ME17 4JE postcode in Loose, Kent

ME17 4JE is a postcode in Loose, in the Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton ward of Maidstone. It is in the Weald of 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 90% of homes and businesses at ME17 4JE can get it Across Maidstone: 81% Typical price £375,000 Homes sold in ME17 4, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Nearest station Maidstone West 5.1 km in a straight line

Where ME17 4JE is, and what is near it

Map of ME17 4JE and what is near it Map of ME17 4JE: its centre point, with the 284 other postcodes in the ME17 4 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. ME17 4AD: also in ME17 4ME17 4AE: also in ME17 4ME17 4AF: also in ME17 4ME17 4AG: also in ME17 4ME17 4BU: also in ME17 4ME17 4BZ: also in ME17 4ME17 4FL: also in ME17 4ME17 4FN: also in ME17 4ME17 4FP: also in ME17 4ME17 4GA: also in ME17 4ME17 4GB: also in ME17 4ME17 4GD: also in ME17 4ME17 4GE: also in ME17 4ME17 4GF: also in ME17 4ME17 4GJ: also in ME17 4ME17 4GQ: also in ME17 4ME17 4GR: also in ME17 4ME17 4GW: also in ME17 4ME17 4GY: also in ME17 4ME17 4HN: also in ME17 4ME17 4HP: also in ME17 4ME17 4HR: also in ME17 4ME17 4HS: also in ME17 4ME17 4HT: also in ME17 4ME17 4HU: also in ME17 4ME17 4HW: also in ME17 4ME17 4HY: also in ME17 4ME17 4HZ: also in ME17 4ME17 4JB: also in ME17 4ME17 4JD: also in ME17 4ME17 4JF: also in ME17 4ME17 4JG: also in ME17 4ME17 4JH: also in ME17 4ME17 4JJ: also in ME17 4ME17 4JL: also in ME17 4ME17 4JN: also in ME17 4ME17 4JP: also in ME17 4ME17 4JQ: also in ME17 4ME17 4JR: also in ME17 4ME17 4JS: also in ME17 4ME17 4JT: also in ME17 4ME17 4JU: also in ME17 4ME17 4JW: also in ME17 4ME17 4JX: also in ME17 4ME17 4JY: also in ME17 4ME17 4LA: also in ME17 4ME17 4LD: also in ME17 4ME17 4LE: also in ME17 4ME17 4LF: also in ME17 4ME17 4LG: also in ME17 4ME17 4LH: also in ME17 4ME17 4LJ: also in ME17 4ME17 4LL: also in ME17 4ME17 4LN: also in ME17 4ME17 4LP: also in ME17 4ME17 4LQ: also in ME17 4ME17 4LR: also in ME17 4ME17 4LS: also in ME17 4ME17 4LT: also in ME17 4ME17 4LU: also in ME17 4ME17 4LW: also in ME17 4ME17 4LX: also in ME17 4ME17 4LY: also in ME17 4ME17 4LZ: also in ME17 4ME17 4NA: also in ME17 4ME17 4NB: also in ME17 4ME17 4ND: also in ME17 4ME17 4NE: also in ME17 4ME17 4NF: also in ME17 4ME17 4NG: also in ME17 4ME17 4NH: also in ME17 4ME17 4NJ: also in ME17 4ME17 4NN: also in ME17 4ME17 4NQ: also in ME17 4ME17 4NW: also in ME17 4ME17 4RD: also in ME17 4ME17 4SE: also in ME17 4ME17 4SG: also in ME17 4ME17 4SH: also in ME17 4ME17 4SJ: also in ME17 4ME17 4SL: also in ME17 4ME17 4SN: also in ME17 4ME17 4SP: also in ME17 4ME17 4SR: also in ME17 4ME17 4ST: also in ME17 4ME17 4SU: also in ME17 4ME17 4SW: also in ME17 4ME17 4SX: also in ME17 4ME17 4SY: also in ME17 4ME17 4SZ: also in ME17 4ME17 4TG: also in ME17 4ME17 4TN: also in ME17 4ME17 4TS: also in ME17 4ME17 4UR: also in ME17 4ME17 4US: also in ME17 4ME17 4UT: also in ME17 4ME17 4UX: also in ME17 4ME17 4UY: also in ME17 4ME17 4XJ: also in ME17 4ME17 4XS: also in ME17 4ME17 4XT: also in ME17 4 Maidstone West station 5.1 kmLoose ME17 4JE Map of ME17 4JE and what is near it Map of ME17 4JE: its centre point, with the 284 other postcodes in the ME17 4 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Coxheath & Farleigh ME17 4JE
  • ME17 4JE
  • Other postcodes in ME17 4: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 2 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 51.2293, longitude 0.5480)

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 4JE?

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 4JE?

90% of the homes and businesses at ME17 4JE can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 90% gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ME17 4JE 90% Maidstone 81%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ME17 4JE 90% 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 4JE?

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 4JE 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 4JE.

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 4JE: 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 4JE 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 4JE?

Homes in ME17 4 sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 116 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£375,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£375,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £462,500 40 sales
  • Semi-detached £365,000 50 sales
  • Terraced £300,000 20 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £151,000 6 sales

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 4JE

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in ME17 4JE 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 4JE?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 760 homes in the neighbourhood around ME17 4JE. The largest share of them, 30%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (26%). 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 4JE

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 £5,005 (band H); band D, the most common, is £2,503.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 20 (3%)£1,668
Band Babout 30 (4%)£1,946
Band Cabout 80 (11%)£2,225
Band Dabout 230 (30%)£2,503
Band Eabout 230 (30%)£3,059
Band Fabout 80 (11%)£3,615
Band Gabout 80 (11%)£4,171
Band Habout 10 (1%)£5,005

When the homes were built

  1. 23% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 12% 1919 to 1939
  4. 11% 1945 to 1964
  5. 26% 1965 to 1982
  6. 4% 1983 to 1999
  7. 1% 2000 to 2009
  8. 3% 2010 to 2019
  9. 18% 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 4JE is in (ONS area E01024331), 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 4JE?

The nearest open schools to ME17 4JE, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ME17 4JE, 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 4JE?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ME17 4JE is Maidstone West Rail Station, 5.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Maidstone West Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • East Farleigh Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive

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

2 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Marlpit Farm, 278 m away.

More stations near ME17 4JE, 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 4JE?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ME17 4JE, 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 4JE?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of ME17 4JE 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 ME17 4JE?

The nearest to the centre of ME17 4JE, 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 4JE?

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 4JE?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ME17 4JE, 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 4JE?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ME17 4JE, 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 4JE?

The nearest vets to the centre of ME17 4JE 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 4JE in a conservation area?

The centre of ME17 4JE 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 ME17 4JE?

Police.uk records 64 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ME17 4JE in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour32 reports
Violence and sexual offences17 reports
Criminal damage and arson5 reports
Other theft5 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports
Burglary1 report

Also: drugs 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 4JE

Ward
Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton
Parish
Boughton Monchelsea
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Loose
Rural or urban
Urban, 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

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.

ME17 4JL280 mME17 4JD310 mME17 4JN350 mME17 4JH370 mME17 4JW500 mME17 4JP620 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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