Skegness

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 10° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:21

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

420 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences139
• Anti-social behaviour79
• Public order53
• Criminal damage & arson40

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Skegness · Lincolnshire

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

391 reported road collisions (2025)

88 killed or seriously injured · 540 casualties · 27.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

382 food businesses within 2 miles

• 352 rated 4–5 ★ (317 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Skegness (0.1 km)
• 70 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,075 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across East Lindsey · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£704 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £522
• 2 bed £666
• 3 bed £819

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

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

2,030 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

• Cheapest petrol: 171.7p · Asda (0.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (0.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Skegness (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches28
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds9

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,102
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,494
• Net moves+2,608

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 27 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

78 schools · 16,934 pupils

58 primary · 12 secondary · 8 other

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

74 inspected 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 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
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

196 applications decided

93.4% granted · 183 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Richard Tice

Reform UK

Boston and Skegness

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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés101

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

169 jobs advertised · £32,585 avg

e.g. Site Manager, Fast food / Kitchen manager, Trainee Driving Instructor - Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England

Source: Adzuna

£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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Biomass 23% · Wind 22% · Imports 3%

221 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in PE25

• Beacon Medical Practice
• Hawthorn Medical Practice
• Skegness & Coast Gp Extended Access Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Boston and Skegness:

• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects275 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases181 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK178 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth145 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills141 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• Richmond Drive · 0.2 km

  Richmond Drive is a cricket ground in Skegness, Lincolnshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1879, when a Lincolnshire team played against Notts Castle. The first Minor Counties Championship match playe…

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  Skegness railway station · 0.2 km

  Skegness railway station serves the seaside resort of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England, at the eastern terminus of the Poacher Line. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, whic…

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  Skegness · 0.4 km

  Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is 47 miles (76 km) east of Lincoln and 25 miles (40 km) north-ea…

• Skegness Beach Race · 0.6 km

  The Skegness Beach Race was an annual beach race that was run a temporary course on the sandy beach of Skegness, Lincolnshire from 2010 to 2022. It was organised by the Amateur Motor Cycle Association (AMCA) in conjun…

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  Skegness Grammar School · 0.6 km

  Skegness Grammar School is a coeducational grammar school and sixth form with academy status, located in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England.

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  Skegness Pier · 0.7 km

  Skegness Pier is a pleasure pier in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England. Opened in June 1881, it was at the time the fourth longest in England, originally stretching a length of 1,844 ft (562 m). When originally built, it…

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