# ME6 5LG: area report for a postcode in Tonbridge and Malling

ME6 5LG 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 ME6 5LG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) › [ME6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me6) › [ME6 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me6-5)

## Around this postcode

- **3 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Tonbridge and Malling 014F: 35 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **Snodland, 1.7 km**: About 22 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **1 of 12 properties in ME6 5LG at low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Tonbridge and Malling 014F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **£407,880 average price**: For the whole of Tonbridge and Malling, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **No gigabit broadband at ME6 5LG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **Low road and rail noise at ME6 5LG**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG
- **10.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Grow 19 LTD](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grow-19-ltd-e147314) | Special | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [The Holmesdale School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-holmesdale-school-e147897) | Secondary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 39.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Katherine's School & Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-katherines-school-and-nursery-e147591) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Snodland CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/snodland-cofe-primary-school-e118846) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2022 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes](https://openindex.co.uk/school/valley-invicta-primary-school-at-holborough-lakes-e140431) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [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 | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lunsford Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lunsford-primary-school-e118516) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes 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 | 2 km (25 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2024 | £160,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 420 m |
| September 2023 | £335,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 460 m |
| February 2025 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 470 m |
| March 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 480 m |
| May 2023 | £403,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 480 m |
| July 2024 | £400,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 490 m |
| August 2026 | £285,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 490 m |
| September 2025 | £210,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 510 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £407,880** (July 2026). Tonbridge and Malling’s average house price was £407,880 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 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 16 September 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 014F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.2** (2025). Tonbridge and Malling 014F has a deprivation score of 11.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,152nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £575,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tonbridge and Malling 014F was £575,000 in 2025. Joint 3,050th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,748** (2021). Tonbridge and Malling 014F had 1,748 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 11,638th most 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: 60.8%** (January 2026). In Tonbridge and Malling 014F, 60.8% 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.

## ME6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £320,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME6 was £320,000 in 2025. Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 12,156** (2021). ME6 had 12,156 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 852nd least 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: 34%** (2022). About 34% of people in ME6 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: 94.9%** (January 2026). In ME6, 94.9% 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: 51.3195, 0.4300

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

## Your MP

- [Tonbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tonbridge): Tom Tugendhat (Conservative), 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), July 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=0.4300,51.3195,ME65LG

## How to cite

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