DN17 4DL North Lincolnshire
Live postcode, introduced June 2004. Ward: Axholme North. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Queens Drive, Crowle: 54 addresses
- Southfield Road, Crowle: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in North Lincolnshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,348 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,566 | £1,827 | £2,088 | £2,348 | £2,870 | £3,392 | £3,914 | £4,697 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (52% of about 870 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land of Godnow Road, Crowle, not permissioned (150 m)
- Land east of Fieldside, Crowle, not permissioned (520 m)
- Land adjacent to 17 Low Cross Street, Crowle, permissioned (820 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 6 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 52 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 52 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 55 addresses are between 2 m and 4 m above sea level (3 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Crowle 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km |
| Althorpe 3,820 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km | |
| Thorne South 67,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 16 within 800 m; nearest Demand Responsive Area Crowle | 140 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 170 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 32.3 km |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 61.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Northfield Surgery | 8.7 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Weldricks Pharmacy | 310 m |
| NHS dentists | The Willows Dental Practice | 5.3 km |
| Hospital | Scunthorpe General Hospital | 11.3 km |
| Police station | Humberside Police - Epworth Police Station | 9.0 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Lincolnshire Co-op - Crowle, Crowle Cashzone | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 840 m² | 340 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 110 m² | 20 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,830 m² | 160 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.1 km |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Oswald, a listed building (Grade I), 390 m north. 19 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Oswald | Listed building, Grade I | 390 m north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cora's Wood | Wood | 680 m west |
| Crowle Hill | Hill | 940 m north-east |
| Clearwater Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km south-east |
| Middleton Plantation | Wood | 4.2 km south-east |
| Whitaker's Plantations | Wood | 4.5 km west |
| Three Cocked Hat Wood | Wood | 4.6 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 51 | 55 |
4 of the postcode's 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 50% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 31% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 74% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Queens Drive.