http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ME_postcode_area
ME postcode area - Revision history
2026-10-26T14:52:16Z
Revision history for this page on the wiki
MediaWiki 1.43.1
http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=ME_postcode_area&diff=3614157&oldid=prev
imported>Keith D: Add BOT tag
2025-04-10T18:22:51Z
<p>Add BOT tag</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}<br />
{{for|the U.S. state that uses "ME" as its postal code|Maine}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=ME}}<br />
The '''ME postcode area''', also known as the '''Rochester postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 20 postcode districts in [[South East England]], within 11 [[post town]]s. These cover north central [[Kent]], including the [[Medway]] unitary authority and the [[borough of Swale]], plus parts of the boroughs of [[Borough of Maidstone|Maidstone]], [[Tonbridge and Malling]], and [[Gravesham]]. The letters in the postcode are derived from the name of the '''Me'''dway conurbation.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
{{clear}}<br />
<br />
==Coverage==<br />
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:<br />
<br />
{{postcode area table start}}<br />
|-<br />
! ME1<br />
|ROCHESTER<br />
|[[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]], [[Borstal, Rochester|Borstal]], [[Burham]], [[Wouldham]]<br />
|[[Medway]], [[Tonbridge and Malling]]<br />
|-<br />
! ME2<br />
|ROCHESTER<br />
|[[Strood]], [[Halling, Kent|Halling]], [[Cuxton]], [[Frindsbury]]<br />
|Medway<br />
|-<br />
! ME3<br />
|ROCHESTER<br />
|[[Hoo Peninsula]], [[Higham, Kent|Higham]]<br />
|Medway, [[Gravesham]]<br />
|-<br />
! ME4<br />
|CHATHAM<br />
|[[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]], [[Brompton, Kent|Brompton]], [[Luton, Medway|Luton]], [[St Mary's Island, Medway|St. Mary's Island]]<br />
|Medway<br />
|-<br />
! ME5<br />
|CHATHAM<br />
|[[Walderslade]], [[Blue Bell Hill, Kent|Blue Bell Hill]], [[Lordswood, Kent|Lordswood]], [[Luton, Medway|Luton]] <br />
|Medway, Tonbridge and Malling & [[Maidstone (borough)|Maidstone]]<br />
|-<br />
! ME6<br />
|SNODLAND<br />
|[[Snodland]]<br />
|Tonbridge and Malling<br />
|-<br />
! ME7<br />
|GILLINGHAM<br />
|[[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], [[Brompton, Kent|Brompton]], [[Hempstead, Kent|Hempstead]], [[Bredhurst]]<br />
|Medway, Maidstone<br />
|-<br />
! ME8<br />
|GILLINGHAM<br />
|[[Rainham, Kent|Rainham]], Parkwood, [[Twydall]], [[Hempstead, Kent|Hempstead]], [[Wigmore, Kent|Wigmore]]<br />
|Medway<br />
|-<br />
! ME9<br />
|SITTINGBOURNE<br />
|[[Newington, Swale|Newington]], [[Teynham]], [[Iwade]] and Rural<br />
|[[Borough of Swale|Swale]]<br />
|-<br />
! ME10<br />
|SITTINGBOURNE<br />
|[[Sittingbourne]], [[Kemsley]], [[Milton Regis]]<br />
|Swale<br />
|-<br />
! ME11<br />
|QUEENBOROUGH<br />
|[[Queenborough]], [[Rushenden]]<br />
|Swale<br />
|-<br />
! ME12<br />
|SHEERNESS<br />
|[[Isle of Sheppey]], [[Minster, Swale|Minster]], [[Sheerness]], [[Eastchurch]]<br />
|Swale<br />
|-<br />
! ME13<br />
|FAVERSHAM<br />
|[[Faversham]], [[Boughton under Blean]], [[Selling, Kent|Selling]] and rural area<br />
|Swale<br />
|-<br />
! ME14<br />
|MAIDSTONE<br />
|[[Maidstone]] (north and east), [[Bearsted]], [[Grove Green]]<br />
|Maidstone<br />
|-<br />
! ME15<br />
|MAIDSTONE<br />
| Maidstone (south), [[Bearsted]] ([[Madginford]]), [[Downswood]], [[Shepway, Maidstone|Shepway]], [[Senacre]], [[Loose, Kent|Loose]], [[Mangravet]], [[Park Wood, Maidstone|Park Wood]], [[Tovil]], [[East Farleigh]], [[West Farleigh]]<br />
|Maidstone<br />
|-<br />
! ME16<br />
|MAIDSTONE<br />
| Maidstone (west of the River Medway), [[Barming]], [[Allington, Kent|Allington]] <br />
|Maidstone<br />
|-<br />
! ME17<br />
|MAIDSTONE<br />
| [[Hollingbourne]], [[Hucking]], [[Harrietsham]], [[Lenham]], [[Boughton Monchelsea]], [[Linton, Kent|Linton]], [[Coxheath]], [[Chart Sutton]], [[East Sutton]], [[Langley, Kent|Langley]], [[Kingswood, Kent|Kingswood]], [[Sutton Valence]]<br />
|Maidstone<br />
|-<br />
<br />
! ME18<br />
|MAIDSTONE<br />
| [[Wateringbury]], [[Mereworth]], [[Teston]], [[Nettlestead, Kent|Nettlestead]], [[West Peckham]], [[Yalding]], [[Laddingford]]<br />
|Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling<br />
|-<br />
<br />
! ME19<br />
|WEST MALLING<br />
|[[West Malling]], [[Kings Hill]], [[Leybourne]], [[East Malling and Larkfield|East Malling]]<br />
|Tonbridge and Malling<br />
|-<br />
! ME20<br />
|AYLESFORD<br />
|[[Aylesford]], [[Ditton, Kent|Ditton]], [[East Malling and Larkfield|Larkfield]], [[Eccles, Kent|Eccles]]<br />
|Tonbridge and Malling<br />
|-<br />
! ME99<br />
| ROCHESTER<br />
| ''[[Jobcentre Plus]]''<br />
| ''non-geographic''<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Map==<br />
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}<br />
{{Postcode area imagemap|map=ME postcode area|size=600x600px}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Postcode Address File]]<br />
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]<br />
<br />
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Postcode areas covering South East England]]</div>
imported>Keith D