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On The Ropery, in Wharf & University
What it's like at LN1 1EL: every home that has sold on The Ropery since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on The Ropery; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 8, The Ropery, HungateSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, The RoperyDetached | Feb 2022 | £385,000 | 158 m² | £2,437/m² | 2 |
| 2, The RoperyTerraced | Jun 2021 | £312,000 | 170 m² | £1,835/m² | 1 |
| 3, The RoperyTerraced | Feb 2019 | £283,000 | 111 m² | £2,550/m² | 2 |
| 4, The RoperyTerraced | Jun 2019 | £395,000 | 190 m² | £2,079/m² | 3 |
| 5, The RoperyFlat | Aug 2021 | £300,000 | 99 m² | £3,030/m² | 1 |
| 7, The RoperyTerraced | Dec 2005 | £194,000 | 99 m² | £1,960/m² | 1 |
| 9, The RoperySemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £410,000 | 139 m² | £2,950/m² | 2 |
| 10, The RoperyTerraced | May 2020 | £292,500 | 158 m² | £1,851/m² | 3 |
| 11, The RoperyTerraced | Dec 2022 | £360,000 | 127 m² | £2,835/m² | 3 |
| 12, The RoperyTerraced | Oct 2024 | £375,000 | 131 m² | £2,863/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lincoln Central, about a 10-minute walk (700 m).
The nearest bus stop is Age UK, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes Walk, and, Ride); 22 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Westgate Academy, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School (1 km).
The nearest secondary is Lincoln UTC, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 7.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 5% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 150 m away; The Cheese Society (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brayford Medical Practice (350 m), with Fp Watson the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Lolly Aesthetics is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lincoln County Hospital, 1.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 64% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 75 restaurants and cafés and 31 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Mindful Mug is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and White Horse the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (28 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 188 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 43% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Cathedral and City Centre, West Parade and Brayford).
There are 86 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 39% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Temple Gardens, 350 m away; for exercise, My Gym (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Humberside is 41 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 116 km.
63 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 22, Beaumont Fee | II | 90 m |
| the Cottage | II | 120 m |
| Colonia Wall 3 Metres West of Number 2 Beaumont Fee (Number 2 Not Included) | II | 130 m |
| St Dunstan'S Lock | II | 140 m |
| 264 and 265, High Street | II | 140 m |
| 2, 3 and 4, the Strait | II | 140 m |
| 7, the Strait | II | 140 m |
| 5, the Strait | II | 140 m |
| 10 and 11, the Strait | II | 150 m |
| 8 and 9, the Strait | II | 150 m |
| 12 and 13, the Strait | II | 150 m |
| Dernstall House | II* | 150 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Lincoln constituency: Mr Hamish Falconer MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,793 (20.9%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 7%.
22 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near LN1 1EL →
Many neighbours rent: 51% of households rent privately and 17% socially.
It's young: 68% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 61% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Lincoln, 650 m away (TEF Gold).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 78.6% | 93.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 20.2% | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 55 min
Nearest: Great Central Railway (Nottingham) · about 52 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 10 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.