DN37 9AG North East Lincolnshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Freshney. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Loft Avenue, Grimsby: 60 addresses
- Service Road 7, Grimsby: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in North East Lincolnshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,484 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,656 | £1,932 | £2,208 | £2,484 | £3,036 | £3,588 | £4,140 | £4,968 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (92% of about 590 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
- Willows Centre, Barnmouth Drive, Grimsby: up to 8 homes, permissioned (450 m)
- Land At Conway Avenue, Sorrel Road and Larch Crescent, Grimsby: up to 89 homes, permissioned (720 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 39 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 59 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 44 low and 15 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 61 addresses are between 3 m and 5 m above sea level (4 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 | Great Coates 6,340 journeys in 2024–25 | 910 m |
| Grimsby Town 439,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km | |
| Healing 6,680 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Chatteris House Willows | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Riverhead Exchange Grimsby | 2.5 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Roam Charging Station | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 15.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 106.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Woodfield Medical | 810 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Periville Chemist | 460 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cromwell Dental Practice Limited | 810 m |
| Hospital | Diana Princess Of Wales Hospital Grimsby | 3.2 km |
| Police station | Humberside Police Birchin Way Grimsby | 1.6 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Lincolnshire Co-op - The Willows Cashzone | 460 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Capes Recreation Ground 1.5 ha | 1.3 km |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 500 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,670 m² | 320 m |
| Allotments | Littlecoates Allotments 4.6 ha | 1.3 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael, a listed building (Grade I), 830 m south-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael | Listed building, Grade I | 830 m south-west |
| People's Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.8 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Toot Hill | Hill | 1.4 km south-east |
| Town's Holt | Wood | 1.5 km south-west |
| Oak Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km south-west |
| Wybers Wood | Wood | 2.0 km west |
| Three Drain End Plantation | Wood | 2.3 km north |
| West Haven | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 56 | 61 |
5 of the postcode's 61 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 | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 31% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 7% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 88% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 12% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 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 2 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 Loft Avenue.