The LN postcode area, also known as the Lincoln postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Alford

Alford, Lincolnshire

- Notable residents :* Captain John Smith who lived in nearby Willoughby* Anne Hutchinson, pioneer settler and religious reformer in the United States* Thomas Paine, who was an excise officer in the town....

, Horncastle, Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

, Louth

Louth, Lincolnshire

Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...

, Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe is a small seaside town in East Lindsey on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Several small caravan parks exist around Mablethorpe. The town is administered with Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe, as the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...

, Market Rasen

Market Rasen

Market Rasen is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the River Rase northeast of Lincoln, east of Gainsborough and southwest of Grimsby. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 3,200....

 and Woodhall Spa

Woodhall Spa

Woodhall Spa is a civil parish and village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England within a wooded area on the Southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, about south-west of Horncastle and about east-south-east of Lincoln...

 in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
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| Stow

Stow, Lincolnshire

Stow is a small village and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is eleven miles northwest of the city of Lincoln and six miles southeast of Gainsborough, and has a total resident population of 355.Stow dates back to Roman times and in the...

, City Centre
| West Lindsey

West Lindsey

West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District...

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| LINCOLN
| Nettleham

Nettleham

Nettleham is a large village and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:It is located four miles north-east of the city of Lincoln between the A46 and A158, and has a total resident population of 6,514....

, Ermine & St Giles Estates
| West Lindsey
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! LN3
| LINCOLN
| Fiskerton

Fiskerton, Lincolnshire

Fiskerton is a small commuter village within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, located approximately east of the city of Lincoln and on the north side of the River Witham.-History:...

, Cherry Willingham

Cherry Willingham

Cherry Willingham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies approximately four miles outside the city of Lincoln. Neighbouring villages are Reepham, Nettleham and Fiskerton....

, Bardney

Bardney

Bardney is a village and Civil Parish east of Lincoln, sitting on the north side of the River Witham in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-The village:...

, Reepham

Reepham, Lincolnshire

Reepham is a small village in Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles north east of Lincoln, and lies in the district of West Lindsey. Approximately 1250 people populate the village....

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! LN4
| LINCOLN
| Branston

Branston, Lincolnshire

Branston is a large village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately south-east of Lincoln.In the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 4019.-Geography:...

, Canwick

Canwick

Canwick is village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies two miles south of the city of Lincoln. The village, with commanding views of Lincoln, overlooks the Witham Valley, where the River Witham follows an ice-age cut through the jurassic limestone ridge...

, Coningsby

Coningsby

Coningsby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Taking its name from the Old Norse 'konungr' meaning 'King' with an Old Norse suffix 'by' meaning 'the settlement of' which gives Coningsby the meaning 'The Settlement of the King'...

, Dunston

Dunston, Lincolnshire

Dunston is a small village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies close to the B1188 between Nocton to the north and Metheringham to the south.In Domesday the village is written as Dunestune, meaning "Dune's farm"....

, Heighington

Heighington, Lincolnshire

Heighington is a village, located south-east from Lincoln, England, in the district of North Kesteven.-Geography:It adjoins to the south of Washingborough. The Peterborough to Lincoln Line passes through the west of the village. The Branston and Heighington railway station closed in the 1960s and...

, Nocton

Nocton

Nocton is a village south of Lincoln in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. To the east of the village is Nocton Fen, and a small area known locally as Wasps Nest....

, Washingborough

Washingborough

Washingborough is a large village east of the city of Lincoln in North Kesteven, located on the lower slopes of the limestone escarpment known as the Lincoln Cliff where the River Witham breaks through the Lincoln Edge.-Geography:...

, Timberland

Timberland, Lincolnshire

Timberland is situated just south of Martin in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England on Timberland Fen.-Geography:Timberland is situated near the Car Dyke, which used to be navigable....

, Martin

Martin, Lincolnshire

Martin is a small, ancient, village just north of Timberland, Lincolnshire, located on the a large flat Fen through which the River Witham runs...

, Ashby de la Launde

Ashby De La Launde

Ashby de la Launde is a small village, part of the civil parish of Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.The villages is located just west of Digby, and east of the A15 and B1191 roads...

, Scopwick
| North Kesteven

North Kesteven

North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County...

, East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

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! LN5
| LINCOLN
| Waddington
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| LINCOLN
| Doddington Park, Birchwood

Birchwood, Lincolnshire

Birchwood is a housing estate in the south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.It is one of the largest housing estates in Europe. The estate is currently undergoing redevelopment following investment. The shopping centre located in the middle of the estate is currently being rebuilt. . It has a few...

, North

North Hykeham

North Hykeham is administratively a town immediately south of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Geographically it is part of the greater Lincoln urban sprawl, and comprises 4,915 dwellings...

/South Hykeham

South Hykeham

South Hykeham is a village and former civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about south west of the city of Lincoln on the A16...

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| LOUTH
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| MABLETHORPE
| Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe

Mablethorpe is a small seaside town in East Lindsey on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Several small caravan parks exist around Mablethorpe. The town is administered with Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe, as the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...

, Sutton-on-Sea

Sutton-on-Sea

Sutton-on-Sea is a small seaside village on the coast of Lincolnshire, England. It is close to Trusthorpe and Mablethorpe, and is part of the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...

| East Lindsey

East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

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Unlike most cities, LN1 is not confined to Lincoln city centre, and covers the west of the city outwards to the area border.