Schools
24 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Washingborough Academy is the nearest published school at 201 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LN4 1BX
Heighington & Washingborough · North Kesteven · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Postcode district
- LN4
- Postcode sector
- LN4 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LN4 1BX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 September 1991
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- LN
- Postcode district
- LN4
- Postcode sector
- LN4 1
- Latitude
- 53.221733
- Longitude
- -0.469236
- British National Grid easting
- 502,300
- British National Grid northing
- 370,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- North Kesteven · E07000139
- Electoral ward
- Heighington & Washingborough · E05014432
- Parish or community
- E04005846
- Westminster constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham · E14001476
- Output area
- E00133064
- Lower layer super output area
- North Kesteven 001E · E01026204
- Middle layer super output area
- North Kesteven 001 · E02005453
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LN4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 24
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 4
- 201 m
Washingborough Academy
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- 1.0 km
Heighington Millfield Primary Academy
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- 1.8 km
Cherry Willingham Primary Academy
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 165
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 67
- Anti social behaviour 35
- Shoplifting 15
- Criminal damage and arson 11
- Other theft 10
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LN4 1 residents
- 11,371
Age bands in LN4 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 28.6%
1,692 residents
982 residents
2,309 residents
3,174 residents
3,261 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.
GP practices
8
within 5 km straight-line
WASHINGBOROUGH SURGERY
SCHOOL LANE, WASHINGBOROUGH, LINCOLN, LN4 1BN
ODS code C83058
275 m
THE BRANSTON HEIGHINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE
STATION ROAD, BRANSTON, LINCOLN, LN4 1LH
ODS code C83029
2.9 km
GLEBE PARK SURGERY
UNIT 1A, THE CARLTON CENTRE, OUTER CIRCLE ROAD, LINCOLN, LN2 4WA
ODS code C83079
3.4 km
ABBEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 MONKS ROAD, LINCOLN, LN2 5HR
ODS code C83051
4.2 km
NETTLEHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE
14 LODGE LANE, NETTLEHAM, LINCOLN, LN2 2RS
ODS code C83031
4.6 km
LINDUM MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 CABOURNE COURT, LINCOLN, LN2 2JP
ODS code C83009
4.6 km
MINSTER MEDICAL PRACTICE
CABOURNE COURT, LINCOLN, LN2 2JP
ODS code C83072
4.6 km
HEART OF LINCOLN HEALTH GROUP
60 PORTLAND STREET, LINCOLN, LN5 7LB
ODS code C83001
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Park Lane Shops
BCT · Washingborough
- 0.1 miles
Alabala Close
BCT · Washingborough
- 0.1 miles
Alabala Close
BCT · Washingborough
- 0.1 miles
Park Lane Shops
BCT · Washingborough
- 0.1 miles
Park Avenue
BCT · Washingborough
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Kesteven 001E, 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
29,517 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
165 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 67 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.