# ME3 8GS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 51.410041, 0.500837
- **Open Location Code:** 9F32CG62+28
- **Maidenhead Locator:** JO01gj
- **Qibla:** 119.6°
- **Grid reference:** TQ 74019 70858
- **UTM:** 31U 326197 5698388
- **Elevation:** 37m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South East (E12000008)
- **Admin district:** Medway (E06000035)
- **Ward:** Strood Rural (E05014468)
- **Constituency:** Rochester and Strood (E14001447)
- **Parish code:** E04001133
- **Travel to work area:** E30000242
- **Police force area:** E23000032
- **Built-up area:** E63012252
- **European electoral region:** South East (E15000008)
- **Date introduced:** 2002-06

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01016148
- **2021 MSOA:** Wainscott & City Estate (E02003317)
- **2021 output area:** E00081607
- **2011 LSOA:** E01016148
- **2011 MSOA:** E02003317
- **2011 output area:** E00081607
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33039831
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 23950
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000005
- **ICB location:** E38000237
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000032
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000011

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Strood | 1563 |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 4411 |
| GP | Apex Medical Practice | 1502 |
| School | Temple Mill Primary School | 545 |
| Airport | London Southend Airport | 22288 |
| Bus stop | Hollywood Lane Middle | 51 |
| Food bank | Medway | 1349 |
| Defibrillator | Wainscott Memorial Hall | 593 |
| Pharmacy | Marshlands Pharmacy | 417 |
| Post office | Wainscott Road Post Office | 834 |
| Library | Medway Archives Centre | 1520 |
| Coast | — | 3732 |
| Central London | — | 44871 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** UK Power Networks (region J, MPAN 19)
- **Water:** Southern Water
- **Sewerage:** Southern Water
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [ME3 8GT](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208GT)
- [ME3 8AS](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208AS)
- [ME3 8AT](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208AT)
- [ME3 8GF](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208GF)
- [ME3 8AR](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208AR)
- [ME3 8NU](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208NU)
- [ME2 4LZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME2%204LZ)

## Boundary

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## Data

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