# ME8 8HS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 51.35529, 0.60518
- **Open Location Code:** 9F329J44+43
- **Maidenhead Locator:** JO01hi
- **Qibla:** 119.7°
- **Grid reference:** TQ 81491 65023
- **UTM:** 31U 333253 5692058
- **Elevation:** 64m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South East (E12000008)
- **Admin district:** Medway (E06000035)
- **Ward:** Rainham South East (E05014462)
- **Constituency:** Gillingham and Rainham (E14001246)
- **Parish code:** E43000030
- **Travel to work area:** E30000242
- **Police force area:** E23000032
- **Built-up area:** E63012307
- **European electoral region:** South East (E15000008)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01016104
- **2021 MSOA:** Parkwood East (E02003345)
- **2021 output area:** E00081396
- **2011 LSOA:** E01016104
- **2011 MSOA:** E02003345
- **2011 output area:** E00081396
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33039921
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 27329
- **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) | 1333 |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 5162 |
| GP | Maidstone Road Rainham Surgery | 850 |
| School | Miers Court Primary School | 192 |
| Airport | London Southend Airport | 24709 |
| Bus stop | Nightingale Close | 99 |
| Food bank | Medway | 2786 |
| Defibrillator | Gillingham On Post, 52 Herbert Road, Rainham, Kent Me8 9by | 511 |
| Pharmacy | JHoots | 1017 |
| Post office | Rainham Post Office | 928 |
| Library | Rainham Library | 1141 |
| Coast | — | 4195 |
| Central London | — | 53547 |

## 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 8PB](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208PB)
- [ME8 8PA](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208PA)
- [ME8 8JW](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208JW)
- [ME8 8HR](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208HR)
- [ME8 8JR](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208JR)
- [ME8 8JS](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208JS)
- [ME8 8DF](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208DF)
- [ME8 8QJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208QJ)

## Boundary

A Polygon boundary polygon is available in the [JSON format](https://openpostcodes.uk/ME8%208HS.json).

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