ME10 3SS postcode in Sittingbourne, Kent

ME10 3SS is a postcode in Sittingbourne, in the Teynham and Lynsted ward of Swale. It is in the Faversham and Mid Kent parliamentary constituency and the Kent police force area, and has been in use since May 2019.

Flooding Very low flood risk 1 of 1 home or business at very low risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at ME10 3SS can get it Across Swale: 80% Typical price £265,000 Homes sold in ME10 3, last 12 months. ▼ 1.9% on the year before Nearest station Sittingbourne 2.6 km in a straight line

Where ME10 3SS is, and what is near it

Map of ME10 3SS and what is near it Map of ME10 3SS: its centre point, with the 245 other postcodes in the ME10 3 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. ME10 3AG: also in ME10 3ME10 3AU: also in ME10 3ME10 3AX: also in ME10 3ME10 3AY: also in ME10 3ME10 3BA: also in ME10 3ME10 3BB: also in ME10 3ME10 3BD: also in ME10 3ME10 3BE: also in ME10 3ME10 3BF: also in ME10 3ME10 3BH: also in ME10 3ME10 3BJ: also in ME10 3ME10 3BL: also in ME10 3ME10 3BP: also in ME10 3ME10 3BQ: also in ME10 3ME10 3BS: also in ME10 3ME10 3BT: also in ME10 3ME10 3BU: also in ME10 3ME10 3BW: also in ME10 3ME10 3BX: also in ME10 3ME10 3BY: also in ME10 3ME10 3DB: also in ME10 3ME10 3DD: also in ME10 3ME10 3DF: also in ME10 3ME10 3EA: also in ME10 3ME10 3EQ: also in ME10 3ME10 3ER: also in ME10 3ME10 3ES: also in ME10 3ME10 3EU: also in ME10 3ME10 3FA: also in ME10 3ME10 3FD: also in ME10 3ME10 3FE: also in ME10 3ME10 3FF: also in ME10 3ME10 3FG: also in ME10 3ME10 3FH: also in ME10 3ME10 3FJ: also in ME10 3ME10 3FL: also in ME10 3ME10 3FN: also in ME10 3ME10 3FP: also in ME10 3ME10 3FQ: also in ME10 3ME10 3FR: also in ME10 3ME10 3FS: also in ME10 3ME10 3FT: also in ME10 3ME10 3FU: also in ME10 3ME10 3FY: also in ME10 3ME10 3FZ: also in ME10 3ME10 3GA: also in ME10 3ME10 3GB: also in ME10 3ME10 3GD: also in ME10 3ME10 3GE: also in ME10 3ME10 3GF: also in ME10 3ME10 3GJ: also in ME10 3ME10 3GL: also in ME10 3ME10 3GR: also in ME10 3ME10 3NH: also in ME10 3ME10 3NL: also in ME10 3ME10 3NR: also in ME10 3ME10 3NX: also in ME10 3ME10 3PB: also in ME10 3ME10 3PD: also in ME10 3ME10 3PE: also in ME10 3ME10 3PF: also in ME10 3ME10 3PG: also in ME10 3ME10 3PH: also in ME10 3ME10 3PJ: also in ME10 3ME10 3PL: also in ME10 3ME10 3PN: also in ME10 3ME10 3PP: also in ME10 3ME10 3PR: also in ME10 3ME10 3PS: also in ME10 3ME10 3PT: also in ME10 3ME10 3PW: also in ME10 3ME10 3PY: also in ME10 3ME10 3PZ: also in ME10 3ME10 3QA: also in ME10 3ME10 3QB: also in ME10 3ME10 3QD: also in ME10 3ME10 3QE: also in ME10 3ME10 3QF: also in ME10 3ME10 3QG: also in ME10 3ME10 3QQ: also in ME10 3ME10 3QT: also in ME10 3ME10 3QU: also in ME10 3ME10 3QY: also in ME10 3ME10 3QZ: also in ME10 3ME10 3RW: also in ME10 3ME10 3SB: also in ME10 3ME10 3SP: also in ME10 3ME10 3SU: also in ME10 3ME10 3TE: also in ME10 3ME10 3TF: also in ME10 3ME10 3TG: also in ME10 3ME10 3TJ: also in ME10 3ME10 3TL: also in ME10 3ME10 3TP: also in ME10 3ME10 3TQ: also in ME10 3ME10 3TR: also in ME10 3ME10 3TS: also in ME10 3ME10 3TW: also in ME10 3ME10 3TX: also in ME10 3 School 1.2 kmThe Chestnuts Surgery 2.0 kmGP 2.5 kmSittingbourne station 2.6 kmGP 2.6 kmTeynham station 2.8 kmMurston ME10 3SS Map of ME10 3SS and what is near it Map of ME10 3SS: its centre point, with the 245 other postcodes in the ME10 3 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 2 GP practices, 2.0–2.6 kmGP 2.5 kmTeynham station 2.8 kmMurston ME10 3SS
  • ME10 3SS
  • Other postcodes in ME10 3: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.3443, longitude 0.7714)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after ME10 3SS?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at ME10 3SS?

Every home and business at ME10 3SS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ME10 3SS 100% Swale 80%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ME10 3SS 100% Swale 96%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at ME10 3SS?

BinDayBuddy does not read Swale Borough Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Swale Borough Council's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is ME10 3SS at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

Very low risk

The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at ME10 3SS. 1 is in an area at very low risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

1 homes and businesses at ME10 3SS Very low: 1

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.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Swale

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for ME10 3SS: 2,463 properties in Swale are at high risk (2.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Swale

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of ME10 3SS is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 05:49 on 24 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 05:49 on 24 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near ME10 3SS?

Homes in ME10 3 sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 133 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£265,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£270,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £385,000 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £315,000 27 sales
  • Terraced £250,000 81 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £176,996 9 sales

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

Across the whole ME10 district: a typical £290,000 from 623 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in ME10 3SS

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in ME10 3SS from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near ME10 3SS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,180 homes in the neighbourhood around ME10 3SS. The largest share of them, 27%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 2010 to 2019 than in any other period (35%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around ME10 3SS

Band D in Swale for 2026‑27: £2,406. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,604 (band A) to £4,811 (band H); band C, the most common, is £2,138.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 80 (7%)£1,604
Band Babout 220 (19%)£1,871
Band Cabout 320 (27%)£2,138
Band Dabout 290 (25%)£2,406
Band Eabout 130 (11%)£2,940
Band Fabout 60 (5%)£3,475
Band Gabout 70 (6%)£4,009
Band Habout 10 (1%)£4,811

When the homes were built

  1. 30% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 5% 1919 to 1939
  4. 8% 1945 to 1964
  5. 6% 1965 to 1982
  6. 8% 1983 to 1999
  7. 7% 2000 to 2009
  8. 35% 2010 to 2019
  9. 1% 2020 or later

Averages for Swale before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of ME10 3SS is in (ONS area E01024624), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near ME10 3SS?

The nearest open schools to ME10 3SS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ME10 3SS, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to ME10 3SS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ME10 3SS is Sittingbourne Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Sittingbourne Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Teynham Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near ME10 3SS, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near ME10 3SS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ME10 3SS, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near ME10 3SS?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of ME10 3SS on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near ME10 3SS?

The nearest to the centre of ME10 3SS, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to ME10 3SS?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near ME10 3SS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ME10 3SS, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near ME10 3SS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ME10 3SS, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near ME10 3SS?

The nearest vets to the centre of ME10 3SS on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is ME10 3SS in a conservation area?

The centre of ME10 3SS is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near ME10 3SS?

Police.uk records 110 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ME10 3SS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour36 reports
Violence and sexual offences27 reports
Shoplifting12 reports
Vehicle crime9 reports
Other theft6 reports
Other crime6 reports

Also: public order 5, criminal damage and arson 3, possession of weapons 2, burglary 1, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, drugs 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for ME10 3SS

Ward
Teynham and Lynsted
Parish
Tonge
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Sittingbourne
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
May 2019

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Where to check what we do not hold

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

ME10 3NH140 mME10 3FT310 mME10 3ES320 mME9 9AR330 mME10 3FU340 mME10 3FA360 m
All of ME10

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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