East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a town or village in Lincolnshire, England. Covers 62 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
On deprivation, East Lindsey is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 142,296 residents at roughly 80 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 151st of 294 English council areas — better than 49% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
10°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 12° / 8° · 60% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:22
9h 19m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
391 reported road collisions (2025)
88 killed or seriously injured · 540 casualties · 27.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
11 food businesses within 2 miles
- 9 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£208,075 average▼ 0.9% YoY
Across East Lindsey · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£704 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY
- 1 bed £522
- 2 bed £666
- 3 bed £819
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
7.0× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
2,030 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Sport & leisure
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
142,296 residents in East Lindsey · 80/km²
- Under 16: 15%
- 16–64: 55%
- 65+: 30%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,102
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,494
- Net moves+2,608
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Among the most deprived areas in England
Ranked 27 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,276 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (39% of 72,750)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
78 schools · 16,934 pupils
58 primary · 12 secondary · 8 other
Ofsted: 29 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)
74 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- John Spendluffe Foundation Technology CollegeGood
- King Edward VI AcademyGood
- King Edward VI Grammar SchoolGood
- Louth AcademyGood
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective AcademyGood
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, HorncastleGood
- Skegness Grammar SchoolGood
- Skegness AcademyRequires improvement
- William Lovell Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
- Somercotes Academy
- The Banovallum School
- The Barnes Wallis Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Lindsey
Care & health services
710 CQC-registered services
- Care homes284
- GP practices108
- Dentists126
- Homecare agencies128
- Hospitals & hospices26
CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Lincolnshire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
196 applications decided
93.4% granted · 183 granted, 13 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Lab 6
- Con 26
- LD 1
- Grn 1
- Ref 6
- Oth 15
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
6,520 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
7 jobs advertised · £32,394 avg
e.g. Bank Registered Nurse, Bank Support Worker, Night Support Worker (Part Time)
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£646 median full-time weekly pay
3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£23,534 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
33% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 82,267 certificates
14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 men
73% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.5
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Louth and Horncastle:
- Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects464 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills211 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases202 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately190 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK187 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Brinkhill · 1.8 kmBrinkhill is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) west from the market town of Alford and 7 miles (11 km) north-west from Spilsb…
South Ormsby · 1.9 kmSouth Ormsby, sometimes called South Ormesby, is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) west from the A16 road, 7 miles (11 km) south from Louth and 7 miles nor…
Somersby, Lincolnshire · 2.1 kmSomersby is a village in the civil parish of Greetham with Somersby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west from Spilsby and 7 miles (11 km) east-north-east f…
Somersby Grange · 2.3 kmSomersby Grange is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Somersby, Lincolnshire.
Bluestone Heath Road · 2.4 kmThe Bluestone Heath Road is an ancient route and ridgeway across the Lincolnshire Wolds in Lincolnshire, England. The surviving parts are somewhat fragmented in places, but many still bear the name.
Ketsby · 2.5 kmKetsby is a hamlet in the civil parish of South Ormsby in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) west from the town of Alford. The population of the hamlet is included in t…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Towns in East Lindsey
- Alford (East Lindsey)
- Alvingham
- Anderby Creek
- Bardney
- Belchford
- Bilsby
- Binbrook
- Burgh le Marsh
- Chapel St Leonards
- Coningsby and Tattershall
- Covenham St Mary
- East Barkwith
- East Keal
- Friskney
- Friskney Eaudyke
- Fulstow
- Goulceby
- Grainthorpe
- Hagnaby
- Hagworthingham
- Halton Holegate
- Hogsthorpe
- Holton le Clay
- Horncastle
- Humberston and New Waltham
- Huttoft
- Ingoldmells
- Kirkby on Bain
- Legbourne
- Louth
- Ludborough
- Ludford
- Mablethorpe
- Maltby le Marsh
- Manby
- Mareham le Fen
- Marshchapel
- Mumby
- North Somercotes
- North Thoresby
- Old Bolingbroke
- Saltfleet
- Saltfleetby St Peter
- Scamblesby
- Sibsey
- Skegness
- Spilsby
- Stickford
- Stickney
- Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe
- Tattershall
- Tetford
- Tetney
- Toynton All Saints
- Utterby
- Wainfleet All Saints
- Wainfleet St Mary
- West Keal
- Willoughby (East Lindsey)
- Withern
- Woodhall Spa
- Wragby