The UK Postcode Database

ME12 3LF

a postcode in Kent

Introduced in January 1980
ME12 3LF Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with ME12 3LF

Darlington Drive - 43 properties, USRN 39000368

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4189 / 51°25'8"N

Longitude: 0.7922 / 0°47'31"E

UTM Reference: 31U 346487 5698722

OS Easting: 594241

OS Northing: 172574

OS Grid: TQ942725

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR RS9.WNJ

Mapcode Global: VHKJ7.PL5M

Open Location Code: 9F32CQ9R+HV

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01jk50

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 2c2

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Ageing Communities
  • Ageing Independent Living

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 15805 / 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 3LF on Friday 19 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:38
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:52
Sunrise 04:39
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:58
Sunset 21:16
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:04
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:18
Hours of daylight today04:09 to 21:46
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:46 to 04:09
Moon Phase Waxing Crescent
Moon Rises 08:45
Moon sets 23:23

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

Residential Property Sales in ME12 3LF

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
4 January 2023 37 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £320,000
24 September 2021 29 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £280,000
23 June 2021 11 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £203,750
27 August 2020 24 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £200,000
23 August 2019 38 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £205,000
14 September 2018 12 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £182,000
14 July 2017 1 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £238,000
12 June 2015 The Laurels, Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £145,000
27 August 2014 16 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £175,000
18 July 2014 27a Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £187,500
19 December 2013 6 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £224,000
11 February 2013 38 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £120,000
5 November 2010 29 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £167,500
6 August 2010 1 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £150,000
7 May 2010 12 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £80,000
17 November 2008 8 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £150,000
31 October 2008 27 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £172,000
24 October 2008 8 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £150,000
17 August 2007 Lilamo, 4, Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £205,000
13 January 2006 27a Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £90,000
22 September 2005 40 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
29 April 2005 8 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £149,995
17 August 2004 39 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £156,000
18 June 2004 42 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £185,000
28 April 2004 26 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £133,000
1 March 2004 Cedars, Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £146,000
29 November 2002 22 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £134,995
29 August 2002 24 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £114,995
5 July 2002 28 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £93,000
7 June 2002 20 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £129,500
31 May 2002 31 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £112,995
19 October 2001 31 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £54,995
3 April 2001 42 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £84,000
27 March 2001 32 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £84,995
21 December 2000 31 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £59,000
18 July 2000 36 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £78,000
9 November 1998 42 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £62,000
31 July 1998 36 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £53,000
9 April 1998 32 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £45,995
27 November 1996 20 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Detached Freehold £58,000
13 September 1996 39 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £54,000
27 June 1996 Limes, Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £48,500
14 June 1996 12 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £52,995
18 May 1995 22 Darlington Drive, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LF Semi-detached Freehold £45,500

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for ME12 3LF

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

Sheppey Central

Councillors

Elliott Jayes Swale Independents

Pete Neal Conservative

Mark Tucker Conservative

ME12 3LF also falls within the Civil Parish of Minster-on-Sea, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for ME12 3LF

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00124943 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01024619 Swale 004D 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
E04005079 Minster-on-Sea Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05009561 Sheppey Central 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
E33043303 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
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
E63012175 Minster (Swale) 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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