The UK Postcode Database

ME9 8YF

a terminated large user postcode in Kent

Introduced in February 2003, terminated in January 2004
ME9 8YF 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.

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3732 / 51°22'23"N

Longitude: 0.7307 / 0°43'50"E

UTM Reference: 31U 342050 5693766

OS Easting: 590152

OS Northing: 167326

OS Grid: TQ901673

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR QRG.ZGM

Mapcode Global: VHKJD.MR46

Open Location Code: 9F329PFJ+77

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01ii79

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): 28656 / 32844

  • 9th decile
  • much less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for ME9 8YF on Wednesday 3 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:51
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:58
Sunrise 04:44
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:55
Sunset 21:06
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 21:51
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 22:59
Hours of daylight today04:14 to 21:36
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:36 to 04:13
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 05:40
Moon Rises 23:11

For a full sun and moon calendar for ME9 8YF, go to The Time and Place

Elected Representatives for ME9 8YF

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

MP

Kevin McKenna Labour

Kent County Council
County council electoral division

Swale West

Councillor

Richard Palmer Reform UK

Swale Borough Council
District council ward

Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow

Councillors

Lloyd Chapman Reform UK

Roger Clark Conservative

ME9 8YF also falls within the Civil Parish of Iwade, 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 ME9 8YF

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00124732 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E00166883 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 31 December 2011 ONS
E01024574 Swale 007A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E01032655 Swale 007G Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 31 December 2011 ONS
E02005121 Swale 007 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04005056 Iwade Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05009545 Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 7 May 2015 DLUHC
E07000113 Swale 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
E14001474 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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
E33043315 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
E58000738 Swale West ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
E63012290 Iwade 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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