LN8 2DQ

Waddingham and Spital · West Lindsey · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Market Rasen
Local authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough
Postcode district
LN8
Postcode sector
LN8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LN8 2DH 193 m
LN8 2DA 1.0 km
LN8 2HN 1.2 km
LN8 2HP 1.2 km
LN8 2HW 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LN8 2DQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LN
Postcode district
LN8
Postcode sector
LN8 2
Latitude
53.363709
Longitude
-0.492753
British National Grid easting
500,397
British National Grid northing
386,260

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Lindsey · E07000142
Parish or community
E04006039
Westminster constituency
Gainsborough · E14001243
Output area
E00134186
Lower layer super output area
West Lindsey 005D · E01026411
Middle layer super output area
West Lindsey 005 · E02005496

Postcode source versions

Explore LN8

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Manor Cottage, Cliff Road, Saxby, Market Rasen, LN8 2DQ 16 April 2018 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Normanby Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  2. The Hackthorn Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

6 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.5
LN8 2 residents
1,826

Age bands in LN8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

264 residents

Age 15 to 24
7%

128 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

359 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

584 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

499 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LN8 2 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
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
83.3%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Saxby

    0.1 miles
  • Village Lane End

    BCT · Saxby

    0.3 miles
  • Village Lane End

    BCT · Saxby

    0.3 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · East Firsby

    0.6 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Owmby by Spital

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lindsey 005D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,333 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Normanby Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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