Heckington

Heckington is covered by postcode district NG34. It is in the North Kesteven council area, Lincolnshire.

Every postcode in Heckington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Heckington, by flood risk Of the 87 postcodes in Heckington that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 86 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Heckington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A17 NG34 9FG: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GL: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JG: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JL: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JN: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JR: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JS: not on the flood risk listNG34 9JW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9NF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9PE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QQ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QR: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QS: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9QZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RA: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RG: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RL: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RN: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RQ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RR: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RX: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9SA: not on the flood risk listNG34 9SB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9SD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9SE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9SF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TS: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UG: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UL: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UN: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UQ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UR: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UX: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9UZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9WB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9WH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9WJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9WT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9WX: not on the flood risk listNG34 9WY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9XE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9XP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9RS: low flood risk at worst Heckington Map of every postcode in Heckington, by flood risk Of the 87 postcodes in Heckington that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 86 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Heckington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A17 Heckington
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 86

Of the 87 postcodes in Heckington that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 86 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.9812, longitude -0.3000. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What is it like to live in Heckington?

Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 87 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 87 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heckington, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Heckington?

Homes in Heckington sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, down 2.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£225,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£230,000
12 months to August 2026
£225,000

▼ down 2.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£292,000 37 sales
Semi-detached£207,000 16 sales
Terraced£160,500 10 sales

Across the whole NG34 district, Heckington's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Heckington: 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

Are new homes being built in Heckington?

3 of the 87 postcodes now in use in Heckington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 70 homes sold in Heckington were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG34 district, 16%.

The newest postcodes

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn HeckingtonAcross the NG34 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 63 (2%) 26 of 579 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 70 (3%) 120 of 773 (16%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Heckington?

Ofcom reports on 87 of the 87 postcodes in Heckington. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit79 of 87
Postcodes where every home can get superfast86 of 87

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 Heckington at risk of flooding?

1 of the 87 postcodes in Heckington has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 87 postcodes Low: 1

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

Which schools are in Heckington?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Heckington. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Heckington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heckington is Heckington Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.

  • Heckington Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
  • Sleaford Rail Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
  • Swineshead Rail Station Railway station 7.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Heckington?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Heckington. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Heckington safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 157 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Heckington over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 19 September 2025
  2. 16 October 2025
  3. 14 November 2025
  4. 13 December 2025
  5. 12 January 2026
  6. 12 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 11 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 17 June 2026
  11. 13 July 2026
  12. 7 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences62 reports
Anti-social behaviour47 reports
Vehicle crime11 reports
Public order7 reports
Other crime7 reports
Burglary6 reports
Other theft6 reports
Shoplifting4 reports

Also: criminal damage and arson 3, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 1, drugs 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Heckington?

District, borough or city council
North Kesteven
County council
Lincolnshire
Parliamentary constituency
Grantham and Bourne
Police force area
Lincolnshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Gareth Davies (Conservative)

All 87 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Heckington

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Heckington postcodes

87 postcodes in use in Heckington, by district:

That district is in the NG postcode area.

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Places near Heckington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Heckington's £225,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Questions about Heckington

What is it like to live in Heckington?
Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 87 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 87 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heckington, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Heckington?
Heckington is covered by postcode district NG34, across 87 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Heckington in?
Heckington is in the North Kesteven council area, and Lincolnshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Heckington?
Heckington is in the Grantham and Bourne parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Gareth Davies (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Heckington?
Homes in Heckington sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Heckington?
In Heckington, primary schools at its postcodes include Heckington St Andrew's Church of England School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Heckington House School, 5.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Heckington have a railway station?
Yes: Heckington is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Heckington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Heckington?
Ofcom reports on 87 of the 87 postcodes in Heckington. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Heckington at risk of flooding?
1 of the 87 postcodes in Heckington has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Heckington?
3 of the 87 postcodes now in use in Heckington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 70 homes sold in Heckington were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG34 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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