Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Fosse Way Academy is the nearest published school at 781 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LN6 8WY
Hykeham Central · North Kesteven · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hykeham Central
- Local authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Postcode district
- LN6
- Postcode sector
- LN6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LN6 8WY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 2003
- Terminated
- 1 May 2004
- Postcode area
- LN
- Postcode district
- LN6
- Postcode sector
- LN6 8
- Latitude
- 53.185354
- Longitude
- -0.575247
- British National Grid easting
- 495,303
- British National Grid northing
- 366,307
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- North Kesteven · E07000139
- Electoral ward
- Hykeham Central · E05014434
- Parish or community
- E04012157
- Westminster constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham · E14001476
- Output area
- E00133146
- Lower layer super output area
- North Kesteven 013A · E01026220
- Middle layer super output area
- North Kesteven 013 · E02006866
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 LN6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 22
- Secondary
- 5
- 781 m
Fosse Way Academy
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- 1.1 km
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
The North Hykeham All Saints Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 891
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 378
- Anti social behaviour 181
- Shoplifting 67
- Criminal damage and arson 65
- Public order 52
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LN6 8 residents
- 10,759
Age bands in LN6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.9%
1,579 residents
1,009 residents
2,289 residents
2,726 residents
2,524 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
7
within 5 km straight-line
BRANT ROAD & SPRINGCLIFFE SURGERY
291 BRANT ROAD, LINCOLN, LN5 9AB
ODS code C83078
1.3 km
RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE
MOOR LANE, NORTH HYKEHAM, LINCOLN, LN6 9AY
ODS code C83025
1.5 km
THE HEATH SURGERY
LONDON ROAD, BRACEBRIDGE HEATH, LINCOLN, LN4 2LA
ODS code C83046
2.9 km
BOULTHAM PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
BOULTHAM PARK ROAD, LINCOLN, LN6 7SS
ODS code C83014
3.0 km
BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
JASMIN ROAD, LINCOLN, LN6 0QQ
ODS code C83082
3.9 km
THE WOODLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE
JASMIN ROAD, LINCOLN, LN6 0QQ
ODS code C83041
3.9 km
HEART OF LINCOLN HEALTH GROUP
60 PORTLAND STREET, LINCOLN, LN5 7LB
ODS code C83001
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Fen Lane
BCT · North Hykeham
- 0.3 miles
Broadway
BCT · North Hykeham
- 0.3 miles
Broadway
BCT · North Hykeham
- 0.3 miles
Mulberry Avenue
BCT · North Hykeham
- 0.3 miles
Eyam Way
BCT · North Hykeham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Kesteven 013A, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,868 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
891 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 378 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.