The UK Postcode Database

ME8 8SZ

a postcode in Medway

Introduced in January 1980
ME8 8SZ Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with ME8 8SZ

Bayswater Drive - 16 properties, USRN 32100129

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3427 / 51°20'33"N

Longitude: 0.6039 / 0°36'14"E

UTM Reference: 31U 333121 5690659

OS Easting: 581454

OS Northing: 163618

OS Grid: TQ814636

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR QRP.PJC

Mapcode Global: VHJM2.FJ41

Open Location Code: 9F328JV3+3H

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01hi22

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 2a3

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living
  • Terraced Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 24588 / 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 8SZ on Thursday 25 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:42
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:55
Sunrise 04:42
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:00
Sunset 21:18
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:05
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:18
Hours of daylight today04:12 to 21:48
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:48 to 04:12
Moon Phase Waxing Gibbous
Moon Sets 00:25
Moon Rises 16:34

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

Residential Property Sales in ME8 8SZ

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
12 May 2023 50 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £230,000
15 April 2021 56 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £280,000
26 October 2020 62 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £270,000
16 August 2019 72 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £282,000
23 January 2018 68 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £280,000
13 September 2016 52 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £248,000
12 October 2015 62 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £195,000
17 February 2014 54 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £175,000
26 August 2011 78 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £212,500
4 March 2011 72 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £152,500
9 July 2010 78 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £209,995
20 July 2007 58 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £162,000
9 February 2007 72 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £167,000
12 May 2004 50 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £123,299
22 August 2003 78 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £140,000
27 June 2003 56 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £113,000
21 June 2002 70 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £95,000
21 June 2001 54 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £77,000
6 April 2001 78 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £90,000
30 November 2000 72 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £75,000
19 November 1999 52 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £79,500
20 April 1999 56 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £65,000
1 April 1999 78 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £70,000
15 October 1997 74 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Semi-detached Freehold £56,960
2 May 1997 66 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £59,955
16 December 1996 56 Bayswater Drive, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8SZ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £50,000

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 8SZ

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Gillingham and Rainham

MP

Naushabah Khan Labour

Medway Council
Unitary Authority ward (UTW)

Rainham South East

Councillors

Roger Barrett Conservative

Howard Doe Conservative

Gary Hackwell Conservative

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for ME8 8SZ

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00081416 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01016101 Medway 032A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02003345 Medway 032 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05014462 Rainham South East 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
E33039921 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

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

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