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On Riverside Drive, in Wharf & University
What it's like at LN5 7NZ: every home that has sold on Riverside Drive 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Riverside Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
18 of the 138 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 125, Riverside DriveFlat | May 2015 | £95,000 | 46 m² | £2,065/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127, Riverside DriveFlat | Mar 2020 | £128,500 | 83 m² | £1,548/m² | 3 |
| 129, Riverside DriveTerraced · company-owned | May 2022 | £97,000 | 46 m² | £2,109/m² | 3 |
| 131, Riverside DriveFlat | Dec 2007 | £110,578 | 58 m² | £1,907/m² | 1 |
| 133, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2007 | £132,950 | 63 m² | £2,110/m² | 1 |
| 135, Riverside DriveFlat | May 2007 | £118,702 | 57 m² | £2,082/m² | 1 |
| 137, Riverside DriveFlat | Aug 2020 | £93,000 | 52 m² | £1,788/m² | 3 |
| 139, Riverside DriveFlat | Jul 2022 | £100,000 | 46 m² | £2,174/m² | 2 |
| 141, Riverside DriveFlat | Apr 2019 | £133,000 | 76 m² | £1,750/m² | 3 |
| 143, Riverside DriveFlat | Oct 2021 | £92,000 | 46 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 145, Riverside DriveFlat | Sept 2007 | £129,950 | 59 m² | £2,203/m² | 1 |
| 147, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2007 | £129,223 | 61 m² | £2,118/m² | 1 |
| 149, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2023 | £128,000 | 58 m² | £2,207/m² | 2 |
| 151, Riverside DriveFlat | May 2022 | £99,950 | 92 m² | £1,086/m² | 2 |
| 153, Riverside DriveFlat | Feb 2024 | £83,000 | 46 m² | £1,804/m² | 2 |
| 155, Riverside DriveFlat · company-owned | Nov 2022 | £132,500 | 92 m² | £1,440/m² | 2 |
| 159, Riverside DriveFlat | Dec 2025 | £96,500 | 61 m² | £1,582/m² | 2 |
| 163, Riverside DriveFlat | Aug 2024 | £125,000 | 58 m² | £2,155/m² | 2 |
| 165, Riverside DriveFlat | Jul 2022 | £100,000 | 43 m² | £2,326/m² | 2 |
| 167, Riverside DriveFlat | Aug 2007 | £122,451 | 52 m² | £2,355/m² | 1 |
| 169, Riverside DriveFlat | Jul 2023 | £106,483 | 65 m² | £1,638/m² | 1 |
| 171, Riverside DriveFlat | Sept 2007 | £117,000 | 58 m² | £2,017/m² | 1 |
| 173, Riverside DriveFlat | Oct 2016 | £119,000 | 63 m² | £1,889/m² | 2 |
| 175, Riverside DriveFlat | Jul 2023 | £95,000 | 52 m² | £1,827/m² | 2 |
| 177, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2007 | £129,950 | 54 m² | £2,406/m² | 1 |
| 179, Riverside DriveFlat | Sept 2007 | £145,156 | 80 m² | £1,814/m² | 1 |
| 181, Riverside DriveFlat | Apr 2026 | £118,000 | 60 m² | £1,967/m² | 2 |
| 183, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2007 | £138,950 | 65 m² | £2,138/m² | 1 |
| 185, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2026 | £95,000 | 53 m² | £1,792/m² | 3 |
| 187, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2007 | £134,950 | 54 m² | £2,499/m² | 1 |
| 189, Riverside DriveFlat | Sept 2021 | £129,950 | 83 m² | £1,566/m² | 2 |
| 191, Riverside DriveFlat | Aug 2022 | £125,000 | 60 m² | £2,083/m² | 2 |
| 193, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2007 | £136,702 | 63 m² | £2,170/m² | 1 |
| 195, Riverside DriveFlat | Jun 2007 | £134,950 | 49 m² | £2,754/m² | 1 |
| 197, Riverside DriveFlat | May 2022 | £95,000 | 59 m² | £1,610/m² | 2 |
| 199, Riverside DriveFlat | Dec 2008 | £112,000 | 81 m² | £1,383/m² | 1 |
| 201, Riverside DriveFlat | Mar 2016 | £120,000 | 60 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 203, Riverside DriveFlat | Nov 2007 | £129,950 | 61 m² | £2,130/m² | 1 |
| 205, Riverside DriveFlat | Aug 2014 | £107,000 | 63 m² | £1,698/m² | 2 |
| 207, Riverside DriveFlat · company-owned | Jul 2022 | £103,000 | 53 m² | £1,943/m² | 2 |
| 209, Riverside DriveFlat | May 2022 | £106,000 | 53 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 211, Riverside DriveFlat | Sept 2007 | £162,950 | 81 m² | £2,012/m² | 1 |
| 213, Riverside DriveFlat | Sept 2025 | £123,500 | 58 m² | £2,129/m² | 3 |
| 215, Riverside DriveFlat | Jul 2025 | £120,000 | 59 m² | £2,034/m² | 2 |
| 217, Riverside DriveFlat | Sept 2007 | £143,039 | – | – | 1 |
| 219, Riverside DriveFlat | Jul 2022 | £100,000 | 53 m² | £1,887/m² | 2 |
| 221, Riverside DriveFlat | May 2022 | £93,500 | 53 m² | £1,764/m² | 2 |
| 223, Riverside DriveFlat | Aug 2008 | £120,000 | 83 m² | £1,446/m² | 1 |
| 225, Riverside DriveFlat | Dec 2021 | £121,500 | 58 m² | £2,095/m² | 2 |
| 227, Riverside DriveFlat | Mar 2021 | £129,000 | 59 m² | £2,186/m² | 3 |
| 229, Riverside DriveFlat · company-owned | Sept 2007 | £149,199 | 83 m² | £1,798/m² | 1 |
| 231, Riverside DriveFlat | Aug 2022 | £107,000 | 54 m² | £1,981/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, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
The nearest bus stop is Thomas Cooper Church, 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 13, 16, 15, 9); 86 departures an hour from the 8 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 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, 1.2 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 Asia Supermarket Food2go, 300 m away, with Central Methodist Church closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heart Of Lincoln Health Group (450 m), with Superdrug the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Milano's Barber Shop 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.
Pumpkin and Friends Charity is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Anchor Lincoln the nearest pub (150 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 St Mark's Square, 200 m away; for exercise, PureGym (150 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.
52 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Central Methodist Church | II | 120 m |
| Unitarian Chapel | II | 170 m |
| Romanesque Door Arch in the Former Lincoln Arms Public House | II* | 190 m |
| Marchmont House | II | 190 m |
| St Mary'S Guildhall | I | 190 m |
| 107-113, High Street | 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.
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%.
20 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 7NZ →
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.
On this street: 0 of 114 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 94 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 138 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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