Torksey Lock

23°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 14° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Gainsborough Rural South · Lincolnshire

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

203 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 273 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

2 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Saxilby (6.0 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,732 average▲ 8.9% YoY

Across West Lindsey · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£744 average monthly rent▲ 10.9% YoY

• 1 bed £543
• 2 bed £676
• 3 bed £827

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

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (11.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Torksey (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,153 residents in West Lindsey · 82/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 146 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,354 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 46,700)

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

60 schools · 13,855 pupils

45 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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

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

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

131 applications decided

91.6% granted · 120 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative

Gainsborough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 13
• LD 14
• Oth 9

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

• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,140 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£732 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,373 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 61% · Gas 19% · Imports 8% · Solar 8%

148 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gainsborough:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office403 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s348 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test254 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills242 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Torksey · 0.9 km

  Torksey is a small village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 875. It is situated on the A156 road, 7 miles (11 km) south of Gainsborough a…

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  Torksey Castle · 1.1 km

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• Torksey Priory · 1.2 km

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  Torksey railway station · 1.3 km

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  Brampton, Lincolnshire · 1.9 km

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