Boardsides Boston
23 addresses across 2 postcodes (PE21), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 3642889.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £222,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: 6 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 C; Band D in Boston costs £2,309 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 36% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hubberts Bridge, about 2 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Sir Joseph Banks Country Park, is about 1.5 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 3 m above sea level.
- Noise: 15 of its 23 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Sidings Medical Practice, about 3.1 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 68% of households owned their home and 17% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | £222,500 | £160,000 | £285,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £115,000 | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 1996 | 2 | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2023 | 2, ST. MICHAELS COTTAGE PE21 7NY | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 3 Feb 2023 | DELTA PE21 7NY | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 4 Jun 2021 | THE HOUSE PE21 7NY | Detached | £115,000 | |
| 4 Oct 2018 | J T FRISKNEY PE21 7NY | Other | £630,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Mar 2015 | CRYSTAL OF BOSTON PE21 7NU | Other | £3,523,307 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Jul 1996 | FIELD VIEW PE21 7NY | Detached | £60,000 | |
| 12 Apr 1996 | FIELD VIEW PE21 7NY | Detached | £60,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 103 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1967-1975 (2); 1900-1929 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
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 C (38% of about 610 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Land adjacent to 155 Swineshead Road, Frampton Holme, Boston, permissioned (730 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 5 October 2026 to 7 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Remedial works, two-way signals, on the footway (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 22 August 2026: LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, give and take, on the carriageway (immediate - emergency works)
- 21 August 2026: LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, give and take, on the carriageway (immediate - emergency works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 4 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 7 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 4 medium, 3 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE21 7NY | zone 3 | 1 / 5 / 3 | unlikely |
| PE21 7NU | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 3 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE21 7NU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PE21 7NY | 79% | 36% | 36% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hubberts Bridge 760 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Boston 267,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Swineshead 1,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Fen Road Bakers Bridge | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Boston | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 69.4 km (43 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 85.4 km (53 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Sidings Medical Practice | 3.1 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Asda Pharmacy | 3.1 km (2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Private Dental Centre | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Pilgrim Hospital (Nuh) | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Boston Police Station | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Sir Joseph Banks Country Park 20 ha | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Phoenix Park Play Area 60 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Princess Royal Sports Arena 6.4 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Harrsions Land Allotments 2.8 ha | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| North Holt | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Westgate Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Skylark Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Jenny's Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Kestral Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Hawk Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 6 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 23 |
15 of the street's 23 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston West Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 10% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 72% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 17% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 89% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
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.