Glentham

17°CCloudy

• Today: 21° / 14° · 44% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Welton and Hemswell · Lincolnshire

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

203 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 273 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,732 average▲ 8.9% YoY

Across West Lindsey · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£744 average monthly rent▲ 10.9% YoY

• 1 bed £543
• 2 bed £676
• 3 bed £827

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

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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Starbucks Caenby Corner (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds1

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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 146 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

60 schools · 13,855 pupils

45 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

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

55inspected 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 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
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

91.6% granted · 120 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,140 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£732 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% 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

63% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 54% · Gas 29% · Imports 9% · Wind 5%

178 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 79.3 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gainsborough:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office403 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s348 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test254 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills242 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Glentham · 0.5 km

  Glentham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A631, 6 miles (9.7 km) west from Market Rasen, and 2 miles (3.2 km) east from Caenby Corner and the A15.

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  Normanby by Spital · 2.3 km

  Normanby by Spital is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 318, increasing to 412 at the 2011 census. It is approximatel…

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  St Peter's Church, Normanby by Spital · 2.3 km

  St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Normanby by Spital, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is un…

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  Caenby · 2.3 km

  Caenby is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) north of the city and county town of Lincoln. The population is included in the civil parish o…

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  Bishop Norton · 2.9 km

  Bishop Norton is a village and the main settlement of the civil parish of the same name in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west from the market to…

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  Owmby-by-Spital · 2.9 km

  Owmby-by-Spital is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) east from the A15 road, 11 miles (18 km) north from Lincoln and 8 miles (13 km) west f…

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