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Tetford

Tetford is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 464. There are 12 bus stops in the area. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tetford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Lindsey area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 142,296 residents at roughly 80 people per km².

Council
East Lindsey
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle
Police force
Lincolnshire
50/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 151st of 294 English council areas — better than 49% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability69
Affordable rents87
Good schools37
Life expectancy26
Low deprivation9
Employment52
Low council tax86

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 30% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:26

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Horncastle and Wragby · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Youth and vehicle anti-social behaviour

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£208,075 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across East Lindsey · to 2026-08

Detached£269,100
Semi-detached£180,789
Terraced£143,735
Flat£91,102

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

142,296 residents in East Lindsey · 80/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,276 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,517
B £1,770
C £2,023
D £2,276
E £2,782
F £3,287
G £3,793
H £4,552

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • John Spendluffe Foundation Technology CollegeGood
  • King Edward VI AcademyGood
  • King Edward VI Grammar SchoolGood
  • Louth AcademyGood
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective AcademyGood
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, HorncastleGood
  • Skegness Grammar SchoolGood
  • Skegness AcademyRequires improvement
  • William Lovell Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
  • Somercotes Academy
  • The Banovallum School
  • The Barnes Wallis Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Lindsey

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

196 applications decided

93.4% granted · 183 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LN9

  • Horncastle Medical Group
  • Horncastle Extended Access Hub
  • Lincs Community Emerg Med Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Louth and Horncastle:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Tetford · 0.6 km

    Tetford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

  • Salmonby · 1.6 km

    Salmonby is a village in the civil parish of Tetford, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-east from Horncastle, 10 miles (16 km) south from Louth and 8 miles…

  • Bluestone Heath Road · 2.1 km

    The Bluestone Heath Road is an ancient route and ridgeway across the Lincolnshire Wolds in Lincolnshire, England. The surviving parts are somewhat fragmented in places, but many still bear the name.

  • Somersby, Lincolnshire · 2.3 km

    Somersby is a village in the civil parish of Greetham with Somersby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west from Spilsby and 7 miles (11 km) east-north-east f…

  • Somersby Grange · 2.4 km

    Somersby Grange is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Somersby, Lincolnshire.

  • Greetham with Somersby · 3.2 km

    Greetham with Somersby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-east from the market town of Horncastle.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tetford?
Tetford is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the East Lindsey local authority.
What is the population of Tetford?
Tetford has an approximate settlement population of 464.
How deprived is Tetford?
The East Lindsey local authority, which includes Tetford, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.