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DN21 1AE

Gainsborough East · West Lindsey · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Gainsborough
Ward
Gainsborough East
Local authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough
Postcode district
DN21
Postcode sector
DN21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN21 1AS 91 m
DN21 1ED 262 m
DN21 1AW 268 m
DN21 1FS 297 m
DN21 1FL 302 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN21 1AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN21
Postcode sector
DN21 1
Latitude
53.383212
Longitude
-0.762245
British National Grid easting
482,427
British National Grid northing
388,085

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Lindsey · E07000142
Electoral ward
Gainsborough East · E05009640
Parish or community
E04006081
Westminster constituency
Gainsborough · E14001243
Output area
E00134027
Lower layer super output area
West Lindsey 004D · E01026382
Middle layer super output area
West Lindsey 004 · E02005495

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
41, Great Oaks Avenue, Gainsborough, DN21 1AE 30 September 2025 £260,095
10, Great Oaks Avenue, Gainsborough, DN21 1AE 30 September 2025 £204,995
4, Great Oaks Avenue, Gainsborough, DN21 1AE 4 July 2025 £163,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Benjamin Adlard Primary School

    Academy converter

    797 m

  2. St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough

    Voluntary controlled school

    981 m

  3. Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy

    Academy special converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,380
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 529
  • Anti social behaviour 252
  • Criminal damage and arson 184
  • Shoplifting 87
  • Other theft 67

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DN21 1 residents
13,465

Age bands in DN21 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.3%

2,703 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

1,526 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

3,487 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

3,318 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

2,306 residents

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
33.3%

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

2

within 5 km

  • CASKGATE STREET SURGERY

    ELSWITHA HALL, 3 CASKGATE STREET, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2DJ

    ODS code C83044

    2.1 km

  • CLEVELAND SURGERY

    VANESSA DRIVE, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2UQ

    ODS code C83018

    3.4 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Drovers Call Care Home

    BCT · Gainsborough

    0.2 miles

  • Drovers Call Care Home

    BCT · Gainsborough

    0.2 miles

  • Mayflower Close

    BCT · Lea

    0.3 miles

  • Gainsborough Lea Road Rail Station

    RLY · Gainsborough

    0.3 miles

  • Rail Station

    BCT · Gainsborough

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lindsey 004D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,457 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £184,495 from 4 recorded sales in DN21 1AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Lindsey is £210,732 in June 2026, up 8.9% year on year.

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Benjamin Adlard Primary School is the nearest published school at 797 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,380 published events cover 12 months, averaging 115 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 529 events.

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