# ME20 6QE: area report for a postcode in Tonbridge and Malling

ME20 6QE is a postcode in Tonbridge and Malling.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Tonbridge and Malling. Open the map at ME20 6QE for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) › [ME20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me20) › [ME20 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me20-6)

## Around this postcode

- **21 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 5% on July. Tonbridge and Malling 003E: 105 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **New Hythe, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 60 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **No property in ME20 6QE listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Tonbridge and Malling 003E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **£405,507 average price**: For the whole of Tonbridge and Malling, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME20 6QE**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **Low road and rail noise at ME20 6QE**: Road 44 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE
- **12.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lunsford Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lunsford-primary-school-e118516) | Primary | 60 m (1 minute on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brookfield Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookfield-junior-school-e118869) | Primary | 130 m (2 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brookfield Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookfield-infant-school-e118484) | Primary | 150 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2023 | – |
| [Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leybourne-st-peter-and-st-paul-church-of-england-primary-academy-e143987) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lift St James the Great](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lift-st-james-the-great-e138074) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ditton Church of England Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ditton-church-of-england-junior-school-e150156) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), October 2019, before the school changed | 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Malling School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-malling-school-e118897) | Secondary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | Attainment 8 of 39.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Ditton Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ditton-infant-school-e118858) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £435,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2024 | £356,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| August 2023 | £372,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| June 2025 | £317,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2023 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £423,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| June 2023 | £395,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| December 2025 | £490,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE (400 m)
- Pharmacies: PAYDENS PHARMACY (400 m); TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (880 m)
- Dental practices: LARKFIELD HEALTH CENTRE (400 m); SOUTHCOT DENTALCARE (520 m); LARKFIELD DENTAL PRACTICE (590 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Maidstone Martin Square (400 m, Morrisons); Tesco Larkfield Esso Express (490 m, Tesco); Morrisons Leybourne Aylesford (550 m, Morrisons); Lidl Ditton London Road (800 m, Lidl); Tesco Aylesford Lunsford Park Extra (880 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £405,507** (August 2026). Tonbridge and Malling’s average house price was £405,507 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £42,752** (2025). Full-time workers living in Tonbridge and Malling earned a median of £42,752 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 91st highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.5×** (2025). A home in Tonbridge and Malling costs 9.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 66th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 13.0** (2025). Tonbridge and Malling has a deprivation score of 13.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 62nd least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Tonbridge and Malling 003E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 21.5** (2025). Tonbridge and Malling 003E has a deprivation score of 21.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,488th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £345,375** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tonbridge and Malling 003E was £345,375 in 2025. 11,999th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,329** (2021). Tonbridge and Malling 003E had 1,329 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,490th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.3%** (January 2026). In Tonbridge and Malling 003E, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## ME20 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £387,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME20 was £387,500 in 2025. 637th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 21,758** (2021). ME20 had 21,758 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,353rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 93%** (2022). About 93% of people in ME20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.5%** (January 2026). In ME20, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling)
- Centre: 51.3033, 0.4382

Council: [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Chatham and Aylesford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chatham-and-aylesford): Tristan Osborne (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.4382,51.3033,ME206QE

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