Hemswell

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:26

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US 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)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Hemswell Court (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• 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)

• 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

• In a conservation area (Hemswell)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 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)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £55,000 avg

e.g. Class 1 Tanker Driver - Hemswell, Engineering Team Leader

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 35% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

111 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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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  Hemswell · 0.0 km

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  St Chad's Church, Harpswell · 1.1 km

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  Harpswell, Lincolnshire · 1.2 km

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  RAF Hemswell · 2.0 km

  Royal Air Force Hemswell, or RAF Hemswell, is a former Royal Air Force station located 7.8 miles (12.6 km) east of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.

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  Willoughton · 2.2 km

  Willoughton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) west from the A15 road, 13 miles (21 km) north from Lincoln and 3 miles (5 km) south fro…

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  Willoughton Preceptory · 2.2 km

  Willoughton Preceptory was a holding of the Knights Templar at Willoughton, in north Lincolnshire, England. The preceptory stood at the farm, still called Temple Garth.

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