The UK Postcode Database

ME8 8GB

a postcode in Medway

Introduced in May 2022
ME8 8GB Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with ME8 8GB

Cherry Orchard Drive - 42 properties, USRN 32103204

Fruit Fields Drive - 1 property, USRN 32103211

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3656 / 51°21'56"N

Longitude: 0.626 / 0°37'33"E

UTM Reference: 31U 334737 5693154

OS Easting: 582896

OS Northing: 166217

OS Grid: TQ828662

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR QRJ.92Y

Mapcode Global: VHJLW.SYS1

Open Location Code: 9F329J8G+69

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01hi57

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, 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): 23607 / 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 ME8 8GB 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 21:17
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:05
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 First Quarter
Moon Rises 12:47
Moon sets 23:58

For a full sun and moon calendar for ME8 8GB, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in ME8 8GB

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
30 March 2023 3 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £412,500
24 March 2023 43 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Detached Freehold £478,000
28 February 2023 5 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £339,000
17 November 2022 51 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £412,500
30 September 2022 7 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £320,000
16 September 2022 1 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £405,000
13 September 2022 9 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £320,000
29 July 2022 53 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £400,000
8 July 2022 45 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £332,000
30 June 2022 47 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £323,000
30 June 2022 19 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £385,000
30 June 2022 49 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £325,000
30 June 2022 17 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £380,000
24 June 2022 13 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £320,000
24 June 2022 15 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £320,000
24 June 2022 11 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £325,000
24 June 2022 21 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £399,950
20 June 2022 33 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £379,950
31 January 2022 35 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £369,978
31 January 2022 39 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £369,978
31 January 2022 41 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Semi-detached Freehold £369,978
23 December 2021 37 Cherry Orchard Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8GB Detached Freehold £422,450

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 8GB

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 8GB

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00081370 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01016095 Medway 025B 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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