A17 Boston
24 addresses across 4 postcodes (PE12,PE20), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long, classed as a a road. USRN 3642067.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (E: 5, F: 2).
- Flood: 7 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Boston costs £2,309 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 25% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Boston, about 11.1 km (6.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are -2 to 5 m above sea level.
- Noise: 23 of its 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Sutterton Surgery, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 560 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 22% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 97 m². Most common: House, detached (4); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: 1950-1966 (3); 1967-1975 (1); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (1).
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 street: most are in band A (50% of about 720 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, grade II
- MILE POST (NORTH OF GRAVES FARM), grade II
- THE VICARAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 7 at medium risk and 9 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 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 7 medium, 7 low and 2 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE20 2DB | zone 3 | 0 / 4 / 4 | unlikely |
| PE20 2BH | zone 3 | 0 / 3 / 1 | unlikely |
| PE12 6LH | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| PE20 2BG | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 24 addresses are between -2 m and 5 m above sea level (3 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE12 6LH | 100% | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| PE20 2BG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PE20 2BH | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| PE20 2DB | 100% | 25% | 25% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Boston 267,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) |
| Hubberts Bridge 760 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Spalding 208,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Demand Responsive Area Fosdyke | 200 m |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 80.2 km (50 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 86.3 km (54 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Sutterton Surgery | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Lincoln Co-Op Chemists LTD | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Fen House Dental Practice | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Holbeach Hospital | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Police station | Kirton Police Office | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Sutterton Cashzone | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 340 m² | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard, a scheduled monument, 290 m north. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Churchyard cross, All Saints' churchyard | Scheduled monument | 290 m north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| New Marsh | Wetland | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Algarkirk Marsh | Wetland | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Earl Marsh | Wetland | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Wragg Marsh | Wetland | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south |
| The Spinney | Wood | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Kirton Outfall | Tidal water | 4 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 3 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 10 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 24 |
23 of the street's 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Boston: see them on the Boston page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fosdyke Playing Field & Club PE20 2BX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 320 m | 5 Very good | 23 Nov 2023 |
| The Mooring's Cafe PE20 2DB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jun 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lincolnshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 72% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- PE20 2DB: 18 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- PE20 2BH: 4 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- PE12 6LH: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
- PE20 2BG: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.