ME5 8DU maps, stats, and open data

ME5 8DU lies on Port Close in Chatham. ME5 8DU is located in the Lordswood & Walderslade 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.

ME5 8DU maps

ME5 8DU map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

ME5 8DU map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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ME5 8DU geodata

Easting	576774
Northing	163384
Latitude	51.342053
Longitude	0.536666

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is ME5 8DU?

Street	Port Close
Town/City	Chatham
Country	England
Postcode District	ME5
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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ME5 8DU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of ME5 8DU as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	120m	394ft

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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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Lordswood & Walderslade
Constituency	Chatham And Aylesford

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of ME5 8DU

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Bromley Close	326m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Bromley Close	326m
January 2024	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Dornden Gardens	416m
➜ Port Close crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
Licence: Open Government Licence

Transport

Nearest bus stops to ME5 8DU

Lords Wood Lane School (Lords Wood Lane)	Lordswood	31m
Ballens Road (Lords Wood Lane)	Lordswood	153m
Ballens Road (Lords Wood Lane)	Lordswood	188m
Harrow Court (Bromley Close)	Lordswood	352m
Victoria Cross (Lords Wood Lane)	Lordswood	399m

Nearest railway stations to ME5 8DU

Chatham Station	4.4km
Gillingham (Kent) Station	5km
Rochester Station	5.2km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for ME5 8DU

Broadband access in ME5 8DU (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	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in ME5 8DU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	73.9Mbps
Average download speed	89.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	9.8Mbps
Average upload speed	8.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in ME5 8DU (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%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for ME5 8DU

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Source: Ofcom
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ME5 8DU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in ME5 8DU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	174,669
Meter count	15
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,645
Median (kWh/meter)	11,041

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	44,955
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,211
Median (kWh/meter)	2,838

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in ME5 8DU, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in ME5 8DU.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

36.1% of English postcodes are less deprived than ME5 8DU:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to ME5 8DU (meters)

McColls & Lordswood Post Office

Lordswood Post Office

76m

Anchor Seafry Mishas Diner

Anchor Seafry

80m

The Contract Dining Company C/o

Lordswood School

143m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to ME5 8DU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Ballens Road	16:30	10:45	218m
Coppice Road	16:30	10:45	563m
Kingston Crescent	16:30	10:45	716m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to ME5 8DU

Facility	Distance
Lordswood School Lords Wood Lane, Chatham Grass Pitches	143m
Lordswood Sport And Social Club North Dane Way, Chatham Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch	637m
Lordswood Leisure Centre North Dane Way, Chatham Sports Hall, Health and Fitness Gym, Studio	680m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to ME5 8DU

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Lordswood School Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN	Primary	145m
Walderslade Primary School Dargets Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 8BJ	Primary	582m
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU	Primary	737m

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Source: Edubase
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ME5 8DU ITL and ME5 8DU 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 8DU:

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

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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ME5 8DU 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 8DU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00081744
LSOA	E01016170	Medway 038E
MSOA	E02003351	Medway 038

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to ME5 8DU

ME5 8NP	Lords Wood Lane	75m
ME5 8DX	Beeching Road	76m
ME5 8NL	Admirals Walk	77m
ME5 8DT	Goad Avenue	101m
ME5 8NU	Coombe Close	109m
ME5 8DS	Spindlewood Close	121m
ME5 8EA	Gould Road	136m
ME5 8EZ	Octavia Court	158m
ME5 8DN	Gould Road	171m
ME5 8DY	Savage Road	175m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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