Stamford

9°CMist

• Today: 14° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:36

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

70US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

129 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences47
• Anti-social behaviour36
• Criminal damage & arson14
• Other theft8

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Stamford Town · Lincolnshire

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

386 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 539 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

183 food businesses within 2 miles

• 160 rated 4–5 ★ (134 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £710
• 2 bed £895
• 3 bed £1,079

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

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

2,067 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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (8.6 km)

1 station 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,702
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,637
• Net moves−935

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 51 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

91 schools · 41,268 pupils

60 primary · 12 secondary · 19 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Peterborough

273 CQC-registered services

• Care homes37
• GP practices27
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies127
• Hospitals & hospices7

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Peterborough

• In a conservation area (Stamford)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 454 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

173 applications decided

88.4% granted · 153 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 14
• LD 8
• Grn 8
• Ref 4
• Oth 16

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

173 jobs advertised · £33,700 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Peterborough, Teaching Assistant, Automotive Centre Manager

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Biomass 36% · Wind 10% · Nuclear 6%

214 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in PE9

• Lakeside Healthcare Stamford
• Stamford Ooh

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills267 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks231 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases163 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately147 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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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)