Ruskington

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

Typical price £230,000 Homes sold in Ruskington, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 117 of 123 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 41 of 123 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 66 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ruskington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ruskington, by flood risk 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. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Ruskington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. NG34 9AA: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9AZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BL: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BN: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BS: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BX: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9BZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9DA: not on the flood risk listNG34 9DD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9DE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9DG: not on the flood risk listNG34 9DH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9DQ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9ES: not on the flood risk listNG34 9ET: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EX: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9EZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FA: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FH: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FL: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FN: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FQ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FS: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9FX: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GA: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GS: not on the flood risk listNG34 9GU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HA: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HB: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HD: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HE: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HF: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HG: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HN: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HQ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HR: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HS: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HT: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HU: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HX: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HY: not on the flood risk listNG34 9HZ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9NG: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TJ: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TN: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TP: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TR: not on the flood risk listNG34 9TW: not on the flood risk listNG34 9DB: very low flood risk onlyNG34 9DF: very low flood risk onlyNG34 9HH: very low flood risk onlyNG34 9WG: very low flood risk onlyNG34 9WP: very low flood risk onlyNG34 9AG: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AJ: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AL: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AN: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AP: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AQ: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AU: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AX: low flood risk at worstNG34 9DL: low flood risk at worstNG34 9DN: low flood risk at worstNG34 9DZ: low flood risk at worstNG34 9EA: low flood risk at worstNG34 9EF: low flood risk at worstNG34 9EG: low flood risk at worstNG34 9EL: low flood risk at worstNG34 9EQ: low flood risk at worstNG34 9FJ: low flood risk at worstNG34 9FR: low flood risk at worstNG34 9GG: low flood risk at worstNG34 9GQ: low flood risk at worstNG34 9GY: low flood risk at worstNG34 9HL: low flood risk at worstNG34 9TL: low flood risk at worstNG34 9AR: high flood riskNG34 9DJ: high flood riskNG34 9DP: high flood riskNG34 9DR: high flood riskNG34 9DS: high flood riskNG34 9DT: high flood riskNG34 9DU: high flood riskNG34 9DW: high flood riskNG34 9DX: high flood riskNG34 9DY: high flood riskNG34 9ED: high flood riskNG34 9EN: high flood riskNG34 9ER: high flood risk Ruskington 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to NG34 9DP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Ruskington, by flood risk 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. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Ruskington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ruskington
  • 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

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

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.

NG34 9DP9 at high riskNG34 9DW8 at high riskNG34 9DX6 at high riskNG34 9DU5 at high riskNG34 9EN5 at high riskNG34 9DT4 at high riskNG34 9ER4 at high riskNG34 9ED4 at high riskNG34 9DJ2 at high riskNG34 9DS2 at high riskNG34 9DY2 at high riskNG34 9AR1 at high 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 September 2026. 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.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Ruskington?

Homes in Ruskington sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 67 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £218,750 from 70 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£230,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£218,750 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £270,000 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £180,000 29 sales
  • Terraced £214,000 5 sales

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 £225,000.

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 October 2026.

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 September 2025, 0 of the 70 homes sold in Ruskington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG34 district, 15%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn RuskingtonAcross the NG34 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 67 (0%) 25 of 597 (4%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 70 (0%) 116 of 769 (15%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 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.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit117 of 123
Postcodes where every home can get superfast122 of 123

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 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.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 41 of 123 postcodes High: 53Medium: 13Low: 265Very low: 78

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

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

  1. 19 September 2025
  2. 20 October 2025
  3. 18 November 2025
  4. 21 December 2025
  5. 39 January 2026
  6. 23 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 26 April 2026
  9. 22 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 36 July 2026
  12. 28 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences145 reports
Anti-social behaviour56 reports
Criminal damage and arson32 reports
Public order19 reports
Other crime12 reports
Other theft11 reports
Burglary8 reports
Shoplifting5 reports

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 postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

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?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Ruskington

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

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Ruskington postcodes

123 postcodes in use in Ruskington, by district:

NG34 postcode district,123 postcodes

That district is in the NG postcode area.

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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.

Sleaford5.5 km, £205,000Cranwell5.6 km, £195,000Billinghay8.1 km, £217,500Heckington9.3 km, £220,000Metheringham10.6 km, £245,000Navenby and Wellingore11.3 km, £337,500Coningsby and Tattershall15.6 km, £200,000Woodhall Spa16.6 km, £330,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Ruskington

What is the postcode for Ruskington?
Postcode district NG34, with 123 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Ruskington in?
North Kesteven, with Lincolnshire as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Ruskington?
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative), for Sleaford and North Hykeham. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Ruskington?
A typical £230,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 67 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are 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. Source: Department for Education.
Does Ruskington have a railway station?
Yes: Ruskington station, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
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.
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. River and sea risk for the land, not 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 September 2025, 0 of the 70 homes sold in Ruskington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG34 district, 15%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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