LN8 6BU

Wold View · West Lindsey · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough
Postcode district
LN8
Postcode sector
LN8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LN8 6BT 695 m
LN8 6DY 750 m
LN8 6HX 1.3 km
LN8 6HU 1.5 km
LN8 6BW 1.8 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LN8 6BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LN
Postcode district
LN8
Postcode sector
LN8 6
Latitude
53.440631
Longitude
-0.149106
British National Grid easting
523,041
British National Grid northing
395,354

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Lindsey · E07000142
Electoral ward
Wold View · E05009655
Parish or community
E04006062
Westminster constituency
Gainsborough · E14001243
Output area
E00134211
Lower layer super output area
West Lindsey 003E · E01026415
Middle layer super output area
West Lindsey 003 · E02005494

Postcode source versions

Explore LN8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Binbrook CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km
  2. East Ravendale CofE Primary School Academy

    Academy converter

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Public order 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

4 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
LN8 6 residents
2,895

Age bands in LN8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.1%

368 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

254 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.4%

498 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.4%

982 residents

Age 65 and over
30.7%

931 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LN8 6 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
100%

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

  • BINBROOK SURGERY

    BACK LANE, BINBROOK, MARKET RASEN, LN8 6ED

    ODS code C83643

    2.4 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Swinhope Road

    BCT · Swinhope

    0.9 miles
  • Swinhope Road

    BCT · Swinhope

    0.9 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Swinhope

    1.0 miles
  • Kingsmead Caravan Park

    BCT · Swinhope

    1.3 miles
  • Kingsmead Caravan Park

    BCT · Swinhope

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lindsey 003E, 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

7,593 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 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. Binbrook CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

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