ME8 7PR postcode in Gillingham, Medway

ME8 7PR is a postcode in Gillingham, in the Rainham North ward of Medway. It is in the Gillingham and Rainham 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 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Medway: 90% Typical price £350,000 Homes sold in ME8 7, last 12 months. ▼ 7.9% on the year before Nearest station Rainham (Kent) 200 m in a straight line

Where ME8 7PR is, and what is near it

Map of ME8 7PR and what is near it Map of ME8 7PR: its centre point, with the 212 other postcodes in the ME8 7 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 15 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. ME8 7BF: also in ME8 7ME8 7BL: also in ME8 7ME8 7BZ: also in ME8 7ME8 7DD: also in ME8 7ME8 7EF: also in ME8 7ME8 7EQ: also in ME8 7ME8 7EZ: also in ME8 7ME8 7FB: also in ME8 7ME8 7FE: also in ME8 7ME8 7FF: also in ME8 7ME8 7FH: also in ME8 7ME8 7GF: also in ME8 7ME8 7HE: also in ME8 7ME8 7HS: also in ME8 7ME8 7HW: also in ME8 7ME8 7JA: also in ME8 7ME8 7JF: also in ME8 7ME8 7JH: also in ME8 7ME8 7JJ: also in ME8 7ME8 7JN: also in ME8 7ME8 7JP: also in ME8 7ME8 7JY: also in ME8 7ME8 7JZ: also in ME8 7ME8 7LA: also in ME8 7ME8 7LB: also in ME8 7ME8 7LD: also in ME8 7ME8 7LE: also in ME8 7ME8 7LF: also in ME8 7ME8 7LG: also in ME8 7ME8 7LQ: also in ME8 7ME8 7NA: also in ME8 7ME8 7NB: also in ME8 7ME8 7NJ: also in ME8 7ME8 7NL: also in ME8 7ME8 7NN: also in ME8 7ME8 7NP: also in ME8 7ME8 7NR: also in ME8 7ME8 7NS: also in ME8 7ME8 7NT: also in ME8 7ME8 7NU: also in ME8 7ME8 7NW: also in ME8 7ME8 7NX: also in ME8 7ME8 7NY: also in ME8 7ME8 7NZ: also in ME8 7ME8 7PA: also in ME8 7ME8 7PB: also in ME8 7ME8 7PE: also in ME8 7ME8 7PF: also in ME8 7ME8 7PG: also in ME8 7ME8 7PH: also in ME8 7ME8 7PJ: also in ME8 7ME8 7PL: also in ME8 7ME8 7PN: also in ME8 7ME8 7PQ: also in ME8 7ME8 7PS: also in ME8 7ME8 7PT: also in ME8 7ME8 7PU: also in ME8 7ME8 7PW: also in ME8 7ME8 7PX: also in ME8 7ME8 7PY: also in ME8 7ME8 7PZ: also in ME8 7ME8 7QA: also in ME8 7ME8 7QB: also in ME8 7ME8 7QD: also in ME8 7ME8 7QE: also in ME8 7ME8 7QH: also in ME8 7ME8 7QJ: also in ME8 7ME8 7QX: also in ME8 7ME8 7QY: also in ME8 7ME8 7QZ: also in ME8 7ME8 7RR: also in ME8 7ME8 7RS: also in ME8 7ME8 7RT: also in ME8 7ME8 7RU: also in ME8 7ME8 7SB: also in ME8 7ME8 7SD: also in ME8 7ME8 7SE: also in ME8 7ME8 7SF: also in ME8 7ME8 7SG: also in ME8 7ME8 7SH: also in ME8 7ME8 7SN: also in ME8 7ME8 7SP: also in ME8 7ME8 7SQ: also in ME8 7ME8 7SR: also in ME8 7ME8 7SS: also in ME8 7ME8 7ST: also in ME8 7ME8 7SU: also in ME8 7ME8 7SW: also in ME8 7ME8 7SX: also in ME8 7ME8 7SY: also in ME8 7ME8 7SZ: also in ME8 7ME8 7TA: also in ME8 7 2 GP practices, 850 m–1.1 kmLeigh Academy Rainham 900 mSchool 900 mSchool 1.4 kmNewington station 4.1 kmRainham North ME8 7PR Map of ME8 7PR and what is near it Map of ME8 7PR: its centre point, with the 212 other postcodes in the ME8 7 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 15 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Leigh Academy Rainham 900 mRainham North ME8 7PR
  • ME8 7PR
  • Other postcodes in ME8 7: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 15 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 51.3672, longitude 0.6140)

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 ME8 7PR?

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 ME8 7PR?

Every home and business at ME8 7PR can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Medway: 90%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Medway: 98%

The line marks the figure across Medway.

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 ME8 7PR?

BinDayBuddy has not read Medway Council's days for ME8 7PR today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for ME8 7PR 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 ME8 7PR 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 ME8 7PR.

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 ME8 7PR: 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 ME8 7PR 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 ME8 7PR?

Homes in ME8 7 sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 128 sales, down 7.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£380,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 7.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £565,000 17 sales
  • Semi-detached £370,000 60 sales
  • Terraced £300,000 43 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £161,500 8 sales

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

Across the whole ME8 district: a typical £335,000 from 611 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 ME8 7PR

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in ME8 7PR from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 18 September 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

Food hygiene ratings at ME8 7PR

The Food Standards Agency lists 2 food businesses at ME8 7PR. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near ME8 7PR?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 780 homes in the neighbourhood around ME8 7PR. Over half of them (53%) are in council tax band B. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (35%). 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 ME8 7PR

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 £2,846 (band E); band B, the most common, is £1,811.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 210 (27%)£1,552
Band Babout 410 (53%)£1,811
Band Cabout 100 (13%)£2,070
Band Dabout 50 (6%)£2,329
Band Eabout 10 (1%)£2,846
Band Fwithheld£3,363
Band Gfewer than 5£3,881
Band Hfewer than 5£4,657

When the homes were built

  1. 35% Before 1900
  2. 5% 1900 to 1918
  3. 13% 1919 to 1939
  4. 8% 1945 to 1964
  5. 18% 1965 to 1982
  6. 12% 1983 to 1999
  7. 5% 2000 to 2009
  8. 3% 2010 to 2019
  9. 3% 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 ME8 7PR is in (ONS area E01016098), 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 ME8 7PR?

The nearest open schools to ME8 7PR, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ME8 7PR, 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 ME8 7PR?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ME8 7PR is Rainham (Kent) Rail Station, 200 metres away in a straight line.

  • Rainham (Kent) Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
  • Newington Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle

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

15 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Henry Street, 51 m away.

More stations near ME8 7PR, 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 ME8 7PR?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ME8 7PR, 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 ME8 7PR?

0 within 1 km 4 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of ME8 7PR, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Gridserve Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2, CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 11 kW 2.8 kmCycle
  • Medway Eastbound Supercharger Charging point · 12 chargers · CCS · up to 250 kW 2.9 kmCycle
  • Gridserve Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2, CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 11 kW 3.0 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.

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

Which dentists are near ME8 7PR?

The nearest to the centre of ME8 7PR, 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 ME8 7PR?

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 ME8 7PR?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ME8 7PR, 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 ME8 7PR?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ME8 7PR, 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 ME8 7PR?

The nearest vets to the centre of ME8 7PR 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 ME8 7PR in a conservation area?

The centre of ME8 7PR 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 ME8 7PR?

Police.uk records 109 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ME8 7PR in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences45 reports
Anti-social behaviour20 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Shoplifting8 reports
Other theft8 reports
Public order5 reports

Also: vehicle crime 5, other crime 5, possession of weapons 2, drugs 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 ME8 7PR

Ward
Rainham North
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Gillingham
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

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ME8 7SQ30 mME8 7SN90 mME8 7SP90 mME8 7BL100 mME8 7PS130 mME8 8HE130 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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