ME5 — Chatham
Chatham's ME5 postcode sits in Medway. The board behind it is assembled from 29,740 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical ME5 sale went from £49,000 in 1995 to £300,000 in 2026 — 6.1× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +23.7% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -8.5%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in ME5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £49,000 | 795 |
| 2000 | £69,500 | 1,356 |
| 2005 | £137,000 | 938 |
| 2010 | £150,225 | 514 |
| 2015 | £190,000 | 938 |
| 2020 | £250,000 | 703 |
| 2025 | £302,000 | 787 |
| 2026 | £300,000 | 134 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Chatham (ME5 8) (30% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sundridge Drive, Lords Wood Lane, Princes Avenue
- Chatham (ME5 7) (29% of local sales) — busiest streets: Beacon Road, Thorold Road, Upper Luton Road
- Chatham (ME5 9) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Madden Avenue, Concord Avenue, Vale Drive
- Chatham (ME5 0) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Walderslade Road, Churchill Avenue, King George Road
- Walderslade (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Alexandra Glen, Mafeking Road, Boxley Road
- Blue Bell Hill (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Maidstone Road, Robin Hood Lane, Roman Close
- Weeds Wood (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Yarrow Road
- Overbury Road (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Land Adjoining
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the ME5 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.