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On Charles Street West, in Wharf & University
What it's like at LN1 1QP: every home that has sold on Charles Street West 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Charles Street West; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 22 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jan 1995 | £35,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Charles Street WestTerraced | Feb 2007 | £108,000 | 81 m² | £1,333/m² | 2 |
| 4, Charles Street WestTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2022 | £170,000 | 101 m² | £1,683/m² | 5 |
| 5, Charles Street WestTerraced | Aug 2023 | £167,500 | 81 m² | £2,068/m² | 4 |
| 6, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jan 2004 | £112,000 | 75 m² | £1,493/m² | 2 |
| 7, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jun 2021 | £141,000 | 75 m² | £1,880/m² | 3 |
| 8, Charles Street WestTerraced | Sept 2003 | £99,950 | 82 m² | £1,219/m² | 1 |
| 9, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jan 2022 | £176,000 | 72 m² | £2,444/m² | 4 |
| 10, Charles Street WestTerraced | Aug 2008 | £115,000 | 78 m² | £1,474/m² | 2 |
| 11, Charles Street WestTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £264,185 | 88 m² | £3,002/m² | 4 |
| 12, Charles Street WestOther · company-owned | Oct 2021 | £202,500 | 81 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| 13, Charles Street WestTerraced | Nov 2023 | £150,000 | 81 m² | £1,852/m² | 3 |
| 14, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jun 2001 | £46,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jun 2024 | £98,000 | 97 m² | £1,010/m² | 3 |
| 16, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jan 2004 | £115,000 | 95 m² | £1,211/m² | 2 |
| 17, Charles Street WestTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2020 | £325,000 | 148 m² | £2,196/m² | 2 |
| 19, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jan 2018 | £136,000 | 77 m² | £1,766/m² | 5 |
| 21, Charles Street WestTerraced | May 2010 | £110,000 | 105 m² | £1,048/m² | 3 |
| 23, Charles Street WestTerraced | Feb 2003 | £71,250 | 93 m² | £766/m² | 2 |
| 27, Charles Street WestTerraced | Jan 2017 | £170,101 | 86 m² | £1,978/m² | 3 |
| 29, Charles Street WestTerraced | Apr 2019 | £135,000 | 91 m² | £1,484/m² | 3 |
| 31, Charles Street WestTerraced | Oct 2020 | £149,000 | 63 m² | £2,365/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 15-minute walk (1.1 km).
The nearest bus stop is Gresham Street, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 77); 15 departures an hour from the 17 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 and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 77% 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, 1.1 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 St Faith's Church closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gresham Street Surgery (100 m), with Lincoln Co-Op Chemists the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Golden Clippers is 250 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 (100 m), and Queen in the West the nearest pub (200 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, 300 m away; for exercise, University of Lincoln Sports Centre (500 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.
49 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 | 200 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 1QP →
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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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 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 20 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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.