Foston (South Kesteven)

21°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 15° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Grantham Rural North · Lincolnshire

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

306 reported road collisions (2024)

66 killed or seriously injured · 407 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bottesford (6.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£255,363 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£843 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £583
• 2 bed £755
• 3 bed £912

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 (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (8.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lincolnshire Co-op Long Bennington (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 234 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

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

77 schools · 23,574 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

221 applications decided

90% granted · 199 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Gareth Davies

Conservative

Grantham and Bourne

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 17
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 5
• Oth 26

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

7,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

36% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Biomass 21% · Solar 13% · Imports 3%

266 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Grantham and Bourne:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s452 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership396 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office382 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases341 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills253 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Foston, Lincolnshire · 0.0 km

  Foston is a village and a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Grantham. The A1 road runs through the parish and borders the south o…

• Long Bennington Priory · 1.8 km

  Long Bennington Priory was a priory in Lincolnshire, England.

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  East Midlands · 1.9 km

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  Westborough, Lincolnshire · 2.1 km

  Westborough is a village in the civil parish of Westborough and Dry Doddington, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the A1 road and Long Bennington, and 6…

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  Allington, Lincolnshire · 2.7 km

  Allington is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Grantham, its post town. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 878. It…

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  Long Bennington · 2.9 km

  Long Bennington is a linear village and civil parish in South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, just off the A1 road, 7 miles (11 km) north of Grantham and 5 miles (8 km) south of Newark-on-Trent. It had a p…

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