Horbling

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:25

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

10 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Bourne and Billingborough · Lincolnshire

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

299 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 400 casualties · 20.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 11 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£265,305 average▲ 4% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£845 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £585
• 2 bed £756
• 3 bed £914

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,081 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

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,857
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,477
• Net moves+1,380

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 201 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

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

76 schools · 23,282 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Kesteven

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
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

211 applications decided

91.5% granted · 193 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Gareth Davies

Conservative

Grantham and Bourne

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 18
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 5
• Oth 25

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,915 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £27,258 avg

e.g. Machine Operative

Source: Adzuna

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Biomass 24% · Wind 22% · Imports 3%

215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

13 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NG34

• Cranwell Medical Centre
• Rru Cranwell
• Millview Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Grantham and Bourne:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases342 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills254 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK178 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth169 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND158 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Horbling · 0.1 km

  Horbling is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the B1177, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Sleaford, 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Grantham and 1 mile (1.6 km)…

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  St Andrew's Church, Billingborough · 1.0 km

  St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed Anglican parish church dedicated to Andrew the Apostle, in Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England. The church is 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Sleaford, and at the western edge…

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  Billingborough and Horbling railway station · 1.1 km

  Billingborough and Horbling railway station was a station serving the villages of Billingborough, Horbling and Threekingham, Lincolnshire on the Great Northern Railway Bourne and Sleaford railway. It opened in 1872 an…

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  Billingborough · 1.1 km

  Billingborough is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Bourne and 10 miles south of Sleaford, and on the B1177 betw…

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  Sempringham · 2.0 km

  Sempringham is a village in the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south from the A52 road, 12 miles (19 km) east from Gra…

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  Birthorpe · 2.0 km

  Birthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Billingborough, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than 1 mile (2 km) west from Billingborough and the B1177 Pointon Road, and 2 m…

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