Holbeach

Holbeach is covered by postcode district PE12. It is in the South Holland council area, Lincolnshire.

Typical price £227,500 Homes sold in Holbeach, last 12 months. ▲ 1.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 172 of 229 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 221 of 229 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Holbeach, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Holbeach, by flood risk Of the 229 postcodes in Holbeach that ONS places, 10 are at medium risk at worst, 195 are at low risk at worst, 16 are at very low risk only and 8 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Holbeach. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A17A151 PE12 7DT: not on the flood risk listPE12 7DU: not on the flood risk listPE12 7DY: not on the flood risk listPE12 7EA: not on the flood risk listPE12 7LN: not on the flood risk listPE12 7NL: not on the flood risk listPE12 7NQ: not on the flood risk listPE12 8FL: not on the flood risk listPE12 7PG: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7PL: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7PN: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7QN: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7QX: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7QY: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7QZ: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7RF: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7RG: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7RH: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7RJ: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7RL: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7RN: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7RQ: very low flood risk onlyPE12 8AE: very low flood risk onlyPE12 8AF: very low flood risk onlyPE12 7AA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AD: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AG: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AN: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AR: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AS: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7AZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BD: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BG: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BL: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BN: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BQ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BS: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7BZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DD: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DG: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DL: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DN: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DQ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7ED: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EL: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EN: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7ER: low flood risk at worstPE12 7ES: low flood risk at worstPE12 7ET: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7EY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FD: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FG: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FL: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FR: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7FW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7GA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7GB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7GE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HD: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HG: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HL: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HN: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HQ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HR: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HS: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7HZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JL: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JN: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JQ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JR: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7JZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LQ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LR: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LS: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7LZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NG: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NN: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NR: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NS: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7NZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PJ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PQ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PS: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PX: low flood risk at worstPE12 7PZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QD: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QG: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QH: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QL: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QQ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QR: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QT: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7QW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RD: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RE: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RP: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RU: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RW: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RY: low flood risk at worstPE12 7RZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 7SA: low flood risk at worstPE12 7SB: low flood risk at worstPE12 7SD: low flood risk at worstPE12 8AA: low flood risk at worstPE12 8AB: low flood risk at worstPE12 8AD: low flood risk at worstPE12 8FE: low flood risk at worstPE12 8LA: low flood risk at worstPE12 8LX: low flood risk at worstPE12 8LY: low flood risk at worstPE12 8NZ: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PA: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PE: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PG: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PL: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PP: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PR: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PU: low flood risk at worstPE12 8PW: low flood risk at worstPE12 8QA: low flood risk at worstPE12 8QG: low flood risk at worstPE12 8QP: low flood risk at worstPE12 8QX: low flood risk at worstPE12 8TF: low flood risk at worstPE12 7DP: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7DR: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7DS: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7DZ: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7JA: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7JD: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7LF: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7LG: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7LL: medium flood risk at worstPE12 7ND: medium flood risk at worst Holbeach 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PE12 7DR, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PE12 7LG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Holbeach, by flood risk Of the 229 postcodes in Holbeach that ONS places, 10 are at medium risk at worst, 195 are at low risk at worst, 16 are at very low risk only and 8 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Holbeach. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A151 Holbeach 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PE12 7DR, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PE12 7LG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 10
  • At low risk at worst: 195
  • At very low risk only: 16
  • Not on the at-risk list: 8
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 229 postcodes in Holbeach that ONS places, 10 are at medium risk at worst, 195 are at low risk at worst, 16 are at very low risk only and 8 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 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 52.8040, longitude 0.0152. 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

The postcodes at medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

PE12 7LG15 at medium riskPE12 7DR10 at medium riskPE12 7LL4 at medium riskPE12 7JA3 at medium riskPE12 7DS2 at medium riskPE12 7DZ2 at medium riskPE12 7JD2 at medium riskPE12 7LF2 at medium riskPE12 7ND2 at medium riskPE12 7DP1 at medium risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PE12 7DR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PE12 7LG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Holbeach?

Homes sold for a typical £227,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 172 of the 229 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 221 of its 229 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Spalding, 11.7 km 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 Holbeach?

Homes in Holbeach sold for a typical £227,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 127 sales, up 1.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£227,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£223,635
12 months to August 2026
£227,500

▲ up 1.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£249,995 81 sales
Semi-detached£176,500 37 sales
Terraced£135,500 7 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole PE12 district, Holbeach's main postcode district: a typical £245,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Holbeach: 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 Holbeach?

31 of the 229 postcodes now in use in Holbeach came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 222 homes sold in Holbeach were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE12 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

PE12 8FLsince March 2025PE12 7FWsince June 2024PE12 8PGsince October 2023PE12 7GBsince August 2023PE12 7GEsince July 2023PE12 7FPsince June 2023

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 HolbeachAcross the PE12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 127 (0%) 27 of 539 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 33 of 222 (15%) 163 of 824 (20%)

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 Holbeach?

Ofcom reports on 229 of the 229 postcodes in Holbeach. At 172 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit172 of 229
Postcodes where every home can get superfast220 of 229

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 Holbeach at risk of flooding?

221 of the 229 postcodes in Holbeach 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 43 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 221 of 229 postcodes Medium: 43Low: 3,869Very low: 873

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 Holbeach?

The open schools at the postcodes in Holbeach. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Holbeach?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Holbeach is Spalding Rail Station, 11.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Spalding Rail Station Railway station 11.7 kmDrive
  • Boston Rail Station Railway station 19.6 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 Holbeach?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Holbeach. 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 Holbeach safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 847 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Holbeach 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. 70 September 2025
  2. 73 October 2025
  3. 54 November 2025
  4. 70 December 2025
  5. 74 January 2026
  6. 60 February 2026
  7. 82 March 2026
  8. 71 April 2026
  9. 57 May 2026
  10. 95 June 2026
  11. 75 July 2026
  12. 66 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences370 reports
Anti-social behaviour182 reports
Criminal damage and arson66 reports
Shoplifting66 reports
Public order50 reports
Other theft35 reports
Other crime23 reports
Vehicle crime21 reports

Also: burglary 14, drugs 13, robbery 3, possession of weapons 3, bicycle theft 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 Holbeach?

District, borough or city council
South Holland
County council
Lincolnshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Holland and The Deepings
Police force area
Lincolnshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

All 229 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 Holbeach

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Holbeach postcodes

229 postcodes in use in Holbeach, by district:

PE12 postcode district,229 postcodes

That district is in the PE postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Holbeach

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Holbeach's £227,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Long Sutton7.4 km, £231,500Pinchbeck11.4 km, £245,000Spalding11.7 km, £210,000Sutton Bridge12.1 km, £183,000Sutterton13.0 km, £246,500Kirton14.8 km, £220,000Leverington15.8 km, £250,000Wisbech18.3 km, £195,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Holbeach

What is it like to live in Holbeach?
Homes sold for a typical £227,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 172 of the 229 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 221 of its 229 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Spalding, 11.7 km 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 Holbeach?
Holbeach is covered by postcode district PE12, across 229 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Holbeach in?
Holbeach is in the South Holland council area, and Lincolnshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Holbeach?
Holbeach is in the South Holland and The Deepings parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir John Hayes (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Holbeach?
Homes in Holbeach sold for a typical £227,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 127 sales, up 1.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Holbeach?
In Holbeach, primary schools at its postcodes include The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and Holbeach Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include University Academy Holbeach. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Holbeach have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Holbeach is Spalding, 11.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Holbeach?
Ofcom reports on 229 of the 229 postcodes in Holbeach. At 172 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Holbeach at risk of flooding?
221 of the 229 postcodes in Holbeach 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 43 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 Holbeach?
31 of the 229 postcodes now in use in Holbeach came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 222 homes sold in Holbeach were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE12 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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