Sittingbourne station, 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Sittingbourne?
- Ofcom reports on 1,136 of the 1,187 postcodes in Sittingbourne. At 902 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Is Sittingbourne at risk of flooding?
- 117 of the 1,187 postcodes in Sittingbourne 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 248 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Sittingbourne?
- 84 of the 1,187 postcodes now in use in Sittingbourne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 67 of the 863 homes sold in Sittingbourne were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME10 district, 10%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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