Whaplode

11°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

21 reported · August 2026▲ 62% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Shoplifting3
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Holbeach Town and Rural · Lincolnshire

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

210 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 261 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£226,156 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across South Holland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£775 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £739
• 3 bed £902

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,432 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

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Boston Road Car Park, Holbeach (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,122 residents in South Holland · 127/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,125
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,319
• Net moves+1,806

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 100 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,278 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 44,760)

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

48 schools · 13,743 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

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

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

140 applications decided

74.3% granted · 104 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Con 19
• Ref 6
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Headteacher

Source: Adzuna

£673 median full-time weekly pay

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

£21,847 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,715 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 33% · Biomass 20% · Solar 2%

189 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in PE12

• Holbeach Medical Centre
• Moulton Medical Centre
• Long Sutton Medical Ctr.

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Holland and The Deepings:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases517 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects305 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills207 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth176 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND174 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Whaplode · 0.3 km

  Whaplode is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is just west of the Prime Meridian. The parish includes the village of Whaplode Drove, and the hamlets of Shepeau Stow,…

• Whaplode railway station · 0.6 km

  Whaplode railway station was a station in Whaplode, Lincolnshire. Built by the Norwich and Spalding Railway,, opened on 1 December 1858, that closed to passengers on 2 March 1959.

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  Moulton, Lincolnshire · 2.0 km

  Moulton is a village in the civil parish of The Moultons, in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A151 and B1537 roads, 5 miles (8.0 km) east from the centre of Spalding and 3.5 m…

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  The Moultons · 2.0 km

  The Moultons is a civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It comprises the villages and hamlets of Moulton, Moulton Chapel, Moulton Seas End, Moulton Eaugate, Austendike and Loosegate. The…

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  Moulton Windmill · 2.1 km

  Moulton Windmill in the Lincolnshire village of Moulton, between Spalding and Holbeach is a restored windmill claimed to be the tallest tower mill in the United Kingdom.

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  Moulton railway station (Lincolnshire) · 2.2 km

  Moulton (Lincolnshire) railway station was a station in Moulton, Lincolnshire. Built by the Norwich and Spalding Railway,, opened on 15 November 1858, that closed to passengers on 2 March 1959.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)