Stamford

18°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:26

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

143 reported · July 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences49
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Shoplifting14
• Criminal damage & arson13

Neighbourhood team: Stamford Town · Lincolnshire

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

337 reported road collisions (2024)

64 killed or seriously injured · 471 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

186 food businesses within 2 miles

• 163 rated 4–5 ★ (136 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stamford (0.3 km)
• 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,003 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY

• 1 bed £703
• 2 bed £886
• 3 bed £1,068

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

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (11.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: North Street (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches27
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

215,673 residents in Peterborough · 628/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 53 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,293 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 91,080)

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

90 schools · 40,976 pupils

60 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 34 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

82inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Peterborough

270 CQC-registered services

• Care homes38
• GP practices27
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies124
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Peterborough

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

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

142 applications decided

82.4% granted · 117 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 14
• LD 8
• Grn 7
• Ref 5
• Oth 16

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

289 jobs advertised · £33,288 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Peterborough, Mobile Mechanic, Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,966 disposable income per head (2024)

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

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 111,160 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 54% · Biomass 23% · Gas 14% · Solar 5%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 58 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s298 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership284 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills266 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Kings Mill, Stamford · 0.0 km

  King's Mill is a former watermill on Bath Row, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, at the bottom of the sloping road called St Peter's Vale. There is said to have been a mill on this site at the time of the Domesday surv…

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  Browne's Hospital, Stamford · 0.3 km

  Browne's Hospital is a medieval almshouse in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1485 by wealthy wool merchant William Browne to provide a home and a house of prayer for twelve poor men and two poor women.

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  All Saints' Church, Stamford · 0.3 km

  All Saints' Church, Stamford is an historic parish church, of the Church of England, in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It is on the north side of Red Lion Square.

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  St John the Baptist's Church, Stamford · 0.3 km

  St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the centre of the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed buildin…

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  Stamford railway station · 0.3 km

  Stamford railway station serves the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England, and is located in St Martin's. The station is 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Peterborough. It was opened by the Syston and Peterborough Railwa…

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  George Hotel, Stamford · 0.4 km

  The George Hotel is a hotel and former coaching inn on the route of the Great North Road in St Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The hotel itself and numbers 68 and 69 St Martin's, which has been incorporated…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)