PE21 0HR Boston
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Skirbeck. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Windsor Bank, Boston: 21 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Boston in 2026-27: Band D £2,309 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,539 | £1,796 | £2,052 | £2,309 | £2,822 | £3,335 | £3,848 | £4,617 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (58% of about 790 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- The Woadman, Church Road, Boston, permissioned (410 m)
- Boston College De Montfort Campus, Mill Road, Boston, permissioned (450 m)
- 138-142 High Street, Boston: up to 8 homes, 1 (780 m)
- Former Boston United Ground and Glider Drome.: up to 62 homes, 2 (840 m)
- Whitehorse Lane, Boston: up to 60 homes, 1 (860 m)
- Land to the south of Main Ridge East, Boston: up to 13 homes, not permissioned (880 m)
- 10-13 London Road, Boston, permissioned (900 m)
- Land off Woodthorpe Avenue, Boston, permissioned (930 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 11 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 12 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 12 low and 0 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 addresses are about 3 m above sea level.
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 | Boston 267,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km |
| Hubberts Bridge 760 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Swineshead 1,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 29 within 800 m; nearest The Napoleon PH Boston | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Boston | 1.3 km |
| Car parks | Municipal Buildings Car Park | 1.2 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 370 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 71.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 89.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Greyfriars Surgery | 860 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Ask Chemist | 770 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Pump Square (Dental Surgery) | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Pilgrim Hospital (Nuh) | 2.4 km |
| Police station | Boston Police Station | 1.3 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Lincolnshire Co-op - Skirbeck Road Cashzone | 380 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 640 m² | 100 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Havenside Country Park 12 ha | 730 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 130 m² | 350 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 480 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.1 km |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 12 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 11 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 21 |
14 of the postcode's 21 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 | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 39% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 77% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 7% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 3% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 78% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 52% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 16% | 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 Windsor Bank.