Ludford

16°CSunny

• Today: 20° / 13° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:28

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Louth Rural · Lincolnshire

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

383 reported road collisions (2024)

88 killed or seriously injured · 523 casualties · 26.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

1 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£216,315 average▲ 7.4% YoY

Across East Lindsey · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£699 average monthly rent▲ 6.5% YoY

• 1 bed £519
• 2 bed £662
• 3 bed £814

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

142,296 residents in East Lindsey · 80/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 30 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,276 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 72,750)

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

76 schools · 16,934 pupils

57 primary · 12 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 29 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

173 applications decided

96% granted · 166 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Victoria Atkins

Conservative

Louth and Horncastle

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 6
• Con 26
• LD 1
• Grn 1
• Ref 6
• Oth 15

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£646 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,534 disposable income per head (2024)

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

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,267 certificates

14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 31% · Gas 16% · Imports 5%

116 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Louth and Horncastle:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office462 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects435 local signatures · 14,312 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s297 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance229 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Ludford, Lincolnshire · 0.8 km

  Ludford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The parish is composed of the villages of Ludford Magna and Ludford Parva. In 2011 the parish had a population of 460.

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  RAF Ludford Magna · 1.3 km

  Royal Air Force Ludford Magna or more simply RAF Ludford Magna is a former Royal Air Force station located on agricultural farmland immediately south of the village of Ludford, Lincolnshire and was sited 21.4 miles (3…

• West Wykeham · 2.2 km

  West Wykeham is a deserted medieval village in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just over 1 mile (1.6 km) east from Ludford.

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  Girsby, Lincolnshire · 2.8 km

  Girsby is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than 1 mile (2 km) north from the A157 road, 7 miles (11 km) west from Louth and 7 miles east from Market Rasen. It lies in…

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  Sixhills · 3.1 km

  Sixhills is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east from Market Rasen. It lies just south of the A631 between Market Rasen and Ludford. It is in the civil par…

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  East Wykeham · 3.1 km

  East Wykeham is a deserted medieval village or DMV, seen as earthworks, in the civil parish of Ludford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The earthworks are situated about 7 miles (11 km) north-we…

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