LN8 postcode district: Market Rasen and around

LN8 is a postcode district mostly in Lincolnshire, with 691 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Market Rasen. It is split between 3 councils: West Lindsey (509 postcodes), East Lindsey (181) and North East Lincolnshire (1). 690 are in Lincolnshire. ONS lists no county for the other 1.

Postcodes in use: 691
Sectors: 5
Councils: 3 councils
Places: Market Rasen

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

Every postcode in LN8, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 54
In use before 2020: 637
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 691 postcodes in LN8 that ONS places, 54 are new since 2020 and 637 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 240 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 53.3746, longitude -0.3261. 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

LN8 3RUJuly 2026 LN8 5ASJuly 2026 LN8 9EAJuly 2026 LN8 3XYJune 2026 LN8 3RTMay 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LN8 3XY, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LN8 3ZS, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LN8 5AS, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LN8 9EA, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in LN8?

Ofcom reports on 670 of the 691 postcodes in LN8. At 160 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 35 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit160 of 670

Postcodes where every home can get superfast427 of 670

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband35 of 670

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 LN8 at risk of flooding?

94 of the 691 postcodes in LN8 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 253 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 94 of 691 postcodes High: 129Medium: 124Low: 408Very low: 149

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 LN8?

Homes in LN8 sold for a typical £224,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 252 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£224,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£241,123 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 7.1% on the 12 months before

Detached £279,000 144 sales
Semi-detached £185,000 56 sales
Terraced £155,000 45 sales
Flat or maisonette £60,000 7 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