# ME8 0SH

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 51.359005, 0.577121
- **Open Location Code:** 9F329H5G+JR
- **Maidenhead Locator:** JO01gi
- **Qibla:** 119.6°
- **Grid reference:** TQ 79523 65367
- **UTM:** 31U 331313 5692535
- **Elevation:** 104m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South East (E12000008)
- **Admin district:** Medway (E06000035)
- **Ward:** Hempstead & Wigmore (E05014456)
- **Constituency:** Gillingham and Rainham (E14001246)
- **Parish code:** E43000030
- **Travel to work area:** E30000242
- **Police force area:** E23000032
- **European electoral region:** South East (E15000008)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01016054
- **2021 MSOA:** Hempstead & Wigmore (E02003348)
- **2021 output area:** E00081153
- **2011 LSOA:** E01016054
- **2011 MSOA:** E02003348
- **2011 output area:** E00081153
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33039928
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6A1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 31906
- **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 | Rainham (Kent) | 2544 |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 3360 |
| GP | MCH House | 648 |
| School | Hempstead Infant School | 1166 |
| Airport | London Southend Airport | 24870 |
| Bus stop | Edwin Road middle | 570 |
| Food bank | Medway | 1941 |
| Defibrillator | Gibbs And Dandy | 477 |
| Pharmacy | Hempstead Pharmacy | 942 |
| Post office | Post Office Convenience Store | 904 |
| Library | Hempstead Public Library | 1284 |
| Coast | — | 3617 |
| Central London | — | 51569 |

## 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

- [ME8 0RU](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%200RU)
- [ME8 0SJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%200SJ)
- [ME8 0NZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%200NZ)
- [ME8 0GD](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%200GD)
- [ME8 0RR](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%200RR)
- [ME7 3NN](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME7%203NN)
- [ME7 3SA](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME7%203SA)
- [ME8 0SL](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%200SL)
- [ME7 3RP](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME7%203RP)
- [ME7 3RN](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME7%203RN)
- [ME8 0SD](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%200SD)

## Boundary

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