PE20 3PY

Swineshead and Holland Fen · Boston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Boston
Constituency
Boston and Skegness
Postcode district
PE20
Postcode sector
PE20 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE20 3PX 503 m
PE20 3PZ 866 m
PE20 3PU 971 m
PE20 3PT 1.0 km
PE20 3PH 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE20 3PY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 September 2019
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE20
Postcode sector
PE20 3
Latitude
52.979268
Longitude
-0.186765
British National Grid easting
521,840
British National Grid northing
343,971

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Boston · E07000136
Parish or community
E04005584
Westminster constituency
Boston and Skegness · E14001114
Output area
E00132116
Lower layer super output area
Boston 006B · E01026033
Middle layer super output area
Boston 006 · E02005422

Postcode source versions

Explore PE20

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Heckington House School

    Other independent school

    2.4 km
  2. The Pilgrim School

    Community special school

    3.3 km
  3. Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Public order 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PE20 3 residents
5,227

Age bands in PE20 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

733 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

470 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

1,022 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

1,358 residents

Age 65 and over
24.8%

1,179 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • SWINESHEAD SURGERY

    FAIRFAX HOUSE, 1 PACKHORSE LANE, SWINESHEAD, BOSTON, PE20 3JE

    ODS code C83015

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Brown's Drove

    BCT · Swineshead Bridge

    0.6 miles
  • Brown's Drove

    BCT · Swineshead Bridge

    0.6 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Swineshead Bridge

    0.6 miles
  • Barge Hotel

    BCT · Swineshead Bridge

    0.6 miles
  • Barge Hotel

    BCT · Swineshead Bridge

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Boston 006B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,617 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heckington House 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

21 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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