DN16 3PX

Bottesford · North Lincolnshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Scunthorpe
Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Constituency
Scunthorpe
Postcode district
DN16
Postcode sector
DN16 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN16 3SE 86 m
DN16 3QB 112 m
DN16 3QQ 112 m
DN16 3PY 143 m
DN16 3QW 173 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN16 3PX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN16
Postcode sector
DN16 3
Latitude
53.555436
Longitude
-0.646376
British National Grid easting
489,770
British National Grid northing
407,384

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Lincolnshire · E06000013
Parish or community
E04000543
Westminster constituency
Scunthorpe · E14001462
Output area
E00066923
Lower layer super output area
North Lincolnshire 018C · E01013261
Middle layer super output area
North Lincolnshire 018 · E02002766

Postcode source versions

Explore DN16

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
210, Bottesford Lane, Scunthorpe, DN16 3PX 16 October 2015 £100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
23
Secondary
6
  1. Holme Valley Primary School

    Community school

    575 m
  2. Frederick Gough School

    Community school

    628 m
  3. Bottesford Infant School

    Community school

    634 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,170
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 885
  • Shoplifting 239
  • Criminal damage and arson 203
  • Anti social behaviour 192
  • Public order 175

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.0
DN16 3 residents
15,132

Age bands in DN16 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,683 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,511 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

3,715 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.4%

3,520 residents

Age 65 and over
20.9%

3,026 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DN16 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
80%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • CAMBRIDGE AVENUE & MESSINGHAM MC

    CAMBRIDGE AVENUE, BOTTESFORD, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 3LG

    ODS code B81022

    489 m

  • ASHBY TURN PRIMARY CARE PARTNERS

    ASHBY THE LINK, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 2UT

    ODS code B81045

    1.2 km

  • ANCORA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    291 ASHBY ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 2AB

    ODS code B81026

    1.8 km

  • CEDAR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    275 ASHBY ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN16 2AB

    ODS code B81113

    1.8 km

  • WEST COMMON LANE TEACHING PRACTICE

    DORCHESTER ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN17 1YH

    ODS code B81118

    3.2 km

  • CHURCH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 ORCHID RISE, CHURCH LANE, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 7AN

    ODS code B81064

    3.5 km

  • THE OSWALD ROAD MEDICAL SURGERY

    78 OSWALD ROAD, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 7PG

    ODS code B81090

    3.7 km

  • CHERRY TREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    IRONSTONE CENTRE, WEST STREET, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 6HX

    ODS code B81617

    4.1 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Beck Lane

    BCT · Bottesford

    0.0 miles
  • Copper Beech Walk

    BCT · Bottesford

    0.0 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Bottesford

    0.1 miles
  • Timberland

    BCT · Bottesford

    0.1 miles
  • Timberland

    BCT · Bottesford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Lincolnshire 018C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,129 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

40 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. Holme Valley Primary School is the nearest published school at 575 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,170 published events cover 12 months, averaging 180.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 885 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.