The UK Postcode Database

ME18 5BU

a postcode in Kent

Introduced in January 1980
ME18 5BU 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 ME18 5BU

Tonbridge Road - 37 properties, USRN 24201549

Church Street - 1 property, USRN 24200343

Unnamed road - 1 property, USRN 24207031

Wateringbury Road - 1 property, USRN 40600880

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2538 / 51°15'13"N

Longitude: 0.4388 / 0°26'19"E

UTM Reference: 31U 321275 5681161

OS Easting: 570281

OS Northing: 153335

OS Grid: TQ702533

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR NPZ.9RT

Mapcode Global: VHJMC.KRB7

Open Location Code: 9F327C3Q+GG

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01fg20

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: E1

  • rural village
  • a rural village surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2c2

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

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 30246 / 32844

  • 10th decile
  • least deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for ME18 5BU on Saturday 20 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:42
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:54
Sunrise 04:42
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:59
Sunset 21:17
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:04
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:17
Hours of daylight today04:12 to 21:47
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:47 to 04:12
Moon Phase Waxing Crescent
Moon Rises 10:11
Moon sets 23:35

For a full sun and moon calendar for ME18 5BU, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in ME18 5BU

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
26 March 2024 6 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £400,000
23 February 2024 7 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £597,250
2 October 2023 5 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Other property type Freehold £3,500
29 September 2021 Durley, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £379,995
29 September 2021 Durley, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £380,000
20 September 2021 Farleighview, 10, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £555,000
10 June 2021 Fair Lawn, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £385,000
29 March 2021 Lyndum, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £390,000
17 January 2019 Lyndum, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £300,000
30 October 2018 11 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £330,000
10 August 2018 Grasscroft, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £390,000
14 August 2017 Crown City Chinese Restaurant, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Other property type Freehold £433,000
14 July 2017 7 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £326,000
5 July 2017 Flat 12, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £140,500
10 November 2015 The Hen House, 14, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £430,000
26 June 2015 Flat 12, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £99,995
3 October 2014 Flat 10, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £89,950
30 May 2014 Flat 12, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £94,000
5 November 2013 Flat 12, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £95,000
2 March 2012 Flat 6, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £102,500
9 February 2012 Clayton, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £244,500
26 July 2010 Grasscroft, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £265,000
7 September 2007 Flat 15, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £138,000
16 June 2006 Flat 15, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £115,000
20 July 2005 Farleighview, 10, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £250,000
28 February 2005 5 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £275,000
22 October 2004 Flat 3, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £100,000
30 January 2003 5 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £225,000
30 July 2002 1 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £210,000
15 March 2002 Flat 16, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £54,000
28 August 2001 Flat 12, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £49,500
31 January 2001 5 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £168,000
11 August 2000 The Hen House, 14, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £155,000
9 November 1999 Flat 20, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £42,000
26 October 1999 12 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £142,000
8 September 1999 Grasscroft, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £131,250
7 July 1999 Macquarie, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Detached Freehold £165,000
10 February 1999 Flat 12, Teston House, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Flat/apartment Leasehold £25,000
23 January 1998 The Hen House, 14, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £87,000
15 December 1997 Macquarie, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Detached Freehold £140,000
21 June 1996 17 Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £76,000
31 May 1996 Macquarie, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Detached Freehold £106,000
31 January 1996 Clayton, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £70,000
18 October 1995 Durley, Tonbridge Road, Teston, Maidstone ME18 5BU Semi-detached Freehold £77,000

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 ME18 5BU

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Maidstone and Malling

MP

Helen Grant Conservative

Maidstone Borough Council
District council ward

Barming Heath & Teston

Councillors

Allison Sweetman Green Party (E&W)

Fay Gooch Independent

ME18 5BU also falls within the Civil Parish of Teston, 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 ME18 5BU

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00123488 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01024325 Maidstone 014A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02005081 Maidstone 014 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04004973 Teston Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05015594 Barming Heath & Teston Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 2 May 2024 DLUHC
E07000110 Maidstone 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
E14001349 Maidstone and Malling 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
E33043111 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
E58002113 Maidstone Rural West ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 1 May 2025 DLUHC
E63012639 Teston 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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