Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe is covered by postcode district LN6. It is in the North Kesteven council area, Lincolnshire.

Typical price £240,000 Homes sold in Skellingthorpe, last 12 months. ▼ 4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 55 of 86 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 37 of 86 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 130 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Skellingthorpe, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Skellingthorpe, by flood risk Of the 86 postcodes in Skellingthorpe that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 14 are at low risk at worst and 49 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Skellingthorpe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. LN6 4AE: not on the flood risk listLN6 4RD: not on the flood risk listLN6 4RL: not on the flood risk listLN6 4RN: not on the flood risk listLN6 5AL: not on the flood risk listLN6 5BL: not on the flood risk listLN6 5RA: not on the flood risk listLN6 5RB: not on the flood risk listLN6 5RY: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SE: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SG: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SH: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SJ: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SL: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SN: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SP: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SQ: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SR: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SS: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SW: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SY: not on the flood risk listLN6 5SZ: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TA: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TB: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TD: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TE: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TF: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TG: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TH: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TJ: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TL: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TN: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TP: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TQ: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TT: not on the flood risk listLN6 5TW: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UD: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UE: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UF: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UG: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UH: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UL: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UN: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UR: not on the flood risk listLN6 5UY: not on the flood risk listLN6 5XG: not on the flood risk listLN6 5XN: not on the flood risk listLN6 5XW: not on the flood risk listLN6 4RH: low flood risk at worstLN6 5AW: low flood risk at worstLN6 5AR: low flood risk at worstLN6 5AS: low flood risk at worstLN6 5AT: low flood risk at worstLN6 5AU: low flood risk at worstLN6 5RD: low flood risk at worstLN6 5ST: low flood risk at worstLN6 5SU: low flood risk at worstLN6 5TU: low flood risk at worstLN6 5UU: low flood risk at worstLN6 5UZ: low flood risk at worstLN6 5XA: low flood risk at worstLN6 5XJ: low flood risk at worstLN6 5TS: medium flood risk at worstLN6 4RJ: high flood riskLN6 5AA: high flood riskLN6 5AD: high flood riskLN6 5AX: high flood riskLN6 5SA: high flood riskLN6 5SD: high flood riskLN6 5SF: high flood riskLN6 5TR: high flood riskLN6 5TY: high flood riskLN6 5UA: high flood riskLN6 5UB: high flood riskLN6 5UJ: high flood riskLN6 5UP: high flood riskLN6 5UT: high flood riskLN6 5UW: high flood riskLN6 5UX: high flood riskLN6 5XB: high flood riskLN6 5XF: high flood riskLN6 5XL: high flood riskLN6 5XP: high flood riskLN6 5XR: high flood riskLN6 5XS: high flood risk Skellingthorpe 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LN6 5XL, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk10 postcodes at high or medium risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LN6 5TR, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Skellingthorpe, by flood risk Of the 86 postcodes in Skellingthorpe that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 14 are at low risk at worst and 49 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Skellingthorpe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Skellingthorpe 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to LN6 5TR, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 22
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 14
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 49
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 86 postcodes in Skellingthorpe that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 14 are at low risk at worst and 49 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 190 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 53.2337, longitude -0.6174. 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

22 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.

LN6 5AA24 at high riskLN6 5AD16 at high riskLN6 5XL11 at high riskLN6 5UT10 at high riskLN6 5AX7 at high riskLN6 5UX7 at high riskLN6 5XF7 at high riskLN6 5TY5 at high riskLN6 5UA5 at high riskLN6 5SD4 at high riskLN6 5XR4 at high riskLN6 5XS4 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN6 5XL, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN6 5TR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Skellingthorpe?

Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4% on the 12 months before. At 55 of the 86 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 130 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 86 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Birchwood Medical Practice, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hykeham, 4.4 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 Skellingthorpe?

Homes in Skellingthorpe sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£240,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£250,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £255,000 27 sales
  • Semi-detached £215,000 9 sales
  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole LN6 district, Skellingthorpe's main postcode district: a typical £226,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Skellingthorpe: 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 Skellingthorpe?

3 of the 86 postcodes now in use in Skellingthorpe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 56 homes sold in Skellingthorpe were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LN6 district, 8%.

The newest postcodes

LN6 5ALsince July 2025LN6 5AGsince June 2025LN6 5ADsince April 2020

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 SkellingthorpeAcross the LN6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 37 (0%) 10 of 814 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 56 (2%) 82 of 1,033 (8%)

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 Skellingthorpe?

Ofcom reports on 86 of the 86 postcodes in Skellingthorpe. At 55 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit55 of 86
Postcodes where every home can get superfast82 of 86

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 Skellingthorpe at risk of flooding?

37 of the 86 postcodes in Skellingthorpe 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 130 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 37 of 86 postcodes High: 117Medium: 13Low: 265Very low: 6

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 Skellingthorpe?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Skellingthorpe. 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

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 Skellingthorpe?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Skellingthorpe is Hykeham Rail Station, 4.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Hykeham Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Saxilby Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
  • Lincoln Central Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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 Skellingthorpe?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Skellingthorpe. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Skellingthorpe safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 264 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Skellingthorpe 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. 19 October 2025
  3. 26 November 2025
  4. 13 December 2025
  5. 16 January 2026
  6. 24 February 2026
  7. 29 March 2026
  8. 15 April 2026
  9. 25 May 2026
  10. 15 June 2026
  11. 31 July 2026
  12. 32 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences99 reports
Anti-social behaviour68 reports
Criminal damage and arson34 reports
Public order16 reports
Other crime12 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports
Shoplifting8 reports
Other theft7 reports

Also: drugs 5, burglary 3, bicycle theft 2, theft from the person 1, possession of weapons 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 Skellingthorpe?

District, borough or city council
North Kesteven
County council
Lincolnshire
Parliamentary constituency
Lincoln
Police force area
Lincolnshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Mr Hamish Falconer (Labour)

All 86 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

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Skellingthorpe postcodes

86 postcodes in use in Skellingthorpe, by district:

LN6 postcode district,86 postcodes

That district is in the LN postcode area.

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Places near Skellingthorpe

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Skellingthorpe's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Lincoln4.6 km, £192,500Saxilby5.0 km, £256,500North Hykeham5.5 km, £230,000Bracebridge Heath7.2 km, £225,000Waddington8.2 km, £230,000Nettleham9.4 km, £330,000Witham St Hughs9.8 km, £230,000Washingborough and Heighington10.2 km, £253,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Skellingthorpe

What is it like to live in Skellingthorpe?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4% on the 12 months before. At 55 of the 86 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 130 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 86 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Birchwood Medical Practice, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hykeham, 4.4 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 Skellingthorpe?
Skellingthorpe is covered by postcode district LN6, across 86 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Skellingthorpe in?
Skellingthorpe is in the North Kesteven council area, and Lincolnshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Skellingthorpe?
Skellingthorpe is in the Lincoln parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mr Hamish Falconer (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Skellingthorpe?
Homes in Skellingthorpe sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Skellingthorpe?
In Skellingthorpe, primary schools at its postcodes include Skellingthorpe the Holt Primary School and St Lawrence Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Willows School, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Skellingthorpe have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Skellingthorpe is Hykeham, 4.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Skellingthorpe?
Ofcom reports on 86 of the 86 postcodes in Skellingthorpe. At 55 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Skellingthorpe at risk of flooding?
37 of the 86 postcodes in Skellingthorpe 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 130 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 Skellingthorpe?
3 of the 86 postcodes now in use in Skellingthorpe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 56 homes sold in Skellingthorpe were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LN6 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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