ME19 5AH postcode in West Malling, Kent

ME19 5AH is a postcode in West Malling, in the Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh ward of Tonbridge and Malling. It is in the Tonbridge 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 25% of homes and businesses at ME19 5AH can get it Across Tonbridge and Malling: 86% Typical price £426,250 Homes sold in ME19 5, last 12 months. ▲ 0.3% on the year before Nearest station West Malling 1.6 km in a straight line

Where ME19 5AH is, and what is near it

Map of ME19 5AH and what is near it Map of ME19 5AH: its centre point, with the 240 other postcodes in the ME19 5 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. ME19 5AD: also in ME19 5ME19 5AE: also in ME19 5ME19 5AG: also in ME19 5ME19 5AJ: also in ME19 5ME19 5AL: also in ME19 5ME19 5AN: also in ME19 5ME19 5AQ: also in ME19 5ME19 5AS: also in ME19 5ME19 5AT: also in ME19 5ME19 5AU: also in ME19 5ME19 5AW: also in ME19 5ME19 5AY: also in ME19 5ME19 5DF: also in ME19 5ME19 5DG: also in ME19 5ME19 5DQ: also in ME19 5ME19 5EU: also in ME19 5ME19 5EZ: also in ME19 5ME19 5FA: also in ME19 5ME19 5FB: also in ME19 5ME19 5FD: also in ME19 5ME19 5FE: also in ME19 5ME19 5FF: also in ME19 5ME19 5FG: also in ME19 5ME19 5FJ: also in ME19 5ME19 5FL: also in ME19 5ME19 5FN: also in ME19 5ME19 5FP: also in ME19 5ME19 5FQ: also in ME19 5ME19 5FR: also in ME19 5ME19 5FS: also in ME19 5ME19 5FT: also in ME19 5ME19 5FU: also in ME19 5ME19 5FW: also in ME19 5ME19 5FY: also in ME19 5ME19 5GB: also in ME19 5ME19 5GD: also in ME19 5ME19 5GE: also in ME19 5ME19 5GF: also in ME19 5ME19 5GJ: also in ME19 5ME19 5GL: also in ME19 5ME19 5GN: also in ME19 5ME19 5GP: also in ME19 5ME19 5GQ: also in ME19 5ME19 5GR: also in ME19 5ME19 5GS: also in ME19 5ME19 5GT: also in ME19 5ME19 5GU: also in ME19 5ME19 5GX: also in ME19 5ME19 5GY: also in ME19 5ME19 5GZ: also in ME19 5ME19 5HE: also in ME19 5ME19 5HF: also in ME19 5ME19 5HG: also in ME19 5ME19 5HH: also in ME19 5ME19 5HJ: also in ME19 5ME19 5HP: also in ME19 5ME19 5HT: also in ME19 5ME19 5HU: also in ME19 5ME19 5HX: also in ME19 5ME19 5HZ: also in ME19 5ME19 5JA: also in ME19 5ME19 5LA: also in ME19 5ME19 5LB: also in ME19 5ME19 5LD: also in ME19 5ME19 5LE: also in ME19 5ME19 5LF: also in ME19 5ME19 5LH: also in ME19 5ME19 5NX: also in ME19 5ME19 5PA: also in ME19 5ME19 5QH: also in ME19 5ME19 5QJ: also in ME19 5ME19 5RX: also in ME19 5ME19 5SA: also in ME19 5ME19 5SG: also in ME19 5ME19 5SJ: also in ME19 5ME19 5SN: also in ME19 5ME19 5SQ: also in ME19 5ME19 5SR: also in ME19 5ME19 5SS: also in ME19 5ME19 5ST: also in ME19 5 The Malling School 2.7 kmGP 2.8 kmEast Malling station 3.2 kmGP 3.3 kmGP 4.0 kmWest Malling ME19 5AH Map of ME19 5AH and what is near it Map of ME19 5AH: its centre point, with the 240 other postcodes in the ME19 5 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. GP 2.8 kmGP 3.3 kmGP 4.0 kmWest Malling ME19 5AH
  • ME19 5AH
  • Other postcodes in ME19 5: 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. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.3011, longitude 0.4011)

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 ME19 5AH?

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 ME19 5AH?

Every home and business at ME19 5AH can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 25% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ME19 5AH 25% Tonbridge and Malling 86%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ME19 5AH 100% Tonbridge and Malling 97%
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 ME19 5AH?

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

Tonbridge and Malling 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 ME19 5AH 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 ME19 5AH.

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 Tonbridge and Malling

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for ME19 5AH: 1,445 properties in Tonbridge and Malling are at high risk (2.2% of all its properties). All the figures for Tonbridge and Malling

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 ME19 5AH 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 ME19 5AH?

Homes in ME19 5 sold for a typical £426,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, up 0.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£426,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£425,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £667,500 38 sales
  • Semi-detached £415,000 23 sales
  • Terraced £355,000 23 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £220,500 14 sales

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

Across the whole ME19 district: a typical £462,500 from 313 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 ME19 5AH

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in ME19 5AH from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 14 January 2026. 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 ME19 5AH?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 680 homes in the neighbourhood around ME19 5AH. The largest share of them, 22%, are in council tax band D. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (32%). 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 ME19 5AH

Band D in Tonbridge and Malling for 2026‑27: £2,472. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,648 (band A) to £4,944 (band H); band D, the most common, is £2,472.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 20 (3%)£1,648
Band Babout 30 (4%)£1,923
Band Cabout 80 (12%)£2,197
Band Dabout 150 (22%)£2,472
Band Eabout 140 (21%)£3,021
Band Fabout 110 (16%)£3,570
Band Gabout 140 (21%)£4,120
Band Habout 10 (1%)£4,944

When the homes were built

  1. 32% Before 1900
  2. 4% 1900 to 1918
  3. 12% 1919 to 1939
  4. 13% 1945 to 1964
  5. 12% 1965 to 1982
  6. 6% 1983 to 1999
  7. 1% 2000 to 2009
  8. 19% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

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

Averages for Tonbridge and Malling 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 ME19 5AH is in (ONS area E01032829), 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 ME19 5AH?

The nearest open schools to ME19 5AH, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ME19 5AH, 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 ME19 5AH?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ME19 5AH is West Malling Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.

  • West Malling Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
  • East Malling Rail Station Railway station 3.2 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 ME19 5AH, 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 ME19 5AH?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ME19 5AH, 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 ME19 5AH?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of ME19 5AH, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • GeniePoint Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2, CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 60 kW 2.8 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 ME19 5AH?

The nearest to the centre of ME19 5AH, 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 ME19 5AH?

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 ME19 5AH?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ME19 5AH, 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 ME19 5AH?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ME19 5AH, 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 ME19 5AH?

The nearest vets to the centre of ME19 5AH 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 ME19 5AH in a conservation area?

The centre of ME19 5AH is in one area with planning rules of its 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 ME19 5AH?

Police.uk records 43 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ME19 5AH in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Shoplifting12 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Violence and sexual offences7 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports
Other theft3 reports

Also: robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 ME19 5AH

Ward
Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh
Parish
Ryarsh
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
West Malling
Rural or urban
Smaller 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

Where to check what we do not hold

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Every postcode in the same sector, district or postcode area.

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Nearby postcodes

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

ME19 5AS50 mME19 5AT260 mME19 5AQ280 mME19 5AG280 mME19 5FP280 mME19 5AW330 m
All of ME19

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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