Saracen's Head

21°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 14° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:27

13h 2m 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

6 reported · July 2026▼ 45% YoY

• Vehicle crime3
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Holbeach Town and Rural · Lincolnshire

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

181 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

63 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,036 average▲ 7.6% YoY

Across South Holland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£768 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £733
• 3 bed £894

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (8.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Minerva House (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,122 residents in South Holland · 127/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 144 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,278 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 44,760)

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

48 schools · 13,743 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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)

147 applications decided

81.6% granted · 120 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Con 19
• Ref 6
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£673 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,847 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,715 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Biomass 27% · Solar 19% · Wind 13%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Holland and The Deepings:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases515 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office460 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s391 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership367 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test289 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Holbeach Clough · 0.1 km

  Holbeach Clough is a fenland village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just under 2 miles (3 km) north from the market town of Holbeach, and on the A17 road. The village is almost conjoined…

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  Holbeach Bank · 1.6 km

  Holbeach Bank is a fenland village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just under 2 miles (3 km) north from the market town of Holbeach, and 1 mile (2 km) to the east of the A17 road. The vil…

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  Moulton Seas End · 1.8 km

  Moulton Seas End is a village in the civil parish of The Moultons and the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-east from the centre of Spalding and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west fr…

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  Parts of Holland · 1.8 km

  The Parts of Holland was a historical division of Lincolnshire, England, encompassing the southeast of the county. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland.

• University Academy Holbeach · 2.5 km

  University Academy Holbeach is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England.

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  National Centre for Food Manufacturing · 2.5 km

  The National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) is the food science campus of the University of Lincoln, situated on Park Road at Holbeach in the south of the county of Lincolnshire. It offers part-time apprenticesh…

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