Waddington (North Kesteven)

18°CSunny

• Today: 25° / 15° · 8% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:22

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

72 reported · July 2026▲ 60% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Public order6
• Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: Lincoln Bracebridge · Lincolnshire

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

184 reported road collisions (2024)

29 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

223 food businesses within 2 miles

• 203 rated 4–5 ★ (189 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hykeham (3.2 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£183,298 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Lincoln · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£944 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £661
• 2 bed £830
• 3 bed £992

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (2.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

61 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Nhs Lincolnshire West CCG (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Ermine residents choose eight community projects to receive funding· 10 Sept 2026
• £270,000 Government funding secured to improve three Lincoln play areas· 8 Sept 2026
• Only days to go until Lincoln’s free music festival returns to the city centre· 1 Sept 2026
• Tour of Britain Men – Stage One: Everything you need to know· 26 Aug 2026
• City of Lincoln Council's radon programme is helping keep Lincoln homes safe· 25 Aug 2026

Source: Lincoln Council

103,811 residents in Lincoln · 2,909/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 68 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,323 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (61% of 47,680)

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

43 schools · 14,960 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 12 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lincoln

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
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

83 applications decided

85.5% granted · 71 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Hamish Falconer

Labour

Lincoln

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 17
• Con 2
• LD 7
• Grn 1
• Ref 4
• Oth 2

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£683 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,723 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,157 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Biomass 28% · Wind 13% · Imports 4%

243 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.3 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lincoln:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership555 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s372 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases301 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test272 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Waddington railway station · 1.2 km

  Waddington railway station was a station in Waddington, Lincolnshire which opened on 15 April 1867 but closed for passengers on 10 September 1962 and for freight in 1964. The line through the station remained open u…

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  Bracebridge Heath · 1.3 km

  Bracebridge Heath is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) south of Lincoln and straddles the border with the Lincoln and North Kesteven district boun…

• Bracebridge Heath Cricket Club · 1.6 km

  Bracebridge Heath Cricket Club play in the village of Bracebridge Heath on the outskirts of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The club won the 2002 England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Notts Premier League and won the…

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  St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath · 1.9 km

  St John's Hospital, Bracebridge Heath was a mental health facility at Bracebridge Heath in Lincolnshire.

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  Lincoln Moorlands Railway A.F.C. · 2.0 km

  Lincoln Moorlands Railway A.F.C. is a football club based in Lincoln, England. They are currently members of the Lincolnshire League Premier Division and play at the Moorlands Sports & Social Club.

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  Forum, North Hykeham · 2.0 km

  Forum is a suburb and ward of North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the six wards of North Hykeham Town Council. It had a population of 1,838 at the 2021 census.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)