South Holland
South Holland is a town in Lincolnshire, England. It features around 1 restaurant & café, along with 9 bus stops and Spalding railway station 6.6 km away. There were around 11 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Burglary. Covers 37 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
On deprivation, South Holland is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 95,122 residents at roughly 127 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 97th of 294 English council areas — better than 67% 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
19°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 23° / 16° · 80% rain
- Tomorrow: 27° / 14° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:22
12h 53m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom
Crime
7 reported · July 2026
- Violence & sexual offences3
- Anti-social behaviour1
- Burglary1
- Other theft1
Neighbourhood team: Spalding Rural East · Lincolnshire
Local policing priorities
- Dealing with and tackling anti-social behaviour. To deal with anti-social vehicle and fatal 5 offences.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
181 reported road collisions (2024)
26 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
26 food businesses within 2 miles
- 22 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Spalding (6.6 km)
- 9 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Spalding (6.6 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£231,036 average▲ 7.6% YoY
Across South Holland · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£768 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY
- 1 bed £588
- 2 bed £733
- 3 bed £894
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
7.8× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (5.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (5.8 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
17 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: McDonalds Spalding (4.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Sports pitches4
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
95,122 residents in South Holland · 127/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 59%
- 65+: 24%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 144 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,278 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (37% of 44,760)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
48 schools · 13,743 pupils
36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other
Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)
45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Spalding High SchoolOutstanding
- Spalding Grammar SchoolGood
- University Academy Long SuttonRequires improvement
- Cowley Academy
- Spalding Academy
- University Academy Holbeach
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Holland
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
147 applications decided
81.6% granted · 120 granted, 27 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative majority
- Con 19
- Ref 6
- Oth 12
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Parks & greens2
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,400 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£673 median full-time weekly pay
3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£21,847 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
40% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 48,715 certificates
11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men
71% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Holland and The Deepings:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases515 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office460 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s391 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership367 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test289 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Moulton railway station (Lincolnshire) · 0.4 kmMoulton (Lincolnshire) railway station was a station in Moulton, Lincolnshire. Built by the Norwich and Spalding Railway,, opened on 15 November 1858, that closed to passengers on 2 March 1959.
The Moultons · 0.6 kmThe Moultons is a civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It comprises the villages and hamlets of Moulton, Moulton Chapel, Moulton Seas End, Moulton Eaugate, Austendike and Loosegate. The…
Moulton, Lincolnshire · 0.6 kmMoulton is a village in the civil parish of The Moultons, in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A151 and B1537 roads, 5 miles (8.0 km) east from the centre of Spalding and 3.5 m…
Moulton Windmill · 0.7 kmMoulton Windmill in the Lincolnshire village of Moulton, between Spalding and Holbeach is a restored windmill claimed to be the tallest tower mill in the United Kingdom.
- Whaplode railway station · 1.4 km
Whaplode railway station was a station in Whaplode, Lincolnshire. Built by the Norwich and Spalding Railway,, opened on 1 December 1858, that closed to passengers on 2 March 1959.
Whaplode · 1.6 kmWhaplode is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just west of the Prime Meridian. The parish includes the village of Whaplode Drove, and the hamlets of Shepeau Stow,…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Towns in South Holland
- Cowbit
- Crowland
- Deeping St Nicholas
- Donington
- Fleet Hargate
- Gedney
- Gedney Drove End
- Gedney Hill
- Gosberton
- Holbeach
- Holbeach Drove
- Little Sutton
- Long Sutton (South Holland)
- Low Fulney
- Lutton
- Moulton (South Holland)
- Moulton Chapel
- Moulton Seas End
- Northgate
- Northorpe
- Pinchbeck
- Pode Hole
- Quadring
- Risegate
- Saracen's Head
- Spalding
- Surfleet
- Sutton Bridge
- Sutton St Edmund
- Sutton St James
- Tydd Gote
- Tydd St Giles
- Tydd St Mary
- Weston (South Holland)
- Weston Hills
- Whaplode
- Whaplode Drove