ME15 8LS
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Property report — ME15 8LS
Open-data due diligence for ME15 8LS and the area around it.
ME15 8LS in brief: 34 recorded sales (£46,230–£406,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for ME15 8LS itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the ME15 8 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£349,021
Population
19,691
Crimes recorded
42
Schools
4
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
91%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in ME15 8, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (58 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-28 | £406,000 | 156 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2024-09-06 | £285,000 | 146 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2022-09-09 | £191,000 | 154 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2021-11-25 | £295,000 | 150 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2021-06-25 | £336,000 | 163 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2021-01-14 | £320,000 | 140 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2019-08-08 | £257,500 | 148A MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2018-04-17 | £210,000 | 148A MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2017-06-28 | £310,000 | 134 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2016-07-22 | £300,000 | 130 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2015-07-09 | £195,000 | 148 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2015-07-09 | £216,000 | 152 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2015-06-19 | £260,000 | 126 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2013-07-04 | £215,000 | 132 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2013-07-01 | £165,000 | 150 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2013-06-21 | £211,000 | 156 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2012-05-25 | £192,000 | 163 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2007-11-02 | £221,500 | 136 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2007-02-01 | £170,000 | 148A MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2006-02-02 | £198,000 | 156 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2005-10-28 | £189,000 | 136 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2005-04-08 | £175,000 | 167 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2004-12-13 | £198,000 | 130 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2004-08-06 | £149,995 | 148A MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2004-04-06 | £192,500 | 164 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2003-12-01 | £116,000 | 152 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2002-11-08 | £137,000 | 163 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2002-03-27 | £103,000 | 148A MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2001-07-06 | £99,995 | 150 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2000-08-21 | £96,000 | 136 MERTON ROAD | Terraced |
| 2000-01-05 | £89,950 | 140 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 1999-04-29 | £46,230 | 167 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 1998-12-18 | £66,000 | 146 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 1997-08-29 | £60,000 | 150 MERTON ROAD | Semi-detached |
34 recorded sales on ME15 8LS. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madginford Primary School | 0.2 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Greenfields Community Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Roseacre Junior School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Good (2024) |
| Thurnham Church of England Infant School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| School of Science and Technology Maidstone | 1.0 mi | Secondary | Outstanding (2023) |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: BEARSTED (0.6 mi) · THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP (1.1 mi) · MOTE (1.4 mi)
Nearest hospitals: CYGNET HOSPITAL MAIDSTONE (1.6 mi) · THE SOMERFIELD HOSPITAL (2.5 mi) · GSTT @ MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL (3.4 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: THE OLD BREWHOUSE (Grade II) (0.1 mi) · WILLINGTON HOUSE (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · Mote Cottage (Grade II) (0.3 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: SPIRES PHARMACY (0.3 mi) · PAYDENS LTD (0.5 mi) · GROVE GREEN PHARMACY (1.0 mi)
Nearest stations: Bearsted (1.1 mi) · Maidstone East (2.0 mi) · Maidstone West (2.0 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: The Co-operative Food (0.1 mi) · Tesco (0.9 mi) · Morrisons (1.4 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 42
- One-person households
- 28%
- Households with children
- 31%
- Households
- 7,855
Owned 66% · Social rent 22% · Private rent 10%
Census 2021 (ONS), for ME15 8.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in ME15 8 (May 24–Apr 26, average 49/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for ME15 8LS in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictME15 | SectorME15 8 | PostcodeME15 8LS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £352,078 | £349,021 | £196,255 |
| Population | 66,799 | 19,691 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 5/10 | 6/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 311 | 42 | — |
| Schools | 19 | 4 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 83% | 91% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 94% | 96% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (ME15 8); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 30 June 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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