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Whaplode

Whaplode is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 1,666. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 11 bus stops, and there were around 13 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Whaplode area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Holland area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 95,122 residents at roughly 127 people per km².

Council
South Holland
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
South Holland and The Deepings
Police force
Lincolnshire
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 97th of 294 English council areas — better than 67% of them.

Low crime86
Home affordability58
Affordable rents70
Good schools19
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation45
Employment54
Low council tax85

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

22°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 59% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:25

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

10 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Burglary2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Bicycle theft1

Neighbourhood team: Holbeach Town and Rural · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Youth anti-social behaviour. To deal with anti-social vehicle and Fatal 5 offences

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

Road safety

181 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

36 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Spalding (8.4 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£231,036 average 7.6% YoY

Across South Holland · to 2026-06

Detached£287,628
Semi-detached£195,158
Terraced£156,837
Flat£95,867

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£768 average monthly rent 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £588
  • 2 bed £733
  • 3 bed £894

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (7.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (7.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,122 residents in South Holland · 127/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 144 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,278 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,519
B £1,772
C £2,025
D £2,278
E £2,784
F £3,291
G £3,797
H £4,556

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

Schools

48 schools · 13,743 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Spalding High SchoolOutstanding
  • Spalding Grammar SchoolGood
  • University Academy Long SuttonRequires improvement
  • Cowley Academy
  • Spalding Academy
  • University Academy Holbeach

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

147 applications decided

81.6% granted · 120 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 19
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £27,456 avg

e.g. FLT Driver/Barrow

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Solar 19% · Gas 11% · Biomass 10%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Whaplode?
Whaplode is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Holland local authority.
What is the population of Whaplode?
Whaplode has an approximate settlement population of 1,666.
How deprived is Whaplode?
The South Holland local authority, which includes Whaplode, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.