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ME5 7BX lies on Beacon Road in Chatham. ME5 7BX is located in the Luton electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Medway and the English Parliamentary constituency of Chatham and Aylesford. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Kent and Medway ICB - 91Q and the police force is Kent. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is ME5 7BX?

Street	Beacon Road
Town/City	Chatham
Country	England
Postcode District	ME5

ME5 7BX Elevation

Elevation or altitude of ME5 7BX as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	40m	131ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Luton
Constituency	Chatham And Aylesford

Transport

Nearest bus stops to ME5 7BX

Hen And Chicks (Luton High Street)	Luton	204m
Hen And Chicks (High Street)	Luton	216m
Upper Luton Road (Luton Road)	Luton	246m
Upper Luton Road (Luton Road)	Luton	302m
Hopewell Drive (Capstone Road)	Luton	308m

Nearest railway stations to ME5 7BX

Gillingham (Kent) Station	1.8km
Chatham Station	2.3km
Rochester Station	3.3km

Broadband

Broadband access in ME5 7BX (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	52.4%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in ME5 7BX (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	50.0Mbps
Average download speed	86.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	3.9Mbps
Average upload speed	4.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	9.75Mbps

Broadband limitations in ME5 7BX (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

ME5 7BX gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in ME5 7BX by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	125,705
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,428
Median (kWh/meter)	10,709

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	86,305
Meter count	21
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,110
Median (kWh/meter)	3,687

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in ME5 7BX, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in ME5 7BX.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

86.5% of English postcodes are less deprived than ME5 7BX:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to ME5 7BX (metres)

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Nearest post box to ME5 7BX

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Luton High Street	17:30	12:00	209m
Rainham Road Post Office	17:30	11:30	446m
Edinburgh Road	17:30	11:30	497m

ME5 7BX ITL and ME5 7BX LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for ME5 7BX:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLJ	South East (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLJ4	Kent
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLJ41	Medway
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000035	Medway

ME5 7BX census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for ME5 7BX:

	Code	Name
OA	E00081199
LSOA	E01016064	Medway 020C
MSOA	E02003333	Medway 020

Nearest postcodes to ME5 7BX

ME5 7BU	Beacon Road	40m
ME5 7JS	Queens Road	53m
ME5 7JT	Beacon Hill	75m
ME5 7JR	Beacon Hill	86m
ME5 7JX	Beacon Hill	96m
ME5 7BY	Beacon Road	99m
ME5 7BT	Beacon Road	108m
ME5 7DB	Beacon Hill	117m
ME5 7JU	Beacon Hill	140m
ME5 7JY	Kings Road	146m