ME8 6YS maps, stats, and open data

ME8 6YS lies on London Road in Rainham, Gillingham. ME8 6YS is located in the Rainham South West electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Medway and the English Parliamentary constituency of Gillingham and Rainham. 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.

ME8 6YS maps

ME8 6YS map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

ME8 6YS map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

GetTheData
Source: OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
Licence: Open Government Licence (requires attribution)

ME8 6YS geodata

Easting	580124
Northing	166338
Latitude	51.367536
Longitude	0.586206

GetTheData
Source: Open Postcode Geo
Licence: Open Government Licence

Where is ME8 6YS?

Street	London Road
Locality	Rainham
Town/City	Gillingham
Country	England
Postcode District	ME8
➜ ME8 open data dashboard ➜ See where ME8 is on a map ➜ Where is Gillingham?

GetTheData
Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Open Government Licence

ME8 6YS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of ME8 6YS as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	70m	230ft

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.

➜ How high above sea level am I? Find the elevation of your current position using your device's GPS.

GetTheData
Source: Open Postcode Elevation
Licence: Open Government Licence

Politics

Ward	Rainham South West
Constituency	Gillingham And Rainham

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Database
Licence: Open Government Licence

House Prices

Sales of detached houses in ME8 6YS

263, LONDON ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6YS 2023 18 AUG £665,000
259, LONDON ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6YS 2011 2 SEP £270,000
257, LONDON ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6YS 2011 9 AUG £285,000
255, LONDON ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6YS 1997 2 SEP £148,000
255, LONDON ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6YS 1995 24 FEB £120,000

➜ Gillingham house prices

GetTheData
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2024. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime

Reported crime within 500m of ME8 6YS

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Langdale Close	417m
November 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Langdale Close	417m
November 2023	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Langdale Close	417m
➜ Get more crime data in our Crime section

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

Transport

Nearest bus stops to ME8 6YS

Caldew Avenue (London Road)	Rainham	41m
Edwin Road	Rainham	64m
Edwin Road	Rainham	79m
Tesco (London Road)	Rainham	143m
Pump Lane (London Road)	Rainham	225m

Nearest railway stations to ME8 6YS

Rainham (Kent) Station	1.8km
Gillingham (Kent) Station	3.3km
Chatham Station	4.7km

GetTheData
Source: NaPTAN
Licence: Open Government Licence

Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for ME8 6YS

Broadband access in ME8 6YS (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 ME8 6YS (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	79.1Mbps
Average download speed	83.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	20.0Mbps
Average upload speed	14.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in ME8 6YS (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 ME8 6YS

GetTheData
Source: Ofcom
Licence: Ofcom Terms of Use (requires attribution)

ME8 6YS gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in ME8 6YS by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	331,052
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	23,647
Median (kWh/meter)	22,020

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	42,350
Meter count	11
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,850
Median (kWh/meter)	4,146

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in ME8 6YS, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in ME8 6YS.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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

Deprivation

14.6% of English postcodes are less deprived than ME8 6YS:

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Database
Licence: Open Government Licence

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to ME8 6YS (meters)

Domino's Pizza

28 London Road

123m

Rainham Mark Social Club

Rainham Mark Social Club

155m

Rainham Fish And Kebab

40 London Road

177m

➜ Get more ratings from the Food Standards Agency

GetTheData
Source: Food Standards Agency
Licence: FSA terms & conditions

Nearest post box to ME8 6YS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Tesco	18:30	12:15	263m
Pump Lane	17:30	12:15	367m
Marshall Road	17:30	12:15	452m

GetTheData
Source: Dracos
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Nearest sports facilities to ME8 6YS

Facility	Distance
Twydall Primary School Twydall Lane, Gillingham Grass Pitches	533m
Howard School Derwent Way, Gillingham Sports Hall, Grass Pitches	628m
Planet Ice Gillingham Ambley Road, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham Ice Rinks	687m

GetTheData
Source: Active Places
Licence: Open Government Licence

Nearest schools to ME8 6YS

School	Phase of Education	Distance
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Romany Road, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 6JH	Primary	408m
Maritime Academy Frindsbury Hill, Rochester, Kent, Medway	Secondary	533m
Twydall Primary School and Nursery Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS	Primary	591m

GetTheData
Source: Edubase
Licence: Open Government Licence

ME8 6YS ITL and ME8 6YS 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 ME8 6YS:

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

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence

ME8 6YS 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 ME8 6YS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00081345
LSOA	E01016086	Medway 030B
MSOA	E02003343	Medway 030

GetTheData
Source: ONS Postcode Directory
Licence: Open Government Licence

Nearest postcodes to ME8 6YS

ME8 6YU	London Road	111m
ME8 0AR	Marshall Road	133m
ME8 6TP	Caldew Avenue	142m
ME8 0AA	Edwin Road	143m
ME8 6YX	London Road	152m
ME8 6YR	London Road	155m
ME8 6UA	Detling Close	175m
ME8 6TR	Hawthorne Avenue	187m
ME8 6UE	Selstead Close	215m
ME8 6TZ	Patrixbourne Avenue	217m

GetTheData
Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Open Government Licence