LN3 5AQ

Dunholme and Welton · West Lindsey · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lincoln
Local authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough
Postcode district
LN3
Postcode sector
LN3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LN3 5AG 699 m
LN3 5AT 1.5 km
LN3 5AJ 1.5 km
LN8 3SA 1.7 km
LN8 3QQ 1.8 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LN3 5AQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LN
Postcode district
LN3
Postcode sector
LN3 5
Latitude
53.349722
Longitude
-0.361113
British National Grid easting
509,192
British National Grid northing
384,897

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Lindsey · E07000142
Parish or community
E04005971
Westminster constituency
Gainsborough · E14001243
Output area
E00134069
Lower layer super output area
West Lindsey 003B · E01026390
Middle layer super output area
West Lindsey 003 · E02005494

Postcode source versions

Explore LN3

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Roadside Cottage, Buslingthorpe, Lincoln, LN3 5AQ 28 February 2025 £295,000
The Workshop, Shortwood Lane, Buslingthorpe, Lincoln, LN3 5AQ 13 January 2025 £20,000
Lissingley, Shortwood Lane, Buslingthorpe, Lincoln, LN3 5AQ 18 November 2021 £640,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Acacia School

    Other independent special school

    2.4 km
  2. Faldingworth Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.6 km
  3. The Market Rasen Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

21 female, 20 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.9
LN3 5 residents
3,494

Age bands in LN3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

554 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

341 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

808 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

954 residents

Age 65 and over
23.9%

836 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LN3 5 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
29.4%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
94.1%

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

1

within 5 km

  • MARKET RASEN SURGERY

    MILL ROAD, MARKET RASEN, LN8 3BP

    ODS code C83043

    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

  • Council Houses

    BCT · Buslingthorpe

    0.9 miles
  • Council Houses

    BCT · Buslingthorpe

    0.9 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Buslingthorpe

    1.0 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Lissington

    1.4 miles
  • White Hart PH

    BCT · Lissington

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lindsey 003B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,923 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £408,000 from 4 recorded sales in LN3 5AQ. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Acacia School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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