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On Grove Street West, in Boston Central & North
What it's like at PE21 6TL: every home that has sold on Grove 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Grove Street West; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 17 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Grove StreetTerraced | Sept 2014 | £82,500 | 66 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6a, Grove StreetTerraced | May 2017 | £104,000 | 53 m² | £1,962/m² | 1 |
| 6b, Grove StreetTerraced | Feb 2014 | £102,282 | 56 m² | £1,826/m² | 1 |
| 10, Grove StreetOther · company-owned | Aug 2015 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Grove StreetTerraced | Jun 2017 | £105,000 | 105 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 1, Grove Street WestTerraced | Dec 1998 | £19,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Grove Street WestTerraced | Dec 1999 | £26,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Grove Street WestTerraced | Nov 2011 | £130,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 5, Grove Street WestTerraced | Nov 2013 | £79,000 | 70 m² | £1,129/m² | 2 |
| 6, Grove Street WestTerraced | Jan 2008 | £147,000 | 81 m² | £1,815/m² | 1 |
| 6a, Grove Street WestTerraced | Mar 2023 | £106,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6b, Grove Street WestTerraced | Nov 2021 | £108,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Grove Street WestTerraced | Apr 2002 | £39,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Grove Street WestTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2013 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8a, Grove Street WestTerraced | May 2013 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Grove Street WestTerraced | Feb 2024 | £117,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 11, Grove Street WestTerraced | Oct 2021 | £121,000 | 78 m² | £1,551/m² | 3 |
| 13, Grove Street WestSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2009 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Grove Street WestOther · company-owned | Apr 2018 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Grove Street WestTerraced | Jan 1997 | £34,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 17a, Grove Street WestTerraced | Jun 1999 | £28,420 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Grove Street WestTerraced | Aug 2005 | £90,500 | – | – | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Boston, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 267k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Foster Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes B1D, 57, B4, B5); 30 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 Tower Road Academy, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 62% 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, 600 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 Heron Frozen Foods, 200 m away, with Freshways Dairy closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Medical Centre (300 m), with Parkside Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Philip George Hair is 50 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.
Bombay Club, Mombasa, Love Mumbai, Jasmine Royale, Hana Bay, ShakaZulu is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The New Inn the nearest pub (100 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 Central Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Workhouse Gym (150 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.
66 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2, 4 and 6, Grove Street West | II | 20 m |
| 16, Pen Street | II | 40 m |
| 31 and 33, Pen Street | II | 50 m |
| 23 and 25, Pen Street | II | 50 m |
| 15 and 17, Pen Street | II | 60 m |
| 35, PEN STREET (See details for further address information) | II | 60 m |
| 37, PEN STREET (See details for further address information) | II | 60 m |
| 6, Pen Street | II | 70 m |
| 42, Pen Street | II | 70 m |
| 13, Pen Street | II | 70 m |
| 44, Pen Street | II | 80 m |
| 51 and 53, Pen Street | II | 100 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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%.
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 PE21 6TL →
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.
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% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| 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.
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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 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.