ME11 5BF postcode in Queenborough, Kent

ME11 5BF is a postcode in Queenborough, in the Queenborough and Halfway ward of Swale. It is in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary constituency and the Kent police force area, and has been in use since July 2018.

Flooding Very low flood risk 14 of 14 homes and businesses at very low risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at ME11 5BF can get it Across Swale: 80% Typical price £258,000 Homes sold in ME11 5, last 12 months. ▲ 17.3% on the year before Nearest station Queenborough 700 m in a straight line

Where ME11 5BF is, and what is near it

Map of ME11 5BF and what is near it Map of ME11 5BF: its centre point, with the 103 other postcodes in the ME11 5 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 7 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. ME11 5AD: also in ME11 5ME11 5AP: also in ME11 5ME11 5AT: also in ME11 5ME11 5AU: also in ME11 5ME11 5AY: also in ME11 5ME11 5BA: also in ME11 5ME11 5BD: also in ME11 5ME11 5BE: also in ME11 5ME11 5BH: also in ME11 5ME11 5BJ: also in ME11 5ME11 5BL: also in ME11 5ME11 5BN: also in ME11 5ME11 5BP: also in ME11 5ME11 5BQ: also in ME11 5ME11 5BS: also in ME11 5ME11 5BT: also in ME11 5ME11 5BW: also in ME11 5ME11 5BY: also in ME11 5ME11 5BZ: also in ME11 5ME11 5DB: also in ME11 5ME11 5DD: also in ME11 5ME11 5DE: also in ME11 5ME11 5DF: also in ME11 5ME11 5DH: also in ME11 5ME11 5DJ: also in ME11 5ME11 5DL: also in ME11 5ME11 5DN: also in ME11 5ME11 5DP: also in ME11 5ME11 5DR: also in ME11 5ME11 5DS: also in ME11 5ME11 5DT: also in ME11 5ME11 5DU: also in ME11 5ME11 5DW: also in ME11 5ME11 5DY: also in ME11 5ME11 5EE: also in ME11 5ME11 5FL: also in ME11 5ME11 5GA: also in ME11 5ME11 5HB: also in ME11 5ME11 5HE: also in ME11 5ME11 5HL: also in ME11 5ME11 5HZ: also in ME11 5ME11 5JE: also in ME11 5ME11 5JF: also in ME11 5ME11 5JG: also in ME11 5ME11 5JL: also in ME11 5ME11 5JN: also in ME11 5ME11 5JP: also in ME11 5ME11 5JQ: also in ME11 5ME11 5JS: also in ME11 5ME11 5JT: also in ME11 5ME11 5JU: also in ME11 5ME11 5JX: also in ME11 5ME11 5JY: also in ME11 5ME11 5JZ: also in ME11 5ME11 5LA: also in ME11 5ME11 5LB: also in ME11 5ME11 5LE: also in ME11 5ME11 5LG: also in ME11 5ME11 5LH: also in ME11 5ME11 5LL: also in ME11 5ME11 5LP: also in ME11 5ME11 5LS: also in ME11 5ME11 5LT: also in ME11 5ME11 5LU: also in ME11 5ME11 5LX: also in ME11 5ME11 5LY: also in ME11 5ME11 5LZ: also in ME11 5ME11 5NA: also in ME11 5ME11 5NB: also in ME11 5ME11 5ND: also in ME11 5ME11 5QQ: also in ME11 5ME11 5TS: also in ME11 5 Swale station 2.3 kmLeigh Academy Minster 2.9 kmQueenborough and Halfway ME11 5BF Map of ME11 5BF and what is near it Map of ME11 5BF: its centre point, with the 103 other postcodes in the ME11 5 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 7 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Swale station 2.3 kmQueenborough ME11 5BF
  • ME11 5BF
  • Other postcodes in ME11 5: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 7 bus stops
  • 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 51.4101, longitude 0.7444)

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 ME11 5BF?

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 ME11 5BF?

Every home and business at ME11 5BF can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ME11 5BF 100% Swale 80%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ME11 5BF 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 ME11 5BF?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for ME11 5BF.

Check the bin days for ME11 5BF on BinDayBuddy

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 ME11 5BF at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

Very low risk

The Environment Agency counts 14 homes and businesses at ME11 5BF. 14 are in an area at very low risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

14 homes and businesses at ME11 5BF Very low: 14

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 ME11 5BF: 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 ME11 5BF is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 18:47 on 23 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 18:47 on 23 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 ME11 5BF?

Homes in ME11 5 sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, up 17.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£258,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£220,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 17.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £265,000 12 sales
  • Terraced £253,000 20 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole ME11 district: a typical £258,000 from 34 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 ME11 5BF

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in ME11 5BF from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 7 July 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of 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 ME11 5BF?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 750 homes in the neighbourhood around ME11 5BF. Over half of them (57%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (33%). 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 ME11 5BF

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 £2,406 (band D); band A, the most common, is £1,604.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 430 (57%)£1,604
Band Babout 230 (31%)£1,871
Band Cabout 80 (11%)£2,138
Band Dabout 10 (1%)£2,406
Band Ewithheld£2,940
Band Ffewer than 5£3,475
Band Gfewer than 5£4,009
Band Hfewer than 5£4,811

When the homes were built

  1. 13% Before 1900
  2. 8% 1900 to 1918
  3. 4% 1919 to 1939
  4. 33% 1945 to 1964
  5. 22% 1965 to 1982
  6. 3% 1983 to 1999
  7. 1% 2000 to 2009
  8. 16% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

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 ME11 5BF is in (ONS area E01024597), 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 ME11 5BF?

The nearest open schools to ME11 5BF, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ME11 5BF, 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 ME11 5BF?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ME11 5BF is Queenborough Rail Station, 700 metres away in a straight line.

  • Queenborough Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
  • Swale Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle

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

7 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Cullet Drive, 50 m away.

More stations near ME11 5BF, 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 ME11 5BF?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ME11 5BF, 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 ME11 5BF?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of ME11 5BF 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.

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

Which dentists are near ME11 5BF?

The nearest to the centre of ME11 5BF, 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 ME11 5BF?

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 ME11 5BF?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ME11 5BF, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

  • Sunnyfields Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01795 665077 1.2 kmCycle
  • St. Helens House Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report November 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 07882 710854 3.3 kmCycle
  • Oakdene Rest Home Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report March 2026 · Phone 01795 874985 3.5 kmCycle

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 ME11 5BF?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ME11 5BF, 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 ME11 5BF?

The nearest vets to the centre of ME11 5BF 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 ME11 5BF in a conservation area?

The centre of ME11 5BF 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 ME11 5BF?

Police.uk records 57 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ME11 5BF in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences25 reports
Anti-social behaviour16 reports
Shoplifting5 reports
Other theft4 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Criminal damage and arson2 reports

Also: burglary 2.

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 ME11 5BF

Ward
Queenborough and Halfway
Parish
Queenborough
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Queenborough
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
July 2018

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

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Nearby postcodes

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

ME11 5JG60 mME11 5AU70 mME11 5JF100 mME11 5BL110 mME11 5JT110 mME11 5JE130 m
All of ME11

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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