Thurlby

19°CSunny

• Today: 25° / 16° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:21

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Bicycle theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Stamford Rural · Lincolnshire

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

306 reported road collisions (2024)

66 killed or seriously injured · 407 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

102 food businesses within 2 miles

• 90 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£255,363 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£843 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £583
• 2 bed £755
• 3 bed £912

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 (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (6.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: MFG Texaco Service Station - Bourne (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 234 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

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

77 schools · 23,574 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

221 applications decided

90% granted · 199 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 17
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 5
• Oth 26

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Guitar Tutor in Thurlby – Flexible & Remote, Online Guitar Tutor - Part Time, Online Guitar Tutoring Job in Thurlby – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Biomass 20% · Wind 16% · Solar 5%

241 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s298 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership284 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills266 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Thurlby, South Kesteven · 0.3 km

  Thurlby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated just west of the A15 road, 2 miles (3 km) south from the town of Bourne, and on the edge of the Lincolnshir…

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  Northorpe, South Kesteven · 0.4 km

  Northorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Thurlby, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Bourne.

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  Thurlby railway station · 0.6 km

  Thurlby railway station was a station in Thurlby by Bourne, Lincolnshire on the Bourn and Essendine Railway between Essendine and Bourne. It was closed in 1951.

• Nanny Rutt · 0.8 km

  Nanny Rutt is a character in a cautionary tale associated with Nanny Rutt's well, an artesian spring in Math Wood, near Northorpe, in the parish of Thurlby, Lincolnshire. The story goes that a named girl went into the…

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  Obthorpe · 2.0 km

  Obthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Thurlby, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south from Bourne, 6 miles (10 km) north-east from Stamford and less than 1 mile (1.…

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  Chapel of Rest, Bourne · 2.3 km

  The Chapel of Rest is a Grade II listed cemetery chapel in Bourne, Lincolnshire. It was built in 1854–5 in Gothic Revival style, and designed by the noted local architect Edward Browning. It consisted of both Anglican…

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