# ME3 8SZ

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 51.431559, 0.493423
- **Open Location Code:** 9F32CFJV+J9
- **Maidenhead Locator:** JO01fk
- **Qibla:** 119.6°
- **Grid reference:** TQ 73422 73233
- **UTM:** 31U 325763 5700798
- **Elevation:** 21m
- **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:** E04001130
- **Travel to work area:** E30000242
- **Police force area:** E23000032
- **European electoral region:** South East (E15000008)
- **Date introduced:** 2025-05

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01016144
- **2021 MSOA:** Cliffe (E02003315)
- **2021 output area:** E00081603
- **2011 LSOA:** E01016144
- **2011 MSOA:** E02003315
- **2011 output area:** E00081603
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33039823
- **Rural/urban classification:** Larger rural: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6A1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 24088
- **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 | Higham | 1925 |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 6666 |
| GP | Cliffe Woods Surgery | 375 |
| School | Cliffe Woods Primary School | 871 |
| Airport | London Southend Airport | 20759 |
| Bus stop | View Road | 73 |
| Food bank | Time for the Homeless | 3114 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 154 |
| Pharmacy | Marshlands Pharmacy | 361 |
| Post office | Cliffe Woods Post Office | 363 |
| Library | Medway Archives Centre | 3759 |
| Coast | — | 4331 |
| Central London | — | 43841 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** UK Power Networks (region J, MPAN 19)
- **Water:** Southern Water
- **Sewerage:** Southern Water

## Adjacent postcodes

- [ME3 8UP](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208UP)
- [ME3 8JE](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208JE)
- [ME3 8JQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208JQ)
- [ME3 8QZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208QZ)
- [ME3 8QY](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208QY)
- [ME3 8EX](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME3%208EX)

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