PE24 4PS East Lindsey
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Croft. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Spilsby Road, Thorpe St Peter: 5 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in East Lindsey in 2026-27: Band D £2,276 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,517 | £1,770 | £2,023 | £2,276 | £2,782 | £3,287 | £3,793 | £4,552 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (27% 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.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 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: of the 4 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 3 medium, 1 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 2 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 0%, 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 | Thorpe Culvert 790 journeys in 2024–25 | 600 m |
| Wainfleet 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km | |
| Havenhouse 900 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 5 within 800 m; nearest Cork Lane Thorpe St Peter | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Skegness | 8.8 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 8.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 62.0 km |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 108.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hawthorn Medical Practice | 7.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Wainfleet Pharmacy | 3.2 km |
| NHS dentists | Skegness Health Clinic | 9.1 km |
| Hospital | Skegness & District General Hospital | 8.8 km |
| Police station | Spilsby Police Station | 9.2 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Wainfleet, Wainfleet All Saints Cashzone | 3.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,980 m² | 2.9 km |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Hill Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km north-east |
| Long Plantation | Wood | 3.7 km north-east |
| Outfield Holt | Wood | 4.1 km north |
| Decoy Wood | Wood | 4.2 km south |
| Island Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km north |
| Hunger Hill | Hill | 4.4 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 5 |
4 of the postcode's 5 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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 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 Spilsby Road.