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14 nurseries in LN6 (North Hykeham, South Hykeham, Birchwood)

Every day nursery with a LN6 postcode, best rated first, and what a place costs in East Midlands after the free hours.

14 day nurseries
1 with a new report card (7%)
773 places in total
£130 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Day nurseries in LN6 (North Hykeham, South Hykeham, Birchwood), best rated first

All 14 day nurseries in LN6 (North Hykeham, South Hykeham, Birchwood)
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Appletree Corner Daycare & Pre-School LN6 9XGExpected standard in 5 of 610 February 2026109
2Park School Day Nursery Ltd LN6 9QSGood18 July 202450
3Paper Moon Day Nursery LN6 7THGood11 April 202434
4Kindred Hykeham Nursery and Pre-School LN6 3QPGood21 March 2024147
5Bright Beginnings LN6 7XNGood31 January 202464
6YMCA Woodlands Nursery LN6 0PFGood26 January 202432
7YMCA Showroom Pre-School Playgroup LN6 7QYGood12 January 202424
8Swallows Nest Pre-School LN6 7EPGood20 July 202324
9Angels Childcare LN6 3TAGood22 June 202364
10The Village Pre School and Kids Club LN6 5UZGood31 January 202324
11Paper Moon Day Nursery LN6 0QQGood17 October 202270
12Thorpe on the Hill Playgroup LN6 9BNGood1 July 202214
13Nutwood Day Nursery LN6 8RYGood24 January 202249
14Yellow Brick Road, North Hykeham LN6 9PDNot yet gradedNot yet68

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LN6 is in Lincolnshire, covering Lincoln.

Nursery fees in LN6

What day nurseries in East Midlands charge on average. Fees in LN6 itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, East Midlands, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age25 hours a week50 hours a week
Under 2£165no funded hours£128after 30 funded hours
2 years old£159no funded hours£130after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old£62after the free 15 hours£123after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in LN6

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in LN6 as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

WhoFree hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.