Property market | £173,541 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Doncaster Sheffield (53.7 miles) | |
Broadband | 42.2mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 94.7% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 5.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 540 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 196 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Boston and Skegness level) | |
Community | Median age is 41.9 | Happiness is Below Average for Lincolnshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Boston) | |
Commute (approx) | - York (118 mins) - Kings Cross (136 mins) - Leeds (137 mins) - Birmingham New Street (164 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (216 mins) | |
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£173,541 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Doncaster Sheffield (53.7 miles) | |
42.2mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 41.9 | Happiness is Below Average for Lincolnshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 540 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 196 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Boston and Skegness level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Boston) | |
- York (118 mins) - Kings Cross (136 mins) - Leeds (137 mins) - Birmingham New Street (164 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (216 mins) | |
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Boston Long Hedges has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Boston Long Hedges has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £278,843, which is up 1.6% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £173,541 (up 1.6% on last year) , a terraced house £137,775 (up 0.2% on last year) and a flat £93,968. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £583 per month. Property prices in Boston Long Hedges are slightly lower than the average property prices across Lincolnshire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Boston Long Hedges, prices have increased, while prices decreased across the Lincolnshire region.
Property data is based on Boston level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Boston Long Hedges, or click here to browse the longer list of Boston Long Hedges property transactions from 2023.
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Boston Long Hedges has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including The John Fielding Special School (Special school) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Ashlawn Drive, Boston. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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Hawthorn Tree School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
The Sibsey Free Primary School | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | No |
Tower Road Academy | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | No |
Boston High School | Secondary school Academy converter - Girls | No |
The John Fielding Special School | Primary & Secondary Academy special converter - Mixed | No |
Boston St Mary's RC Primary Voluntary Academy | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | No |
St Nicholas CE Primary Academy | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Hawthorn Tree School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (11/10/2016) | 40 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Boston |
The Sibsey Free Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | 2: Good (10/12/2011) | 68 submissions 99.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Boston |
Tower Road Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (3/21/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Boston | |
Boston High School Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Girls | 2: Good (11/14/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Boston | |
The John Fielding Special School Save school | Primary & Secondary Academy special converter - Mixed | 2: Good (3/7/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Boston | |
Boston St Mary's RC Primary Voluntary Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (3/16/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Boston | |
St Nicholas CE Primary Academy Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (7/11/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Boston |
School | Type |
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Hawthorn Tree School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/10/2016) 40 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
The Sibsey Free Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (10/12/2011) 68 submissions 99.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Tower Road Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (3/21/2014) |
Boston High School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (11/14/2014) |
The John Fielding Special School Ofsted report Save school | Primary & Secondary Latest rating - 2: Good (3/7/2013) |
Boston St Mary's RC Primary Voluntary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (3/16/2012) |
St Nicholas CE Primary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (7/11/2019) |
Station | Distance from Boston Long Hedges | Commute options |
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Boston A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -7% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 118 mins - Grand Central) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 136 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 137 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 164 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Hubberts Bridge A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 111 mins - Grand Central) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 129 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 130 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 157 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Boston) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Boston residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 94.7% | 81.7% |
Asian | 2.0% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 1.4% | 2.9% |
Other | 1.2% | 2.1% |
Black | 0.7% | 4.0% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Boston and Skegness consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 9.7% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.3% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 6.1% | 540 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 14.9% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 7.1% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 15.5% | |
Routine occupations | 21.8% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 9.1% | 196 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.4% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Lincolnshire is average (57mbps). Boston Long Hedges is slower than this, with average download speeds of 42.2mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Boston and Skegness level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 42.2 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 88.6% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 3.0% |
Crime stats were found at the Boston level:
Type | Boston | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 83 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 6 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 2 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 34 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Boston Long Hedges.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Lincs and Northants | The Wash, River Witham | Area at risk from the furthest extent of tidal flooding from Wainfleet All Saints to Langrick, including Friskney, Stickney and Sibsey |
Lincs and Northants | The Wash, River Witham, River Welland, River Nene | Far extent of tidal flooding from the Wash between Gibraltar point and Admiralty Point and the Tidal River Witham, the Tidal River Welland and the Tidal River Nene |
Lincs and Northants | The Wash | Areas near the Wash frontage in Lincolnshire, from Gibraltar Point to Kirton Marsh |
Lincs and Northants | River Witham, South Delph | Lower River Witham from Lincoln to Boston. Tributaries may also affect Woodhall Spa, Coningsby, South Kyme, and Bardney |
Lincs and Northants | South Forty Foot Drain and tributaries | Isolated properties and villages in wider low lying areas east of the South Forty Foot Drain and minor tributaries from Bourne to Boston |
Lincs and Northants | The Wash, River Witham | Tidal flooding in areas to the North of Boston, including Frithville, Fishtoft Drove, Hilldyke and Boston Long Hedges |
Lincs and Northants | East Fen Catchwater, West Fen Catchwater, Maud Fos | East and West Fen Catchwaters plus the Stonebridge Drain to the north of Boston |
Lincs and Northants | The Wash | Gibralter Point to Freiston Shore including Croppers Lane, Grovefield Lane, Cut End Road, Lamb Lane and Sea Lane |
Lincs and Northants | West Fen Catchwater, Stonebridge Drain, River Witham | Wider area at risk from the West Fen Catchwater Drain, Stonebridge Drain, and the lower River Witham, including Wildmore Fen, West Fen, Frithville, Gipsey Bridge and Langrick |
Lincs and Northants | River Witham, Witham Haven and Maud Foster Drain | Tidal flooding to the East of the Tidal Witham in Boston and surrounding areas, including Fishtoft |
Lincs and Northants | Tidal River Witham, Witham Haven | Areas near the Witham Haven, from Skirbeck to Hobhole Drain, including Spilsby road and Fishtoft |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Boston Long Hedges, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £173,541 Detached: £278,843 | 83 | Primary: Secondary: | 6.1% residents in higher managerial positions 9.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Stamford, Lincolnshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £254,634 Detached: £398,071 | 61 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 | 12.4% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Oasby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £254,634 Detached: £398,071 | 61 | Primary: Secondary: | 12.4% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Navenby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £215,217 Detached: £318,484 | 42 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 12.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Heckington, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £215,217 Detached: £318,484 | 42 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 12.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,385 Detached: £293,113 | 77 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 8.2% residents in higher managerial positions 9.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Tealby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £183,279 Detached: £284,541 | 66 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 11.1% residents in higher managerial positions 7.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Walesby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £183,279 Detached: £284,541 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 11.1% residents in higher managerial positions 7.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Boston Long Hedges, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £173,541 Detached: £278,843 | 83 | Primary: Secondary: |
Stamford, Lincolnshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £254,634 Detached: £398,071 | 61 | Primary: 4Secondary: 2 |
Oasby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £254,634 Detached: £398,071 | 61 | Primary: Secondary: |
Navenby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £215,217 Detached: £318,484 | 42 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Heckington, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £215,217 Detached: £318,484 | 42 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,385 Detached: £293,113 | 77 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Tealby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £183,279 Detached: £284,541 | 66 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Walesby, Lincolnshire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £183,279 Detached: £284,541 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
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