ME3 8QX postcode in Medway, England

ME3 8QX is a postcode in Medway, in the Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow ward. It is in the Rochester and Strood parliamentary constituency and the Kent police force area, and has been in use since November 2023.

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 100% of homes and businesses at ME3 8QX can get it Across Medway: 90% Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in ME3 8, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Nearest station Gillingham (Kent) 7.1 km in a straight line

Where ME3 8QX is, and what is near it

Map of ME3 8QX and what is near it Map of ME3 8QX: its centre point, with the 291 other postcodes in the ME3 8 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 500 m. ME3 8AF: also in ME3 8ME3 8AN: also in ME3 8ME3 8BA: also in ME3 8ME3 8BX: also in ME3 8ME3 8DW: also in ME3 8ME3 8DX: also in ME3 8ME3 8EQ: also in ME3 8ME3 8EZ: also in ME3 8ME3 8FU: also in ME3 8ME3 8GL: also in ME3 8ME3 8GN: also in ME3 8ME3 8GP: also in ME3 8ME3 8HA: also in ME3 8ME3 8NG: also in ME3 8ME3 8NX: also in ME3 8ME3 8PZ: also in ME3 8ME3 8QG: also in ME3 8ME3 8QH: also in ME3 8ME3 8QJ: also in ME3 8ME3 8QL: also in ME3 8ME3 8QN: also in ME3 8ME3 8QP: also in ME3 8ME3 8QQ: also in ME3 8ME3 8QR: also in ME3 8ME3 8QS: also in ME3 8ME3 8QT: also in ME3 8ME3 8QW: also in ME3 8ME3 8RF: also in ME3 8ME3 8RT: also in ME3 8ME3 8RU: also in ME3 8ME3 8RY: also in ME3 8ME3 8SF: also in ME3 8ME3 8SG: also in ME3 8ME3 8SH: also in ME3 8ME3 8SJ: also in ME3 8ME3 8SL: also in ME3 8ME3 8SN: also in ME3 8ME3 8SP: also in ME3 8ME3 8SQ: also in ME3 8ME3 8SS: also in ME3 8ME3 8ST: also in ME3 8ME3 8SU: also in ME3 8ME3 8SW: also in ME3 8ME3 8SX: also in ME3 8ME3 8SY: also in ME3 8ME3 8TB: also in ME3 8ME3 8TD: also in ME3 8ME3 8TE: also in ME3 8ME3 8TF: also in ME3 8ME3 8TG: also in ME3 8ME3 8TH: also in ME3 8ME3 8TL: also in ME3 8ME3 8TN: also in ME3 8ME3 8TQ: also in ME3 8ME3 8TW: also in ME3 8ME3 8WU: also in ME3 8 4 places, 3.0–5.4 kmSchool 5.7 kmStrood Rural ME3 8QX Map of ME3 8QX and what is near it Map of ME3 8QX: its centre point, with the 291 other postcodes in the ME3 8 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 1 km. 5 places, 3.0–7.1 kmSchool 5.7 kmStrood Rural ME3 8QX
  • ME3 8QX
  • Other postcodes in ME3 8: 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 51.4466, longitude 0.5837)

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 ME3 8QX?

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. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at ME3 8QX?

Every home and business at ME3 8QX can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ME3 8QX 100% Medway 90%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ME3 8QX 100% Medway 98%
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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 ME3 8QX?

BinDayBuddy has not read Medway Council's days for ME3 8QX today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for ME3 8QX 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 ME3 8QX 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 ME3 8QX.

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 Medway

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for ME3 8QX: 2,765 properties in Medway are at high risk (2% of all its properties). All the figures for Medway

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 ME3 8QX 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 ME3 8QX?

Homes in ME3 8 sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 133 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£425,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £550,000 63 sales
  • Semi-detached £370,000 43 sales
  • Terraced £290,000 22 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £210,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole ME3 district: a typical £373,750 from 344 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 ME3 8QX

HM Land Registry records 30 standard sales of homes in ME3 8QX from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 28 February 2025. The middle price was £459,000, from £250,000 to £750,000. Across ME3 8, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £425,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Show the other 22 sales

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 ME3 8QX?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 960 homes in the neighbourhood around ME3 8QX. The largest share of them, 27%, are in council tax band E. More were built from 1945 to 1964 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 ME3 8QX

Band D in Medway for 2026‑27: £2,329. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,552 (band A) to £3,881 (band G); band E, the most common, is £2,846.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 40 (4%)£1,552
Band Babout 120 (13%)£1,811
Band Cabout 160 (17%)£2,070
Band Dabout 190 (20%)£2,329
Band Eabout 260 (27%)£2,846
Band Fabout 120 (13%)£3,363
Band Gabout 70 (7%)£3,881
Band Hfewer than 5£4,657

When the homes were built

  1. 5% Before 1900
  2. 4% 1900 to 1918
  3. 4% 1919 to 1939
  4. 26% 1945 to 1964
  5. 17% 1965 to 1982
  6. 18% 1983 to 1999
  7. 13% 2000 to 2009
  8. 2% 2010 to 2019
  9. 11% 2020 or later

Averages for Medway 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 ME3 8QX is in (ONS area E01016073), 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 ME3 8QX?

The nearest open schools to ME3 8QX, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ME3 8QX, 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 ME3 8QX?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ME3 8QX is Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station, 7.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive
  • Strood Rail Station Railway station 8.0 kmDrive

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 ME3 8QX, 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 ME3 8QX?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ME3 8QX, 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 ME3 8QX?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of ME3 8QX 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 ME3 8QX?

The nearest to the centre of ME3 8QX, 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 ME3 8QX?

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 ME3 8QX?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ME3 8QX, 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 ME3 8QX?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ME3 8QX, 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 ME3 8QX?

The nearest vets to the centre of ME3 8QX 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 ME3 8QX in a conservation area?

planning.data.gov.uk is not answering just now, so this page has not asked it what the centre of ME3 8QX is inside. It will ask once the service answers again. The council's planning team can answer for one address.

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 ME3 8QX?

Police.uk records 5 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ME3 8QX in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour2 reports
Violence and sexual offences2 reports
Other theft1 report

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 ME3 8QX

Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
Parish
High Halstow
Region
South East
Country
England
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
November 2023

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

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ME3 8QR60 mME3 8QG220 mME3 8QP250 mME3 8QW270 mME3 8QS290 mME3 8TH470 m
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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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