PE21 9NU Boston
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Trinity. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
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 B (27% of about 900 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
- Magnadata International, Norfolk Street, Boston: up to 48 homes, not permissioned (520 m)
- Land to the north-east of Freiston Road, Boston: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (520 m)
- Land to the north of Main Ridge East, Boston: up to 14 homes, 2 (570 m)
- Car Park to the rear of 27-29 Wide Bargate, Boston, permissioned (630 m)
- Land to the south of Main Ridge East, Boston: up to 13 homes, not permissioned (630 m)
- Land off Threadneedle Street/Mastins Court, Boston, permissioned (670 m)
- NCP Carpark, Red Lion Street, Boston: up to 15 homes, 2 (750 m)
- Magnadata International, Horncastle Road, Boston: up to 173 homes, 2 (760 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 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 address is about 3 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% 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 | 1.3 km |
| Hubberts Bridge 760 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Swineshead 1,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 37 within 800 m; nearest Bargate Bridge Boston | 260 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Boston | 1.3 km |
| Car parks | NCP Boston Market Place | 810 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 69.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 90.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Parkside Medical Centre | 630 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Parkside Pharmacy | 590 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Holland House Dental Surgery | 460 m |
| Hospital | Pilgrim Hospital (Nuh) | 900 m |
| Police station | Boston Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Morrisons Daily - Boston - Wide Bargate Cashzone | 720 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,790 m² | 830 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 420 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Burgess Pit Playing Field 1.5 ha | 430 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 220 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Maud Foster Windmill and Granary, a listed building (Grade I), 320 m west. 150 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 9 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Maud Foster Windmill and Granary | Listed building, Grade I | 320 m west |
| Centenary Methodist Church and Attached Church Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 790 m south-west |
| Freemasons' Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m south-west |
| Burton Hall and Attached Wall | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m north-east |
| Hussey Tower | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south |
| Boston Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km north-west |
| Rochford Tower | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Grange Wood | Wood | 2.4 km west |
| Pioneer Wood | Wood | 2.5 km west |
| Beech Wood | Wood | 2.6 km west |
| Jenny's Wood | Wood | 3.7 km south-west |
| Kingfisher Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.9 km south-west |
| Hawk Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km south-west |
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) | 12.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the postcode's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 80% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 7% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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.