Fosdyke

18°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 12° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:25

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Public order1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Boston Rural West · Lincolnshire

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

190 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 243 casualties · 26.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£180,778 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Boston · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£803 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £603
• 2 bed £761
• 3 bed £920

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

6.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.8 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (10.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

70,502 residents in Boston · 194/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 85 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,309 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (49% of 31,980)

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

31 schools · 10,176 pupils

18 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 7 of 9 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

26inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Boston

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
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

75 applications decided

89.3% granted · 67 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Richard Tice

Reform UK

Boston and Skegness

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Conservative coalition

• Con 4
• LD 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 24

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

• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Accounts Payable Assistant, People Advisor - Part Time - FTC

Source: Adzuna

£609 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,205 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 37,833 certificates

12.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Biomass 30% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

97 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Boston and Skegness:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office476 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s368 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects262 local signatures · 14,312 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test257 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Fosdyke · 0.1 km

  Fosdyke is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 510. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) south from Boston, jus…

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  Algarkirk · 2.6 km

  Algarkirk is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south-south-west from Boston and near the A16 road. It has a population of 406, falling to 386…

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  Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station · 2.8 km

  Algarkirk and Sutterton railway station was a station which served the villages of Algarkirk and Sutterton in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It was served by trains on the line from Boston to Spalding.

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  Sutterton · 2.9 km

  Sutterton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Boston. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 1,769, up from 1,585 i…

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  St Mary's Church, Sutterton · 3.9 km

  St Mary's Church is an Anglican church and Grade I Listed building in Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England.

• Thomas Middlecott Academy · 4.9 km

  Thomas Middlecott Academy is a coeducational secondary school in Kirton, Lincolnshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)