The UK Postcode Database

ME12 3HL

a terminated large user postcode in Kent

Introduced in September 1991, terminated in December 1992
ME12 3HL Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4187 / 51°25'7"N

Longitude: 0.7729 / 0°46'22"E

UTM Reference: 31U 345144 5698740

OS Easting: 592900

OS Northing: 172500

OS Grid: TQ929725

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR RS8.XYN

Mapcode Global: VHKJ7.BLYS

Open Location Code: 9F32CQ9F+F5

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01jk20

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2a1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living
  • Younger Suburban Family Renters

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 14075 / 32844

  • 5th decile
  • slightly more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for ME12 3HL on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:49
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:57
Sunrise 04:43
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:55
Sunset 21:07
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 21:52
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:01
Hours of daylight today04:13 to 21:37
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:37 to 04:12
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:51
Moon Rises 23:33

For a full sun and moon calendar for ME12 3HL, go to The Time and Place

Elected Representatives for ME12 3HL

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

MP

Kevin McKenna Labour

Kent County Council
County council electoral division

Sheppey

Councillors

Maxwell Harrison Reform UK

Isabella Kemp Reform UK

Swale Borough Council
District council ward

Queenborough and Halfway

Councillors

Ashley Shiel Labour

Peter Marchington Conservative

Mike Whiting Independent

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for ME12 3HL

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00124831 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01024595 Swale 004A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02005118 Swale 004 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05009557 Queenborough and Halfway Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 7 May 2015 DLUHC
E07000113 Swale Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000016 Kent Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000008 South East Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001474 Sittingbourne and Sheppey Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000032 Kent Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000242 Medway Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33043304 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000056 South East Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000237 NHS Kent and Medway ICB - 91Q Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000005 South East NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2018 ODS
E43000268 Swale, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 1 April 2019 ONS
E54000032 NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000011 Kent and Medway Cancer Alliances Health 1 September 2016 NHS England
E58000734 Sheppey ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
E63012177 Halfway Houses Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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