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Ashby de la Launde

Ashby de la Launde is a town or village in Lincolnshire, England. It has two bus stops and the nearest railway station is Metheringham, 5.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ashby de la Launde area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Kesteven area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 118,076 residents at roughly 128 people per km².

Council
North Kesteven
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham
Police force
Lincolnshire
75/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 3rd of 294 English council areas — better than 99% of them.

Low crime98
Home affordability69
Affordable rents78
Good schools45
Life expectancy65
Low deprivation84
Employment88
Low council tax74

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 12° · 60% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:27

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Sleaford Rural North · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Targeting the activities of drug dealers who affect the quality of life of others in our communities, and protective the vulnerable who a…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 19 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ruskington (5.5 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ruskington (5.5 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£243,236 average 2.7% YoY

Across North Kesteven · to 2026-06

Detached£308,911
Semi-detached£206,481
Terraced£169,737
Flat£117,525

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (7.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (7.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Moy Park-Anwick (7.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

118,076 residents in North Kesteven · 128/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,559
B £1,818
C £2,078
D £2,338
E £2,857
F £3,377
G £3,896
H £4,676

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Carre's Grammar SchoolGood
  • St George's AcademyGood
  • Branston Community Academy
  • Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy
  • North Kesteven Academy
  • Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
  • Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn

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

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
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

129 applications decided

96.9% granted · 125 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £26,540 avg

e.g. Customer Service Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LN4

  • Coningsby Medical Centre
  • The Branston Heighington Family Practice
  • Billinghay Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ashby de la Launde · 0.3 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…

  • RAF Digby · 1.0 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…

  • Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm · 1.5 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…

  • Bloxholm · 1.9 km

    Bloxholm is a village in the civil parish of Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from the village of Digby.

  • Digby, Lincolnshire · 2.5 km

    Digby is a small village and civil parish in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The village is in the vale of the Digby Beck watercourse, 6 miles (10 km) north from the town of Sleaford and 12 mile…

  • Rowston · 3.3 km

    Rowston is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) north from the town of Sleaford. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 cen…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Ashby de la Launde?
Ashby de la Launde is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the North Kesteven local authority.
How deprived is Ashby de la Launde?
The North Kesteven local authority, which includes Ashby de la Launde, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.