Barkston

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:30

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026▼ 80% YoY

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Grantham Rural North · Lincolnshire

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

299 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 400 casualties · 20.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ancaster (6.0 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£265,305 average▲ 4% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£845 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £585
• 2 bed £756
• 3 bed £914

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,081 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: 155.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (6.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: EVC Belton Woods Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,857
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,477
• Net moves+1,380

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 201 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

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

76 schools · 23,282 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

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

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

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

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

211 applications decided

91.5% granted · 193 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Gareth Davies

Conservative

Grantham and Bourne

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 18
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 5
• Oth 25

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,915 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £28,163 avg

e.g. Operations Administrator (Fixed Term, 12 Months), Operations Administrator - Barkston (FTC)

Source: Adzuna

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 27% · Biomass 17% · Imports 1%

232 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

1 GP surgery · 0 pharmacies in NG32

• Caythorpe & Ancaster Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Grantham and Bourne:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases342 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills254 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK178 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth169 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND158 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Barkston · 0.1 km

  Barkston is an English village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The parish population was 497 at the 2001 census and 493 at the 2011 census. The village lies about 4 miles (6 km) north…

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  Syston, Lincolnshire · 0.7 km

  Syston is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 162 at the 2011 census. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) north from Grantham, and on th…

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  Barkston railway station · 1.8 km

  Barkston railway station is a former station serving the village of Barkston, Lincolnshire. It was on the Great Northern Railway main line near to the now realigned junction with the lines to Sleaford and Lincoln. The…

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  Belton, South Kesteven · 1.9 km

  Belton is a village in the civil parish of Belton and Manthorpe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A607 road, and 3 miles (5 km) north from the market town of Grantham. In…

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  St Peter and St Paul's Church, Belton · 2.0 km

  The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire is a functioning parish church and a Grade I listed building. Since the 17th century, the church has served as the estate church for Belton Hous…

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  Belton House · 2.2 km

  Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. It is surrounded by formal gardens and a se…

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