DN17 4LZ North Lincolnshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Axholme North. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- The Slack, Crowle: 37 addresses
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 C (29% of about 820 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: 4 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land adjacent to 17 Low Cross Street, Crowle, permissioned (170 m)
- Land east of Fieldside, Crowle, not permissioned (600 m (0.4 miles))
- Land of Godnow Road, Crowle, not permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 32 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 19 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 37 addresses are between 3 m and 7 m above sea level (5 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 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Althorpe 3,820 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Thorne South 67,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cranidge Close Crowle | 250 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 32.4 km (20 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 61.4 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Northfield Surgery | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Weldricks Pharmacy | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Willows Dental Practice | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Scunthorpe General Hospital | 11.4 km (7.1 miles) |
| Police station | Humberside Police - Epworth Police Station | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 680 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,530 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,450 m² | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Oswald, a listed building (Grade I), 540 m (0.3 miles) south. 15 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Oswald | Listed building, Grade I | 540 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Crowle Hill | Hill | 590 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Cora's Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Clearwater Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Whitaker's Plantations | Wood | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) west |
| Middleton Plantation | Wood | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.5 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 34 | 37 |
3 of the postcode's 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for North Lincolnshire: see them on the North Lincolnshire page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 34% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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 The Slack.