ME5 9QY

a terminated postcode in Kent

Introduced in January 1980, terminated in March 2010

ME5 9QY	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.331 / 51°19'51"N

Longitude: 0.5051 / 0°30'18"E

UTM Reference: 31U 326191 5689584

OS Easting: 574613

OS Northing: 162074

OS Grid: TQ746620

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR PQF.GHY

Mapcode Global: VHJM0.PTV2

Open Location Code: 9F328GJ4+92

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01gh09

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 1c2

Retired Professionals
Established Mature Families
Burgeoning Mature Families

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 21274 / 32844

7th decile
somewhat less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for ME5 9QY on Friday 5 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:49
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:58
Sunrise	04:44
Transit (sun is at its highest)	12:56
Sunset	21:08
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	21:54
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:03

Hours of daylight today	04:14 to 21:38
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:38 to 04:13
Moon Phase	Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets	08:08
Moon Rises	23:51

For a full sun and moon calendar for ME5 9QY, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in ME5 9QY

	Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
	7 September 2022	Upper Bell Inn, Chatham Road, Chatham ME5 9QY	Other property type	Freehold	£1,200,000

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 9QY

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Chatham and Aylesford

MP

Tristan Osborne Labour

Kent County Council

County council electoral division

Malling North East

Councillor

Andrew Kennedy Conservative

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

District council ward

Aylesford North & North Downs

Councillors

Roger Dalton Conservative

Dave Davis Conservative

Alex McDermott Conservative

ME5 9QY also falls within the Civil Parish of Aylesford, 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 ME5 9QY

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00125481		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01024721	Tonbridge and Malling 001C	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02005149	Tonbridge and Malling 001	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E04005090	Aylesford	Civil Parishes	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E05015035	Aylesford North & North Downs	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	4 May 2023	DLUHC
E07000115	Tonbridge and Malling	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
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
E33043461		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
E58000720	Malling North East ED	County Electoral Divisions	Electoral	4 May 2017	DLUHC
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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