The UK Postcode Database

ME8 7UB

a postcode in Medway

Introduced in January 1980
ME8 7UB 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 ME8 7UB

Lower Rainham Road - 34 properties, USRN 32101181

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.374 / 51°22'26"N

Longitude: 0.6196 / 0°37'10"E

UTM Reference: 31U 334326 5694100

OS Easting: 582422

OS Northing: 167134

OS Grid: TQ824671

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR QRB.TQ2

Mapcode Global: VHJLW.PQFL

Open Location Code: 9F329JF9+HR

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01hi49

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: D1

  • rural town
  • a small town or larger village, 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): 22932 / 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 ME8 7UB on Monday 22 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 21:18
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:05
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:19
Hours of daylight today04:11 to 21:48
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:48 to 04:11
Moon Phase Waxing Gibbous
Moon Rises 12:47
Moon sets 23:58

For a full sun and moon calendar for ME8 7UB, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in ME8 7UB

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
24 November 2023 764 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £380,000
17 August 2022 742 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £280,000
21 April 2022 761 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Semi-detached Freehold £325,000
28 September 2021 748 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £320,000
23 June 2021 755 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £555,000
15 December 2020 732 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Semi-detached Freehold £203,500
4 April 2018 742 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £240,000
2 December 2016 769 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £410,000
23 September 2016 760 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £240,000
11 December 2015 757 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £615,000
13 August 2014 764 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £205,000
10 January 2014 736 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £125,000
28 June 2013 744 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £159,000
15 September 2010 742 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £138,000
12 June 2008 738 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £75,000
31 August 2007 755 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £249,500
15 June 2007 732 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Semi-detached Freehold £120,000
10 May 2007 740 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £140,000
29 March 2007 748 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £205,000
1 September 2006 734 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £125,000
8 April 2004 763 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £295,000
2 April 2004 730 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £109,995
27 February 2004 728 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £114,000
29 October 2003 765 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £245,000
20 June 2003 736 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £92,500
29 July 2002 748 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £120,000
22 February 2002 754 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Semi-detached Freehold £76,000
17 August 2001 740 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £68,000
16 March 2001 730 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £60,000
16 March 2001 760 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £92,250
31 March 2000 734 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £59,000
1 March 2000 736 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £57,000
12 November 1999 757 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £118,000
20 September 1999 763 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Detached Freehold £150,000
16 October 1998 734 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £37,000
30 April 1997 760 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £54,500
25 October 1996 742 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £46,995
26 October 1995 756 Lower Rainham Road, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7UB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £36,000

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 ME8 7UB

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Gillingham and Rainham

MP

Naushabah Khan Labour

Medway Council
Unitary Authority ward (UTW)

Rainham North

Councillors

Kwashie Anang Conservative

George Perfect Conservative

Wayne Spring Conservative

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for ME8 7UB

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00081352 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01016094 Medway 025A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02003338 Medway 025 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05014461 Rainham North 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
E14001246 Gillingham and Rainham 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
E33039898 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
E63012307 Gillingham (Medway) 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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