Gainsborough

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

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

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

210 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 284 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

127 food businesses within 2 miles

• 97 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gainsborough Lea Road (0.4 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,754 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across West Lindsey · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£741 average monthly rent▲ 10.2% YoY

• 1 bed £540
• 2 bed £673
• 3 bed £823

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,503 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

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: MFG Jet Bridge (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,153 residents in West Lindsey · 82/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,913
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,595
• Net moves+1,318

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 131 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,354 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 46,700)

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

61 schools · 13,855 pupils

45 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lindsey

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
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

90.8% granted · 119 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative

Gainsborough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 13
• LD 14
• Oth 9

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

• Schools3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

171 jobs advertised · £38,674 avg

e.g. Operations Lead, Delivery Driver, Learning Support Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£732 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,373 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 39% · Gas 8% · Imports 6%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

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

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in DN21

• Kirton Lindsey And Scotter Surgery
• Cleveland Surgery
• Caskgate Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gainsborough:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills249 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months241 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth184 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases171 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK170 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Gainsborough Central railway station · 1.8 km

  Gainsborough Central railway station is one of two railway stations in the town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. The station is on the Brigg branch of the Sheffield–Lincoln line. Services are currently operated…

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  Gainsborough Town Hall · 1.9 km

  Gainsborough Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. The town hall was the headquarters of Gainsborough Urban District Council and now serves as a local entertainm…

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  St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Gainsborough · 1.9 km

  The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a 19th century Catholic Church located on Cross Street in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. The church is located in the Diocese of Nottingham and is a Grade II listed build…

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  Gainsborough Old Hall · 2.1 km

  Gainsborough Old Hall in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire is a five-hundred year old manor house and one of the best preserved medieval manor houses in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)