Ruskington
Ruskington is covered by postcode district NG34. It is in the North Kesteven council area, Lincolnshire.
Every postcode in Ruskington, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 13
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 23
- At very low risk only: 5
- Not on the at-risk list: 82
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 123 postcodes in Ruskington that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 23 are at low risk at worst, 5 are at very low risk only and 82 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.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0455, longitude -0.3889. 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 high risk
13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. NG34 9DP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Ruskington?
Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.5% on the 12 months before. At 117 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 66 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 123 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ruskington, 700 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 Ruskington?
Homes in Ruskington sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 4.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £265,000 31 sales
- Semi-detached £180,000 29 sales
- Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NG34 district, Ruskington's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ruskington: 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 Ruskington?
None of the 123 postcodes now in use in Ruskington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 77 homes sold in Ruskington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG34 district, 16%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Ruskington | Across the NG34 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 64 (0%) | 26 of 579 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 77 (0%) | 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 Ruskington?
Ofcom reports on 123 of the 123 postcodes in Ruskington. At 117 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ruskington at risk of flooding?
41 of the 123 postcodes in Ruskington 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 66 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Ruskington?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ruskington. 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.
Primary
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 Ruskington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ruskington is Ruskington Rail Station, 700 m away in a straight line.
- Ruskington Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Sleaford Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
- Rauceby Rail Station Railway station 8.1 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 Ruskington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ruskington. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ruskington Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01526 832204 850 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ruskington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 295 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ruskington 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
- 19 September 2025
- 20 October 2025
- 18 November 2025
- 21 December 2025
- 39 January 2026
- 23 February 2026
- 25 March 2026
- 26 April 2026
- 22 May 2026
- 18 June 2026
- 36 July 2026
- 28 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 4, bicycle theft 1, drugs 1, robbery 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 postcodeSource: 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 Ruskington?
- District, borough or city council
- North Kesteven
- County council
- Lincolnshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Police force area
- Lincolnshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
All 123 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 Ruskington
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell North Kesteven about council tax Council tax, on n-kesteven.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ruskington
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Ruskington postcodes
123 postcodes in use in Ruskington, by district:
That district is in the NG 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 Ruskington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ruskington's £230,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ruskington
- What is it like to live in Ruskington?
- Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.5% on the 12 months before. At 117 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 66 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 123 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ruskington, 700 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 Ruskington?
- Ruskington is covered by postcode district NG34, across 123 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Ruskington in?
- Ruskington is in the North Kesteven council area, and Lincolnshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Ruskington?
- Ruskington is in the Sleaford and North Hykeham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Ruskington?
- Homes in Ruskington sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 4.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ruskington?
- In Ruskington, primary schools at its postcodes include Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington and Ruskington Chestnut Street Church of England Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Carre's Grammar School, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Ruskington have a railway station?
- Yes: Ruskington is 700 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Ruskington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ruskington?
- Ofcom reports on 123 of the 123 postcodes in Ruskington. At 117 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ruskington at risk of flooding?
- 41 of the 123 postcodes in Ruskington 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 66 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 Ruskington?
- None of the 123 postcodes now in use in Ruskington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 77 homes sold in Ruskington were newly built (0%), 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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