There is a Tesco on New Hammond Beck Road, near Swineshead Road (A52) to the west of the town. There is an Asda on Sleaford Road (A52) close to the railway station. There are Co-ops on Argyle Street (A1137), on West Street and on Eastwood Road, heading east out of the town. Wetherspoons have a pub, the Moon Under Water, close to the bridge over the river on the High Street. Bingo is played at The Gliderdrome Bingo Hall, Bostons original bingo. The Gliderdrome was famous in the 1960s for attracting top Motown acts as well as various other artists including in the 1970s Marc Bolan & T-Rex and Elton John and in the early 1980s "Yam Hologram". It is one of the very few English venues that soul legend Otis Redding performed at. It still holds dances a few time each year.

A new shopping park has recently opened on Horncastle Road. This new development has brought several large companies to the town for the first time. TK Maxx, Bathstore, Netto, SportsDirect.com and Gala Bingo which opened in January 2007. Dynamic Cassette International (Jet Tec) is one of the biggest manufacturing employers in the town.

Boston Grammar School, an all male selective school, is on South End, near the John Adams Way (A52/A16), Geoff Moulder Leisure Centre and River Witham. Its female analogue, Boston High School is on Spilsby Road (A16), in the north of the town next to the Pilgrim Hospital. These two are the only schools in the town to have sixth-forms, and they are both joining together in the near future. Haven High Technology College is on Marian Road to the north of the town. Boston College is on Skirbeck Road.

Bostons twin towns include: Boston, Massachusetts (United States of America); Laval (France); Bostons link with Laval is one of the oldest twinnings in the world. Hakusan (Japan).