Byard's Leap

7°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:27

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

254 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 360 casualties · 21.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ancaster (5.0 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£242,384 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across North Kesteven · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£824 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £580
• 2 bed £758
• 3 bed £922

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 (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,861 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: 156.9p · BP (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (7.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

118,076 residents in North Kesteven · 128/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,819
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,258
• Net moves+1,561

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 226 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

64 schools · 16,820 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 21 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North 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

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

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

169 applications decided

97% granted · 164 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative

Sleaford and North Hykeham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,885 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Wind 32% · Biomass 27% · Imports 3%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

13 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NG34

• Cranwell Medical Centre
• Rru Cranwell
• Millview Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases382 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces293 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills280 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth198 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects190 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide

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

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  RAF Cranwell · 2.8 km

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  No. 16 Squadron RAF · 3.2 km

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