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Boston Central & North
What it's like at PE21 6JY: every home that has sold on the 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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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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Boston, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 267k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Sorting Office, 100 m away, with a bus about every 46 minutes on weekdays (routes B1D, B41, B7, 57); 37 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 52 minutes away by public transport (30 by car).
The nearest primary school is Boston Pioneers Free School Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Boston Grammar School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 53.1 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Boston Grammar School (0.3 km) and Boston High School (1.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lincolnshire Co-op Skirbeck Road Food Store, 450 m away, with Lloyds Pharmacy closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Greyfriars Surgery (150 m), with Boston Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Low Quay Barbership is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pilgrim 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: 61 restaurants and cafés and 24 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Divin Napoletan Pizzeria is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Blackfriars the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (23 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 309 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 36% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Boston, Boston, Spilsby Road).
There are 236 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 20% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Exercise, 750 m away; for exercise, Geoff Moulder Leisure Pool (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Humberside is 70 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 123 km.
51 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Grammar School | II | 30 m |
| Quayside | II | 80 m |
| Old School House | II | 90 m |
| 7, South Square | II | 110 m |
| Greyfriars | II | 120 m |
| Hussey Tower | II* | 140 m |
| 5, South Square | II* | 150 m |
| 2 and 4, Skirbeck Road | II | 160 m |
| 4, South Square | II | 160 m |
| 1-12, Spain Court | II | 190 m |
| Fydell House and Wall and Railings and 2 Urns | I | 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.
Boston and Skegness constituency: Richard Tice MP (Reform UK), since July 2024. 2024 general election: RUK gain from Con, majority 2,010 (5.0%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Reform UK 38%, Conservative 33%, Labour 19%, Green Party 4%.
24 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 PE21 6JY →
Many neighbours rent: 45% of households rent privately and 15% socially.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 2.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.6% | 79.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 11.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.1% | 6.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Skegness · about 37 min
Nearest: Skegness Pier · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.