Dorrington (North Kesteven)

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:23

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, 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

12 reported · August 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Sleaford Rural North · Lincolnshire

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

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)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ruskington (2.4 km)
• 3 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 (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (6.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Moy Park-Anwick (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

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

Conservative majority

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

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

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

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

9 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LN4

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

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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  Dorrington, Lincolnshire · 0.1 km

  Dorrington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 1.2 miles (2 km) both south from Digby and north from Ruskington. It is to the east of the north–south B…

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  North Ings Farm Museum · 1.7 km

  The North Ings Farm Museum is a working farm museum containing a 2 ft narrow gauge railway, running on a circuit of 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km). It is located at Dorrington, between Lincoln and Sleaford, in Lincolnshire. The m…

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  Bloxholm · 1.7 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.

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  Digby, Lincolnshire · 1.8 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…

• Deanery of Lafford · 2.0 km

  The Deanery of Lafford is an historic deanery in the Anglican Diocese of Lincoln in England. Located around the market town of Sleaford, it covers an area of c.200 square miles and serves a population of c.36,000.

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  Ruskington · 2.0 km

  Ruskington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Sleaford on the north–south B1188 road and slightly north of the A153 r…

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