ME postcode area

Rochester postcode area
ME
Postcode area ME
Postcode area name Rochester
Post towns 11
Postcode districts 21
Postcode sectors 77
Postcodes (live) 16,051
Postcodes (total) 19,624
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The ME postcode area, also known as the Rochester postcode area[2], is a group of twenty postcode districts around Medway in Kent, England. The area is divided into eleven post towns and extends into the districts of Tonbridge and Malling, Swale, Gravesham and Maidstone, as well as the Unitary authority of Medway.

Contents

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area
ME1 ROCHESTER Rochester, Burham, Wouldham Medway
ME2 ROCHESTER Strood, Halling, Cuxton, Frindsbury Medway
ME3 ROCHESTER Rural Medway/Gravesham
ME4 CHATHAM Chatham Medway
ME5 CHATHAM Walderslade, Blue Bell Hill, Luton Medway (and smaller areas within Maidstone & Tonbridge and Malling)
ME6 SNODLAND, WEST MALLING Snodland, West Malling Tonbridge and Malling
ME7 GILLINGHAM Gillingham Medway
ME8 GILLINGHAM Rainham Medway
ME9 SITTINGBOURNE Rural Swale
ME10 SITTINGBOURNE Town Swale
ME11 QUEENBOROUGH Queenborough, Rushenden Swale
ME12 SHEERNESS Isle of Sheppey Swale
ME13 FAVERSHAM Faversham and rural area Swale
ME14 MAIDSTONE Maidstone, Bearsted, Grove Green Maidstone
ME15 MAIDSTONE Bearsted (Madginford), Downswood, Shepway, Senacre, Maidstone Town Centre, Loose, Mangravet, Park Wood Maidstone
ME16 MAIDSTONE Barming and west Maidstone Maidstone
ME17 MAIDSTONE Hollingbourne, Hucking, Harrietsham, Lenham, Boughton Monchelsea, Linton, Coxheath, Chart Sutton, Sutton Valence Maidstone
ME18 MAIDSTONE Rural Maidstone
ME19 WEST MALLING West Malling Tonbridge and Malling
ME20 AYLESFORD Aylesford Tonbridge and Malling

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
SS
DA
ME CT
TN

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: CT (Canterbury), TN (Tonbridge), DA (Dartford), SS (Southend on Sea).

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)