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Property report — ME8 8HU
Open-data due diligence for ME8 8HU and the area around it.
ME8 8HU in brief: 63 recorded sales (£40,000–£290,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for ME8 8HU itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the ME8 8 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£335,839
Population
19,595
Crimes recorded
45
Schools
3
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
93%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in ME8 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 (35 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | £250,000 | 40 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2026-01-30 | £290,000 | 14 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2025-02-21 | £269,000 | 26 LAUREL WALK | Semi-detached |
| 2024-02-06 | £260,000 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2022-09-30 | £275,000 | 36 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2022-08-05 | £275,088 | 13 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2021-08-20 | £230,000 | 14 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2021-05-10 | £250,000 | 30 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2021-03-11 | £264,000 | 6 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2021-03-03 | £233,000 | 10 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2020-10-28 | £265,000 | 8 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2018-02-02 | £240,000 | 8 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2017-11-20 | £234,000 | 30 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2017-03-28 | £222,000 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2016-12-20 | £212,000 | 10 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2016-02-16 | £190,000 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2015-06-29 | £179,995 | 10 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2015-05-08 | £198,000 | 2 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2015-01-09 | £157,500 | 14 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2013-02-15 | £139,500 | 40 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2013-02-01 | £138,250 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2011-12-01 | £157,500 | 2 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2011-09-30 | £137,500 | 28 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2011-09-08 | £145,500 | 8 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2011-08-26 | £150,000 | 6 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2010-03-22 | £143,500 | 16 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2009-10-19 | £154,000 | 6 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2009-08-24 | £138,000 | 15 LAUREL WALK | Semi-detached |
| 2007-06-01 | £165,000 | 6 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2006-10-13 | £140,000 | 36 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2006-06-12 | £139,995 | 10 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2005-11-11 | £130,000 | 40 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2005-11-04 | £135,000 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2004-08-13 | £159,995 | 2 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2004-08-06 | £149,995 | 6 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2003-09-24 | £115,000 | 14 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2003-08-01 | £124,995 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2002-06-06 | £112,000 | 2 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2002-03-28 | £110,000 | 8 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2001-06-15 | £75,000 | 22 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2000-09-18 | £67,500 | 13 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2000-05-26 | £68,500 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 2000-02-18 | £62,995 | 36 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1999-10-11 | £63,000 | 16 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1999-04-01 | £42,500 | 1 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1998-11-24 | £57,500 | 10 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1998-07-24 | £48,000 | 38 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1997-12-11 | £58,000 | 8 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1997-10-31 | £51,300 | 14 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1997-09-26 | £49,000 | 11 LAUREL WALK | Semi-detached |
| 1997-08-22 | £53,000 | 16 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1997-08-22 | £47,000 | 15 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1997-08-01 | £51,995 | 34 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1997-06-17 | £47,950 | 13 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1997-04-23 | £47,500 | 9 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1996-12-06 | £49,000 | 24 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1996-09-04 | £40,000 | 12 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1996-05-31 | £54,000 | 8 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1996-02-23 | £44,000 | 40 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1996-02-12 | £44,000 | 32 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1995-12-18 | £43,000 | 22 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1995-09-22 | £42,000 | 20 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
| 1995-05-31 | £43,375 | 10 LAUREL WALK | Terraced |
63 recorded sales on ME8 8HU. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miers Court Primary School | 0.3 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Parkwood Primary School | 0.4 mi | Primary | Requires improvement (2023) |
| St Margaret's Church of England Junior School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| St Margaret's Infant School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Rainham School for Girls | 0.8 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| Fairview Community Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Report card → |
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: LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY (0.5 mi) · MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY (0.6 mi) · WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE (0.6 mi)
Nearest hospitals: MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL (3.2 mi) · GSTT @ MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL (3.2 mi) · MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL - ANAESTHETICS (PAIN) (3.2 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: WELL HOUSE OPPOSITE MIERS COURT (MIERS COURT NOT INCLUDED) (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · SILOAM (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · HOLLYTREE COTTAGE (Grade II) (0.5 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: FENNS CHEMIST (0.5 mi) · PHOENIX PHARMACY (0.6 mi) · MEDICLINIC PHARMACY RAINHAM (0.8 mi)
Nearest stations: Rainham (Kent) (0.9 mi) · Newington (2.8 mi) · Gillingham (Kent) (3.3 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Tesco (0.7 mi) · Tesco Extra (1.3 mi) · Aldi (1.5 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 41
- One-person households
- 28%
- Households with children
- 30%
- Households
- 8,152
Owned 73% · Social rent 9% · Private rent 17%
Census 2021 (ONS), for ME8 8.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in ME8 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 ME8 8HU 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 | DistrictME8 | SectorME8 8 | PostcodeME8 8HU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £369,789 | £335,839 | £135,404 |
| Population | 59,711 | 19,595 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 7/10 | 6/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 281 | 45 | — |
| Schools | 18 | 3 | — |
| Flood risk | High | Medium | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 97% | 93% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 99% | 100% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (ME8 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 1 July 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
Indicative due diligence compiled from public open data. Not a substitute for a regulated conveyancing or property search, a survey, or professional advice.