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On Gresham Street, in Wharf & University
What it's like at LN1 1QA: every home that has sold on Gresham Street 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Gresham Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
10 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Gresham StreetTerraced | May 1999 | £39,000 | 101 m² | £386/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Gresham StreetTerraced | Jun 1996 | £35,000 | 87 m² | £402/m² | 1 |
| 5, Gresham StreetTerraced | Oct 2004 | £120,000 | 81 m² | £1,481/m² | 1 |
| 6, Gresham StreetTerraced | Mar 2012 | £100,000 | 70 m² | £1,429/m² | 3 |
| 7, Gresham StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2008 | £120,000 | 145 m² | £828/m² | 3 |
| 8, Gresham StreetTerraced | Nov 2014 | £134,950 | 73 m² | £1,849/m² | 2 |
| 9, Gresham StreetTerraced | Aug 2010 | £77,500 | 86 m² | £901/m² | 1 |
| 10, Gresham StreetTerraced | Jul 2005 | £127,000 | 70 m² | £1,814/m² | 3 |
| 11, Gresham StreetTerraced | Jun 2007 | £123,000 | 85 m² | £1,447/m² | 1 |
| 12, Gresham StreetTerraced | Jan 2021 | £142,000 | 60 m² | £2,367/m² | 3 |
| 13, Gresham StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £124,000 | 65 m² | £1,908/m² | 1 |
| 14, Gresham StreetTerraced | Dec 2003 | £84,000 | 61 m² | £1,377/m² | 2 |
| 16, Gresham StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2002 | £60,000 | 68 m² | £882/m² | 2 |
| 17, Gresham StreetTerraced | Jul 2000 | £65,500 | 135 m² | £485/m² | 1 |
| 18, Gresham StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £165,000 | 67 m² | £2,463/m² | 1 |
| 20, Gresham StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2018 | £197,500 | 96 m² | £2,057/m² | 1 |
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 15-minute walk (1.1 km).
The nearest bus stop is Staunton Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 35 minutes on weekdays (routes 100, 77, 106, 107); 12 departures an hour from the 13 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 The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln, a few minutes' walk (250 m).
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, 1.2 km 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 Sainsbury's, 250 m away, with Carholme Food & Wine closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gresham Street Surgery (50 m), with Lincoln Co-Op Chemists the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Golden Clippers is 300 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.
Anna's Place is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Queen in the West 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 Liquorice Park, 450 m away; for exercise, University of Lincoln Sports Centre (400 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.
40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Queen in the West Public House | II | 110 m |
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%.
21 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 1QA →
On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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.
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, 550 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.
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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 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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.