Belchford

9°CClear

• Today: 13° / 6° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:28

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Horncastle and Wragby · Lincolnshire

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

391 reported road collisions (2025)

88 killed or seriously injured · 540 casualties · 27.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

2 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£208,075 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across East Lindsey · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£704 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £522
• 2 bed £666
• 3 bed £819

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,030 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

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: The Bain Public Car-Park (6.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

142,296 residents in East Lindsey · 80/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,102
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,494
• Net moves+2,608

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 27 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,276 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 72,750)

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

78 schools · 16,934 pupils

58 primary · 12 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 29 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

196 applications decided

93.4% granted · 183 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Victoria Atkins

Conservative

Louth and Horncastle

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 6
• Con 26
• LD 1
• Grn 1
• Ref 6
• Oth 15

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

6,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£646 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,534 disposable income per head (2024)

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

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,267 certificates

14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 24% · Biomass 22% · Imports 3%

219 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

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

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LN9

• Horncastle Medical Group
• Horncastle Extended Access Hub
• Lincs Community Emerg Med Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Louth and Horncastle:

• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects464 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills211 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases202 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately190 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK187 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Belchford · 0.2 km

  Belchford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) north of Horncastle and just to the east of the A153. At the 2011 cen…

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  Juicetrump Hill · 1.0 km

  Juicetrump Hill is a hill around half a mile north of Belchford and 4.5 miles north-east of Horncastle in Lincolnshire, UK within the Lincolnshire Wolds. The summit elevation is 124 m (407 ft) and it forms part of the…

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  East Lindsey · 1.5 km

  East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Horncastle and the largest town is Skegness. Other towns include Alford, Burgh le Marsh, Coningsby, Louth, Mablethorpe, Spi…

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  Fulletby · 2.3 km

  Fulletby is a village and a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is in the Lincolnshire Wolds, and 3 miles (5 km) north-east from Horncastle, 9 miles (14 km) south from Louth, and 8 m…

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  Oxcombe · 2.5 km

  Oxcombe is a small village in the civil parish of Maidenwell, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west from the A16 road, 6 miles (10 km) south from Louth and 6 miles n…

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  Scamblesby · 3.7 km

  Scamblesby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district from Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) south-west from Louth, on the A153 road, and within the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated…

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