Lowfields Wellingore, North Kesteven
36 addresses across 4 postcodes (LN5), about 4.8 km long. USRN 28090150.
5 recorded sales since 1995; in 1997 the median was £51,000 across 1 sale. 5 homes have an energy certificate (E: 2, F: 3). 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in North Kesteven costs £2,338 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Hykeham, about 9.7 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 2.8 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 8 to 44 m above sea level. 6 of its 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Navenby Cliff Villages Surgery, about 3.1 km away. About 720 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | £51,000 | £51,000 | £51,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2024 | RIDGEVIEW LN5 0LJ | Other | £375,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 Mar 2023 | BARN FARM LODGE, BARN FARM LN5 0LN | Other | £2,415,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Nov 2022 | RIDGEVIEW LN5 0LJ | Other | £625,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Nov 2022 | RIDGEVIEW LN5 0LJ | Other | £325,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 25 Jul 1997 | CLIFF VIEW LN5 0LJ | Detached | £51,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 118 m². Most common: House, detached (4); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (2); before 1900 (1); Pre-1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (3); owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in North Kesteven in 2026-27: Band D £2,338 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,559 | £1,818 | £2,078 | £2,338 | £2,857 | £3,377 | £3,896 | £4,676 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (20% of about 1,610 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Navenby, Wellingore (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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.
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, 1 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| LN5 0LN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| LN5 0LJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LN5 0EX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LN5 0JB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 36 addresses are between 8 m and 44 m above sea level (21 m on average); the ground rises about 36 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LN5 0EX | 100% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| LN5 0JB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LN5 0LJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LN5 0LN | 0% | 0% | 0% | 75% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hykeham 209,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km |
| Swinderby 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.0 km | |
| Metheringham 82,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 8.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 53.9 km |
| Nearest large airport | East Midlands Airport EMA | 59.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Navenby Cliff Villages Surgery | 3.1 km |
| Pharmacies | Medicines & Pharmacy | 3.1 km |
| NHS dentists | Waddington Dental Centre | 7.5 km |
| Hospital | Lincoln County Hospital (Nuh) | 14.2 km |
| Police station | Hykeham and Bracebridge Heath Police | 9.1 km |
| Cash machines | Lincolnshire Co-op - Navenby, Navenby Cashzone | 3.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,040 m² | 2.8 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 330 m² | 2.5 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 2.6 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Somerton Castle and Outbuilding to North-West, a listed building (Grade I), 900 m north. 3 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 3 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Somerton Castle and Outbuilding to North-West | Listed building, Grade I | 900 m north |
| Somerton Castle | Scheduled monument | 910 m north-west |
| South-West Outbuilding at Somerton Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 920 m north-west |
| Orchard Outbuilding at Somerton Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 1.0 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingore Gorse | Wood | 2.3 km south |
| Coleby Covert | Wood | 2.4 km north |
| Brickyard Plantation | Wood | 3.3 km south-east |
| Ash Holt | Wood | 3.4 km east |
| Reservoir Plantation | Wood | 3.5 km south-east |
| Drakewell Dale | Valley | 4.0 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 36 |
6 of the street's 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 9 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
- LN5 0LN: 14 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- LN5 0LJ: 12 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- LN5 0EX: 9 addresses of 47 in the postcode
- LN5 0JB: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
All the streets in LN5 and across North Kesteven.
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.