Old Bolingbroke

15°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 15° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:22

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Spilsby · 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)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 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

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Public Car Park (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• 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

• In a conservation area (Old Bolingbroke)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 14 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

56% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Gas 38% · Wind 15% · Imports 6%

196 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · 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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  Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire · 0.1 km

  Bolingbroke, now called Old Bolingbroke, is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Its present boundaries were formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of Bolingbroke and H…

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  Bolingbroke Castle · 0.1 km

  Bolingbroke Castle is a ruined castle in Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire, England.

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  Hareby · 1.2 km

  Hareby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bolingbroke, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6 km) west from the town of Spilsby. In 1961 the pari…

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  Mavis Enderby · 1.7 km

  Mavis Enderby is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, 4.5 miles (7 km) east from Horncastle.

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  Asgarby, East Lindsey · 1.9 km

  Asgarby is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lusby with Winceby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies just south of the B1195, a road that runs past the battlefield at Wi…

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  Hagnaby · 2.4 km

  Hagnaby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of East Kirkby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west from Spilsby. In 1961 the parish had a pop…

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