Gedney

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 12° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:24

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

11 reported · July 2026▼ 42% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: The Suttons · 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)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (33 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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: 173.9p · BP (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · BP (4.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Canebuzo (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• 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
• 28 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 54% · Biomass 23% · Gas 14% · Solar 5%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Gedney, Lincolnshire · 0.0 km

  Gedney is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just to the south of the A17, from Boston to King's Lynn, 2 miles (3.2 km) east from Holbeach, and 2 m…

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  St Mary Magdalene Church, Gedney · 0.1 km

  St Mary Magdalene Church is an Anglican parish church of medieval origin in Gedney, Lincolnshire. Renowned for its large size in the surrounding low-lying landscape, it is commonly known as the Cathedral of the Fens.…

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  Gedney railway station · 1.0 km

  Gedney railway station was a station in Gedney, Lincolnshire. It was a station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network. It opened on 1 July 1862, and closed on 2 March 1959. The station building surviv…

• Fleet Hargate · 1.0 km

  Fleet Hargate is a village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) east from Holbeach, and just south from the A17 road. It falls within the wider civil parish of Fleet,…

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  Fleet railway station (Lincolnshire) · 1.1 km

  Fleet railway station was a station in Fleet, Lincolnshire. It opened in 1862 and closed to passengers in 1959, with the goods yard closing on 3 February 1964.

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  Fleet, Lincolnshire · 1.5 km

  Fleet is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on Delph Bank, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east from Holbeach. The population of the civil parish, includi…

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