The UK Postcode Database

ME5 8BJ

a postcode in Medway

Introduced in January 1980
ME5 8BJ 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 ME5 8BJ

Dargets Road - 30 properties, USRN 32100549

Birchfields - 1 property, USRN 32100173

Blackthorn Avenue - 1 property, USRN 32100178

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.342 / 51°20'31"N

Longitude: 0.5293 / 0°31'45"E

UTM Reference: 31U 327923 5690751

OS Easting: 576261

OS Northing: 163356

OS Grid: TQ762633

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR PQ8.W2R

Mapcode Global: VHJM1.4J5M

Open Location Code: 9F328GRH+QP

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01gi32

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 5b1

  • Ethnically Diverse Suburb-an Professionals
  • Suburban Professionals
  • Families in Multi-Ethnic Terraces

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 24560 / 32844

  • 8th decile
  • less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for ME5 8BJ on Friday 19 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:40
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:53
Sunrise 04:41
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:59
Sunset 21:17
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:04
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:18
Hours of daylight today04:11 to 21:47
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:47 to 04:11
Moon Phase Waxing Crescent
Moon Rises 08:46
Moon sets 23:23

For a full sun and moon calendar for ME5 8BJ, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in ME5 8BJ

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
18 March 2024 7 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Semi-detached Freehold £310,000
30 July 2021 37 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £410,000
13 April 2021 31 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £385,000
2 March 2021 29 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £460,000
8 November 2019 33 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Semi-detached Freehold £412,500
8 September 2016 9 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £295,000
22 August 2016 69 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £337,500
20 November 2014 29 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £285,000
29 August 2014 37 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £288,000
20 September 2013 31 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £210,000
12 July 2013 47 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £270,000
26 April 2013 29 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £187,000
2 August 2012 27 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £237,500
15 June 2012 1a Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £170,000
23 October 2009 27 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Semi-detached Freehold £164,000
6 July 2009 5 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £163,500
18 March 2009 63 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £250,000
22 May 2007 29 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £207,000
5 May 2006 25 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £198,500
10 March 2006 59 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £215,000
22 November 2004 45 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £235,000
23 May 2003 7 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
10 January 2003 1a Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £145,000
28 August 2002 29 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £40,000
1 December 2000 45 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £146,000
15 October 1999 37 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £110,000
13 August 1999 45 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £122,000
28 June 1999 1a Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £80,500
28 January 1999 23 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £192,500
9 April 1997 23 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £150,000
20 December 1996 5 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £65,000
8 November 1996 63 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £84,000
30 June 1995 53 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Detached Freehold £70,000
5 May 1995 9 Dargets Road, Chatham ME5 8BJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £66,000

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 ME5 8BJ

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Chatham and Aylesford

MP

Tristan Osborne Labour

Medway Council
Unitary Authority ward (UTW)

Lordswood & Walderslade

Councillors

David Brake Conservative

Adrian Gulvin Conservative

David Wildey Conservative

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for ME5 8BJ

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00081738 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01016169 Medway 037B Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02003350 Medway 037 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05014458 Lordswood & Walderslade Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 4 May 2023 DLUHC
E06000035 Medway Unitary Authorities Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000008 South East Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001157 Chatham and Aylesford 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
E33039934 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
E43000030 Medway, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 31 December 2011 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
E63012371 Chatham 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

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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