Deeping St Nicholas

18°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 16° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:23

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Vehicle crime2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Spalding Rural South · Lincolnshire

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

181 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Spalding (7.9 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,036 average▲ 7.6% YoY

Across South Holland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£768 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £733
• 3 bed £894

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (9.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: SHDC Crowland (6.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,122 residents in South Holland · 127/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 144 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,278 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 44,760)

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

48 schools · 13,743 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

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

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

147 applications decided

81.6% granted · 120 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Con 19
• Ref 6
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£673 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,847 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,715 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Biomass 26% · Wind 7% · Imports 5%

265 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Holland and The Deepings:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases515 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office460 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s391 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership367 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test289 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Littleworth railway station · 0.5 km

  Littleworth railway station is a former railway station in Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, on the Peterborough to Lincoln Line. It opened in 1848 and was closed for passengers in 1961.

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  Deeping Fen · 0.6 km

  Deeping Fen is a low-lying area in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, which covers approximately 47 square miles (120 km2). It is bounded by the River Welland and the River Glen, and is extensively d…

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  Deeping St Nicholas · 0.6 km

  Deeping St Nicholas is a village in Lincolnshire, England, on the A1175 road between The Deepings and Spalding. Unlike Market Deeping, which is in South Kesteven district, Deeping St Nicholas is in South Holland.

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  Hop Pole · 3.1 km

  Hop Pole is a hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Deeping St James and Deeping St Nicholas, and on the A1175 Littleworth Drove road.

• Spalding Common · 4.6 km

  Spalding Common is an area south-west of Spalding in Lincolnshire, England, near Little London. Part of Deeping Fen, it includes farmland that was drained following parliamentary enclosure in 1801. Along its eastern e…

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  South Holland District · 4.7 km

  South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Spalding. Other notable towns and villages include Crowland, Sutton Bridge, Donington, Holbeach and Long Sutton. The distr…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)