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On Portland Street, in Pelham Bridge & South Common
What it's like at LN5 7JX: every home that has sold on Portland 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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5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Portland Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
25 of the 88 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 6, Portland StreetOther | Mar 2026 | £777,000 | 143 m² | £5,434/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18, Portland StreetTerraced | Jun 2004 | £25,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20a, Portland StreetTerraced | Apr 2021 | £650,000 | 77 m² | £8,442/m² | 2 |
| 32, Portland StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2002 | £132,000 | 24 m² | £5,500/m² | 2 |
| 36, Portland StreetTerraced | May 2003 | £99,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 38, Portland StreetOther | Mar 2018 | £39,950 | 52 m² | £768/m² | 1 |
| 42, Portland StreetTerraced | Nov 2015 | £224,950 | 138 m² | £1,630/m² | 2 |
| 44, Portland StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2022 | £220,000 | 125 m² | £1,760/m² | 2 |
| 48, Portland StreetOther · company-owned | Apr 2016 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Portland StreetOther · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £280,000 | – | – | 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, a few minutes' walk (250 m).
The nearest bus stop is Magistrates Court, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 13, 16, 15, 9); 155 departures an hour from the 25 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.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Lincoln UTC, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 7.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Frozen Foods, 200 m away, with Golden Leaf Chinese Supermarket closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heart Of Lincoln Health Group (150 m), with Superdrug the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Lincoln Barber Shop is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Lincoln County Hospital, 2.0 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: 55 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
St Barnabas Hospice Court Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Ritz the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (26 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 307 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 32% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (St Catherines, Cathedral and City Centre).
There are 30 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 74% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is St Mark's Square, 250 m away; for exercise, PureGym (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Humberside is 41 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 116 km.
55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marchmont House | II | 100 m |
| Former St Mark’s Railway Station and adjoining Office and Platform | II | 160 m |
| Unitarian Chapel | II | 190 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 LN5 7JX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Many neighbours rent: 56% of households rent privately and 15% socially.
It's young: 39% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 23% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
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.
On this street: 1 of 66 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 12 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.7% | 93.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.0% | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Lincoln since 2011.
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 88 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 56 min
Nearest: Great Central Railway (Nottingham) · about 54 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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