PE21 8PS Boston
Live postcode, introduced January 2007. Ward: Skirbeck. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Freiston Terrace, Boston: 11 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 (74% of about 780 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
- 10-13 London Road, Boston, permissioned (150 m)
- 138-142 High Street, Boston: up to 8 homes, 1 (290 m)
- Land north of Broadfield Lane (East of Friars Gate), Boston, permissioned (290 m)
- Whitehorse Lane, Boston: up to 60 homes, 1 (480 m)
- Land off Carmel Green, Park Road, Boston: up to 8 homes, permissioned (590 m)
- Former nightclub/World Buffet, 23-25 High Street & 24 Bridge Street, Boston, permissioned (670 m)
- Former Norton Lea (NHS) Site, Cork Tree Crescent, London Road, Boston: up to 62 homes, not permissioned (740 m)
- Crown House, Lincoln Lane, Boston, permissioned (750 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 10 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 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 10 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
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 | 830 m |
| Hubberts Bridge 760 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km | |
| Swineshead 1,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 34 within 800 m; nearest Stells Lane Boston | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Boston | 660 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest Municipal Buildings Car Park | 560 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 720 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 70.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 88.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Liquorpond Surgery | 350 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lincoln Co-Op Chemists LTD | 360 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 630 m |
| Hospital | Pilgrim Hospital (Nuh) | 2.6 km |
| Police station | Boston Police Station | 810 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest West End Post Office | 620 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 21% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 69% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 81% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 4% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 16% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 37% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 34% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 29% | 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 Freiston Terrace.