ME17 1HL postcode in Harrietsham, Kent

ME17 1HL is a postcode in Harrietsham, in the Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs ward of Maidstone. It is in the Faversham and Mid Kent parliamentary constituency and the Kent police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses at ME17 1HL can get it Across Maidstone: 81% Typical price £432,500 Homes sold in ME17 1, last 12 months. ▼ 8% on the year before Nearest station Harrietsham 800 m in a straight line

Where ME17 1HL is, and what is near it

Map of ME17 1HL and what is near it Map of ME17 1HL: its centre point, with the 309 other postcodes in the ME17 1 sector, 4 schools (2 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 3 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. ME17 1AB: also in ME17 1ME17 1AD: also in ME17 1ME17 1AG: also in ME17 1ME17 1AH: also in ME17 1ME17 1AJ: also in ME17 1ME17 1AL: also in ME17 1ME17 1AP: also in ME17 1ME17 1AQ: also in ME17 1ME17 1AR: also in ME17 1ME17 1AS: also in ME17 1ME17 1AU: also in ME17 1ME17 1AW: also in ME17 1ME17 1AX: also in ME17 1ME17 1AY: also in ME17 1ME17 1AZ: also in ME17 1ME17 1BA: also in ME17 1ME17 1BB: also in ME17 1ME17 1BD: also in ME17 1ME17 1BE: also in ME17 1ME17 1BG: also in ME17 1ME17 1BH: also in ME17 1ME17 1BL: also in ME17 1ME17 1BN: also in ME17 1ME17 1BS: also in ME17 1ME17 1BW: also in ME17 1ME17 1BX: also in ME17 1ME17 1BY: also in ME17 1ME17 1BZ: also in ME17 1ME17 1DF: also in ME17 1ME17 1DW: also in ME17 1ME17 1EZ: also in ME17 1ME17 1FA: also in ME17 1ME17 1FG: also in ME17 1ME17 1FH: also in ME17 1ME17 1FJ: also in ME17 1ME17 1FL: also in ME17 1ME17 1FP: also in ME17 1ME17 1FR: also in ME17 1ME17 1FU: also in ME17 1ME17 1FX: also in ME17 1ME17 1GD: also in ME17 1ME17 1GE: also in ME17 1ME17 1GF: also in ME17 1ME17 1GJ: also in ME17 1ME17 1GN: also in ME17 1ME17 1GP: also in ME17 1ME17 1GR: also in ME17 1ME17 1GS: also in ME17 1ME17 1GT: also in ME17 1ME17 1GU: also in ME17 1ME17 1GW: also in ME17 1ME17 1GX: also in ME17 1ME17 1GY: also in ME17 1ME17 1HH: also in ME17 1ME17 1HJ: also in ME17 1ME17 1HN: also in ME17 1ME17 1HP: also in ME17 1ME17 1HS: also in ME17 1ME17 1HT: also in ME17 1ME17 1HU: also in ME17 1ME17 1HX: also in ME17 1ME17 1HY: also in ME17 1ME17 1HZ: also in ME17 1ME17 1JA: also in ME17 1ME17 1JD: also in ME17 1ME17 1JE: also in ME17 1ME17 1JG: also in ME17 1ME17 1JH: also in ME17 1ME17 1JJ: also in ME17 1ME17 1JL: also in ME17 1ME17 1JN: also in ME17 1ME17 1JP: also in ME17 1ME17 1JQ: also in ME17 1ME17 1JR: also in ME17 1ME17 1JS: also in ME17 1ME17 1JT: also in ME17 1ME17 1JU: also in ME17 1ME17 1JZ: also in ME17 1ME17 1LE: also in ME17 1ME17 1LF: also in ME17 1ME17 1LG: also in ME17 1ME17 1LJ: also in ME17 1ME17 1LQ: also in ME17 1ME17 1LY: also in ME17 1ME17 1ND: also in ME17 1ME17 1NG: also in ME17 1ME17 1QW: also in ME17 1ME17 1SZ: also in ME17 1ME17 1US: also in ME17 1ME17 1WG: also in ME17 1ME17 1WH: also in ME17 1ME17 1WJ: also in ME17 1 Lenham station 2.0 km2 places, 2.1–3.0 kmLangley 6.0 kmHeath Farm School 6.2 kmGP 6.8 kmHarrietsham ME17 1HL Map of ME17 1HL and what is near it Map of ME17 1HL: its centre point, with the 309 other postcodes in the ME17 1 sector, 4 schools (2 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 3 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Lenham station 2.0 kmLangley 6.0 kmHeath Farm School 6.2 kmGP 6.8 kmHarrietsham, Lenham & North Downs ME17 1HL
  • ME17 1HL
  • Other postcodes in ME17 1: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 3 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 51.2393, longitude 0.6800)

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 ME17 1HL?

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 ME17 1HL?

Every home and business at ME17 1HL can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, but none can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ME17 1HL 0% Maidstone 81%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ME17 1HL 100% Maidstone 95%
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 ME17 1HL?

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

Maidstone 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 ME17 1HL at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include ME17 1HL.

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 Maidstone

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for ME17 1HL: 1,790 properties in Maidstone are at high risk (1.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Maidstone

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 ME17 1HL is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near ME17 1HL?

Homes in ME17 1 sold for a typical £432,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 76 sales, down 8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£432,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£470,250 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £620,000 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £375,000 30 sales
  • Terraced £315,000 9 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 ME17 district: a typical £395,000 from 321 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 ME17 1HL

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in ME17 1HL 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 ME17 1HL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 810 homes in the neighbourhood around ME17 1HL. The largest share of them, 36%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 2010 to 2019 than in any other period (39%). 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 ME17 1HL

Band D in Maidstone for 2026‑27: £2,503. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,668 (band A) to £4,171 (band G); band D, the most common, is £2,503.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 60 (7%)£1,668
Band Babout 60 (7%)£1,946
Band Cabout 150 (19%)£2,225
Band Dabout 290 (36%)£2,503
Band Eabout 110 (14%)£3,059
Band Fabout 90 (11%)£3,615
Band Gabout 50 (6%)£4,171
Band Hwithheld£5,005

When the homes were built

  1. 20% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 3% 1919 to 1939
  4. 4% 1945 to 1964
  5. 11% 1965 to 1982
  6. 8% 1983 to 1999
  7. 13% 2000 to 2009
  8. 39% 2010 to 2019
  9. 4% 2020 or later

Averages for Maidstone 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 ME17 1HL is in (ONS area E01034994), 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 ME17 1HL?

The nearest open schools to ME17 1HL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ME17 1HL, 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 ME17 1HL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ME17 1HL is Harrietsham Rail Station, 800 metres away in a straight line.

  • Harrietsham Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
  • Lenham Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle

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

3 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Chippendayle Drive, 320 m away.

More stations near ME17 1HL, 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 ME17 1HL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ME17 1HL, 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 ME17 1HL?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of ME17 1HL, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Lenham SF Connect Charging point · 2 chargers · CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 250 kW 1.5 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

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 ME17 1HL?

The nearest to the centre of ME17 1HL, 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 ME17 1HL?

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 ME17 1HL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ME17 1HL, 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 ME17 1HL?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ME17 1HL, 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 ME17 1HL?

The nearest vets to the centre of ME17 1HL 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 ME17 1HL in a conservation area?

The centre of ME17 1HL is in 2 areas with planning rules of their own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

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 ME17 1HL?

Police.uk records 27 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ME17 1HL in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour7 reports
Violence and sexual offences5 reports
Shoplifting5 reports
Other theft4 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports
Drugs2 reports

Also: theft from the person 1, other crime 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 ME17 1HL

Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs
Parish
Harrietsham
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Harrietsham
Rural or urban
Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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.

ME17 1HP110 mME17 1HJ120 mME17 1HS220 mME17 1GR220 mME17 1GY240 mME17 1GX250 m
All of ME17

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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