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Wickenby

Wickenby is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with 1 restaurant or café and the nearest railway station at Market Rasen, 7.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wickenby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lindsey area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 95,153 residents at roughly 82 people per km².

Council
West Lindsey
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Gainsborough
Police force
Lincolnshire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 76th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime63
Home affordability77
Affordable rents91
Good schools53
Life expectancy40
Low deprivation44
Employment54
Low council tax70

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

10°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:27

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

210 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 284 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Market Rasen (7.2 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Market Rasen (7.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£210,754 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across West Lindsey · to 2026-08

Detached£289,214
Semi-detached£185,078
Terraced£146,890
Flat£90,653

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£741 average monthly rent▲ 10.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £540
  • 2 bed £673
  • 3 bed £823

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

1,503 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

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Lincolnshire Co-op Food Store (6.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,153 residents in West Lindsey · 82/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,913
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,595
  • Net moves+1,318

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 131 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,354 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,570
B £1,831
C £2,093
D £2,354
E £2,877
F £3,401
G £3,924
H £4,709

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

Schools

61 schools · 13,855 pupils

45 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Caistor Grammar SchoolGood
  • Caistor Yarborough AcademyGood
  • The Priory Pembroke AcademyGood
  • The Queen Elizabeth's High School, GainsboroughGood
  • William Farr CofE Comprehensive SchoolGood
  • The Gainsborough AcademyRequires improvement
  • De Aston School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lindsey

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

90.8% granted · 119 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative

Gainsborough

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Con 13
  • LD 14
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£732 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 36% · Gas 14% · Imports 3%

98 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

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

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in LN3

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gainsborough:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wickenby · 0.1 km

    Wickenby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west from the town of Market Rasen.

  • Wickenby railway station · 1.0 km

    Wickenby railway station was a station in Wickenby, Lincolnshire on the line between Lincoln and Grimsby, opened in 1848 and closed in 1965.

  • RAF Wickenby · 1.4 km

    Royal Air Force Wickenby, or more simply RAF Wickenby, was a purpose-built Royal Air Force satellite station constructed late 1942 and early 1943. It lies halfway between Wickenby and Holton cum Beckering, to the sout…

  • Wickenby Aerodrome · 1.4 km

    Wickenby Aerodrome is an airport 8 NM nautical miles north-east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It was originally built during World War II as RAF Wickenby, converting to civilian use in 1963.

  • Snelland · 1.6 km

    Snelland is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln and about 5 miles (8 km) f…

  • Snelland railway station · 1.9 km

    Snelland railway station was a station in Snelland, Lincolnshire, opened in 1848 as part of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway. and closed in 1965.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Wickenby?
Wickenby is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the West Lindsey local authority.
How deprived is Wickenby?
The West Lindsey local authority, which includes Wickenby, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.