Lea (West Lindsey)

6°CClear

• Today: 12° / 6° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:29

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US 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

10 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Public order3
• Drugs1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Gainsborough Rural South · Lincolnshire

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

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)

58 food businesses within 2 miles

• 45 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gainsborough Lea Road (1.8 km)
• 9 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

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Mercury House (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 12 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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

85% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 39% · Gas 11% · Imports 4%

95 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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  Lea, Lincolnshire · 0.2 km

  Lea is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,009. It is at the junction of the A156 and B1241, approximatel…

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  Battle of Gainsborough · 0.8 km

  The Battle of Gainsborough took place during the First English Civil War on 28 July 1643. The strategically important town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was a Royalist base used for harassing the Parliamentarians who…

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  Lea railway station · 1.7 km

  Lea railway station was a station in Lea, Lincolnshire, England, south of Gainsborough. It was opened in 1849 by the Great Northern Railway, but was closed to passengers in 1957 and closed entirely in 1963.

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  Gainsborough Lea Road railway station · 1.8 km

  Gainsborough Lea Road is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, England, the other being Gainsborough Central, which is located in the town centre. The station is managed by E…

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  Knaith · 2.1 km

  Knaith is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Gainsborough in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 335.

• Heynings Priory · 2.3 km

  Heynings Priory was a priory in Knaith, Lincolnshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)