The UK Postcode Database

ME8 8HW

a postcode in Medway

Introduced in January 1980
ME8 8HW 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 8HW

William Street - 38 properties, USRN 32102087

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3674 / 51°22'2"N

Longitude: 0.6183 / 0°37'6"E

UTM Reference: 31U 334214 5693378

OS Easting: 582359

OS Northing: 166405

OS Grid: TQ823664

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR QRJ.74G

Mapcode Global: VHJLW.NWRL

Open Location Code: 9F329J89+X8

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01hi48

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 7b1

  • Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce
  • Young Families in Industrial Towns
  • Terraces in Transitional Towns

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 8HW on Tuesday 23 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:40
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:54
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 14:03

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

Residential Property Sales in ME8 8HW

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
17 April 2024 37 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £282,000
12 April 2024 69 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £375,000
23 June 2023 59 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Detached Freehold £282,000
30 September 2022 54 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £298,000
14 March 2022 39 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £350,000
20 January 2021 43 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £240,000
2 November 2018 68 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £238,000
14 August 2018 82 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £282,000
19 June 2018 74 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £210,000
4 April 2018 80 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £245,000
1 December 2017 69 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £355,000
2 June 2017 58 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £175,000
3 February 2017 53 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £254,000
13 July 2016 68 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £173,000
20 May 2016 72 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £218,000
29 April 2016 50 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £215,400
11 February 2016 75 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £265,000
10 September 2015 72 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £185,000
20 August 2015 42 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £290,000
12 December 2014 72 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £152,500
23 October 2014 70 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £140,000
2 December 2013 71 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £142,000
19 July 2013 55 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £205,000
19 July 2013 37 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £182,500
16 November 2012 55 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £200,000
23 August 2012 47 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Detached Freehold £249,999
4 March 2011 55 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £192,000
30 October 2009 50 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £120,000
16 October 2008 58 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £135,000
7 March 2008 82 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £160,000
31 July 2007 55 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £185,000
22 June 2007 74 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £147,500
31 January 2007 65 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Detached Freehold £205,000
6 November 2006 53 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £181,000
14 September 2006 53 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £180,000
22 July 2005 48 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £134,000
24 February 2005 55 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £170,000
7 January 2005 74 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £105,000
28 October 2004 62 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £135,000
12 July 2002 39 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £145,000
14 June 2002 73 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £105,000
10 August 2001 62 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £63,500
21 May 2001 42 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £74,000
31 January 2000 44 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £98,995
24 January 2000 45 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Detached Freehold £123,000
15 November 1999 73 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £55,000
31 July 1998 84 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £95,000
21 June 1996 48 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £48,500
23 February 1996 55 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £50,000
27 October 1995 37 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Detached Freehold £56,000
12 May 1995 58 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £48,500
20 April 1995 71 William Street, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8HW Semi-detached Freehold £42,500

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 8HW

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 8HW

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00081364 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
E33039900 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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