LN6 postcode district: Lincoln and around

LN6 is a postcode district mostly in Lincolnshire, with 1,486 postcodes in use in 8 sectors. It has postcodes in Lincoln, North Hykeham, Skellingthorpe and 1 more place. It is split between 3 councils: Lincoln (759 postcodes), North Kesteven (726) and Newark and Sherwood (1). 1,485 are in Lincolnshire and 1 in Nottinghamshire.

Postcodes in use: 1,486
Sectors: 8
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 4 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in LN6, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 67
In use before 2020: 1,419
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,486 postcodes in LN6 that ONS places, 67 are new since 2020 and 1,419 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.1995, longitude -0.6016. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

LN6 0EEJuly 2026 LN6 0GYJuly 2026 LN6 6BGJuly 2026 LN6 6BJJuly 2026 LN6 6BDJune 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

29 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LN6 6BG, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in LN6?

Ofcom reports on 1,443 of the 1,486 postcodes in LN6. At 1,206 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 16 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,206 of 1,443

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,350 of 1,443

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband16 of 1,443

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is LN6 at risk of flooding?

241 of the 1,486 postcodes in LN6 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3,361 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 241 of 1,486 postcodes High: 370Medium: 2,991Low: 4,058Very low: 57

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in LN6?

Homes in LN6 sold for a typical £226,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 814 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£226,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£230,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 1.4% on the 12 months before

Detached £287,500 345 sales
Semi-detached £218,500 306 sales
Terraced £175,000 128 sales
Flat or maisonette £114,000 35 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it