Haltoft End

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:23

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

178 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 223 casualties · 25.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

51 food businesses within 2 miles

• 46 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Boston (4.7 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£180,174 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Boston · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£806 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £605
• 2 bed £764
• 3 bed £923

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

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

815 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

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (4.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bargate (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,880
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,624
• Net moves+256

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 36 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

26 inspected 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 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
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

80 applications decided

93.8% granted · 75 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,850 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 26% · Biomass 20% · Solar 7%

196 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in PE22

• Dr Sinha & Partners
• Stickney Surgery
• Hmp North Sea Camp

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Boston and Skegness:

• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects275 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases181 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK178 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth145 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills141 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 
  Endeavour FM · 0.9 km

  Endeavour FM is a local community radio station covering the area of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. Previously the station had been called Endeavour Online and Stump Radio, set up as a collaboration between Blackfri…

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  Freiston · 1.3 km

  Freiston is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,306. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) east from Boston. The Greenwich Prime Zero…

• Freiston Priory · 1.7 km

  Freiston Priory was a Benedictine cell of Crowland Abbey founded in 1114, and became a priory soon afterwards. It was Dissolved in 1539 and was located in Freiston, Lincolnshire, England.

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  Boston and Skegness · 1.9 km

  Boston and Skegness is a constituency in Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Richard Tice of Reform UK since the 2024 general election. Like all British constituencies, it elects o…

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  Butterwick, Lincolnshire · 1.9 km

  Butterwick is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) east from the market town of Boston.

• Skirbeck Wapentake · 2.6 km

  Skirbeck Wapentake was a local government unit in the Parts of Holland Lincolnshire, England from the early eleventh century, until the wapentakes were abolished by the Local Government Act 1888.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)