LN4 3AQ postcode in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire

LN4 3AQ is a postcode in North Kesteven, in the Metheringham Rural ward. It is in the Sleaford and North Hykeham parliamentary constituency and the Lincolnshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 65% of homes and businesses can get it. North Kesteven: 83% Typical price £251,250 Homes sold in LN4 3, last 12 months. ▲ 0.5% on the year before Nearest station Metheringham 900 m in a straight line

Where LN4 3AQ is, and what is near it

Map of LN4 3AQ and what is near it Map of LN4 3AQ: its centre point, with the 256 other postcodes in the LN4 3 sector, 3 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. LN4 3AA: also in LN4 3LN4 3AB: also in LN4 3LN4 3AE: also in LN4 3LN4 3AF: also in LN4 3LN4 3AR: also in LN4 3LN4 3AS: also in LN4 3LN4 3AY: also in LN4 3LN4 3BP: also in LN4 3LN4 3BS: also in LN4 3LN4 3BX: also in LN4 3LN4 3BY: also in LN4 3LN4 3DE: also in LN4 3LN4 3DR: also in LN4 3LN4 3DS: also in LN4 3LN4 3DT: also in LN4 3LN4 3DU: also in LN4 3LN4 3DX: also in LN4 3LN4 3DZ: also in LN4 3LN4 3EA: also in LN4 3LN4 3EB: also in LN4 3LN4 3ED: also in LN4 3LN4 3EE: also in LN4 3LN4 3EF: also in LN4 3LN4 3EJ: also in LN4 3LN4 3EL: also in LN4 3LN4 3EP: also in LN4 3LN4 3EQ: also in LN4 3LN4 3ER: also in LN4 3LN4 3ES: also in LN4 3LN4 3ET: also in LN4 3LN4 3EU: also in LN4 3LN4 3EX: also in LN4 3LN4 3EY: also in LN4 3LN4 3EZ: also in LN4 3LN4 3FA: also in LN4 3LN4 3FB: also in LN4 3LN4 3FG: also in LN4 3LN4 3FJ: also in LN4 3LN4 3FL: also in LN4 3LN4 3FP: also in LN4 3LN4 3FQ: also in LN4 3LN4 3FS: also in LN4 3LN4 3FU: also in LN4 3LN4 3GB: also in LN4 3LN4 3GD: also in LN4 3LN4 3GE: also in LN4 3LN4 3HA: also in LN4 3LN4 3HD: also in LN4 3LN4 3HF: also in LN4 3LN4 3HG: also in LN4 3LN4 3HH: also in LN4 3LN4 3HJ: also in LN4 3LN4 3HL: also in LN4 3LN4 3HN: also in LN4 3LN4 3HP: also in LN4 3LN4 3HQ: also in LN4 3LN4 3HR: also in LN4 3LN4 3HS: also in LN4 3LN4 3HT: also in LN4 3LN4 3HU: also in LN4 3LN4 3HW: also in LN4 3LN4 3HX: also in LN4 3LN4 3JH: also in LN4 3LN4 3UF: also in LN4 3LN4 3UG: also in LN4 3LN4 3WD: also in LN4 3LN4 3XB: also in LN4 3LN4 3XD: also in LN4 3LN4 3YG: also in LN4 3LN4 3YH: also in LN4 3LN4 3YN: also in LN4 3LN4 3YP: also in LN4 3LN4 3YQ: also in LN4 3LN4 3YR: also in LN4 3LN4 3YT: also in LN4 3 School 1.7 km2 places, 7.5 kmRuskington station 11.7 kmMetheringham LN4 3AQ Map of LN4 3AQ and what is near it Map of LN4 3AQ: its centre point, with the 256 other postcodes in the LN4 3 sector, 3 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. School 1.7 kmMetheringham Rural LN4 3AQ
  • LN4 3AQ
  • Other postcodes in LN4 3: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 2 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.1469, longitude -0.3900)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after LN4 3AQ?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at LN4 3AQ?

65% of the homes and businesses at LN4 3AQ can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 65% gigabit, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)65% can get it

North Kesteven: 83%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)65% can get it

North Kesteven: 97%

The line marks the figure across North Kesteven.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at LN4 3AQ?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for LN4 3AQ.

Check the bin days for LN4 3AQ on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is LN4 3AQ at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include LN4 3AQ.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across North Kesteven

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for LN4 3AQ: 1,507 properties in North Kesteven are at high risk (2.1% of all its properties). All the figures for North Kesteven

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of LN4 3AQ is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near LN4 3AQ?

Homes in LN4 3 sold for a typical £251,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 106 sales, up 0.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£251,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£250,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £300,000 60 sales
  • Semi-detached £223,625 34 sales
  • Terraced £156,250 12 sales

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

Across the whole LN4 district: a typical £245,000 from 505 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in LN4 3AQ

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in LN4 3AQ from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 9 December 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at LN4 3AQ

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at LN4 3AQ. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near LN4 3AQ?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 750 homes in the neighbourhood around LN4 3AQ. The largest share of them, 44%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1983 to 1999 than in any other period (32%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around LN4 3AQ

Band D in North Kesteven for 2026‑27: £2,338. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,559 (band A) to £2,857 (band E); band C, the most common, is £2,078.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 70 (9%)£1,559
Band Babout 200 (27%)£1,818
Band Cabout 330 (44%)£2,078
Band Dabout 130 (17%)£2,338
Band Eabout 20 (3%)£2,857
Band Fwithheld£3,377
Band Gwithheld£3,896
Band Hfewer than 5£4,676

When the homes were built

  1. 5% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 7% 1919 to 1939
  4. 7% 1945 to 1964
  5. 29% 1965 to 1982
  6. 32% 1983 to 1999
  7. 11% 2000 to 2009
  8. 3% 2010 to 2019
  9. 7% 2020 or later

Averages for North Kesteven before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of LN4 3AQ is in (ONS area E01026212), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near LN4 3AQ?

The nearest open schools to LN4 3AQ, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near LN4 3AQ, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to LN4 3AQ?

The nearest railway station to the centre of LN4 3AQ is Metheringham Rail Station, 900 metres away in a straight line.

  • Metheringham Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
  • Ruskington Rail Station Railway station 11.7 kmDrive

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

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near LN4 3AQ, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near LN4 3AQ?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of LN4 3AQ, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near LN4 3AQ?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of LN4 3AQ on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near LN4 3AQ?

The nearest to the centre of LN4 3AQ, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to LN4 3AQ?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near LN4 3AQ?

The nearest care homes to the centre of LN4 3AQ, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near LN4 3AQ?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of LN4 3AQ, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near LN4 3AQ?

The nearest vets to the centre of LN4 3AQ on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is LN4 3AQ in a conservation area?

The centre of LN4 3AQ is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near LN4 3AQ?

Police.uk records 12 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of LN4 3AQ in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences9 reports
Public order2 reports
Anti-social behaviour1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for LN4 3AQ

Ward
Metheringham Rural
Parish
Metheringham
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
Rural or urban
Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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