North Kesteven

17°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 15° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:24

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

278 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 382 casualties · 23.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ruskington (7.3 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£243,236 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across North Kesteven · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£820 average monthly rent▲ 5.7% YoY

• 1 bed £577
• 2 bed £755
• 3 bed £918

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (8.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

118,076 residents in North Kesteven · 128/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 268 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (26% of 55,300)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

63 schools · 16,820 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 21 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Kesteven

710 CQC-registered services

• Care homes285
• GP practices106
• Dentists125
• Homecare agencies128
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lincolnshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

129 applications decided

96.9% granted · 125 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 25
• LD 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 13

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,560 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,894 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday8.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sleaford and North Hykeham:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office437 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases378 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s371 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces288 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Thompson's Bottom · 1.2 km

  Thompson's Bottom is a hamlet in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just under 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west from the A15 road, 10 miles (16 km) south from Lincoln and 6 miles (10 km) north…

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  RAF Digby · 2.1 km

  Royal Air Force Digby otherwise known as RAF Digby is a Royal Air Force station located near Scopwick and 11.6 mi (18.7 km) south east of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. The station is home to the tri-service Joint…

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  Ashby de la Launde · 2.2 km

  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 village is situated just west of Digby, and east of the…

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  Temple Bruer Preceptory · 2.6 km

  Temple Bruer Preceptory is a historic building in the civil parish of Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the few Knights Templar sites left in England where any…

• Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange · 2.6 km

  Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange is a civil parish and a former extra-parochial area in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England which had in the Medieval period been held by the Knights Templar and later by the Knig…

• Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm · 3.3 km

  Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm is a civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 796, increasing to 837 at the 2011 census. The parish in…

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