West Lindsey

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:24

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

43US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Public order2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Welton and Hemswell · Lincolnshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

210 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 284 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,754 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across West Lindsey · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£741 average monthly rent▲ 10.2% YoY

• 1 bed £540
• 2 bed £673
• 3 bed £823

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,503 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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Starbucks Caenby Corner (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,153 residents in West Lindsey · 82/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,913
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,595
• Net moves+1,318

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 131 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,354 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 46,700)

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

61 schools · 13,855 pupils

45 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lindsey

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

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

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

131 applications decided

90.8% granted · 119 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative

Gainsborough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 13
• LD 14
• Oth 9

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £20,274 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant - Full Time, Term Time

Source: Adzuna

£732 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,373 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 47% · Wind 32% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

100 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LN8

• Market Rasen Surgery
• Binbrook Surgery
• The Wragby Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gainsborough:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills249 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months241 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth184 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases171 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK170 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  St Peter's Church, Normanby by Spital · 0.3 km

  St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Normanby by Spital, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is un…

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  Normanby by Spital · 0.3 km

  Normanby by Spital is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 318, increasing to 412 at the 2011 census. It is approximatel…

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  Caenby · 0.3 km

  Caenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) north of the city and county town of Lincoln. The population is included in the civil parish o…

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  Owmby-by-Spital · 0.5 km

  Owmby-by-Spital is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) east from the A15 road, 11 miles (18 km) north from Lincoln and 8 miles (13 km) west f…

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  Saxby, Lincolnshire · 1.8 km

  Saxby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 9 miles (14 km) north from Lincoln and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east from the A15 road. The population is included in…

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  East and West Firsby · 2.6 km

  East Firsby and West Firsby are two hamlets in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. They are situated about 10 miles (16 km) north from the city of Lincoln, and set in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designat…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)