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Wothorpe

Wothorpe is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 2,500. It features 3 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, and around 34 restaurants and cafés, alongside 26 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Stamford, 0.5 km away. There were around 52 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 Wothorpe area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Kesteven area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 143,405 residents at roughly 152 people per km².

Council
South Kesteven
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Grantham and Stamford
Police force
Lincolnshire
75/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 4th of 294 English council areas — better than 99% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability58
Affordable rents72
Good schools76
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation74
Employment62
Low council tax88

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 66% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:24

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

79 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour22
  • Violence & sexual offences22
  • Shoplifting10
  • Criminal damage & arson7

Neighbourhood team: Peterborough North · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the things your local neighbourhood policing teams across…
  • Speeding and anti-social driving

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

Road safety

306 reported road collisions (2024)

66 killed or seriously injured · 407 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

182 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 159 rated 4–5 ★ (134 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stamford (0.6 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£255,363 average 2.2% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-06

Detached£367,305
Semi-detached£236,864
Terraced£190,001
Flat£111,111

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£843 average monthly rent 0.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £583
  • 2 bed £755
  • 3 bed £912

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 (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (11.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: North Street (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches18
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 234 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

A £1,507
B £1,758
C £2,009
D £2,260
E £2,762
F £3,264
G £3,767
H £4,520

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

Schools

77 schools · 23,574 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Kesteven and Grantham Girls' SchoolOutstanding
  • Bourne Grammar SchoolGood
  • Stamford Welland AcademyGood
  • The King's School, GranthamGood
  • Walton AcademyGood
  • West Grantham Church of England Secondary AcademyGood
  • Bourne Academy
  • Charles Read Academy
  • The Deepings School
  • The Priory Ruskin Academy

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

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
  • 474 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

221 applications decided

90% granted · 199 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 17
  • LD 3
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 26

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Economics Tutor - Part Time, Driving Instructor (Driving Licence Required), Become a Physics Tutor in Wothorpe – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burghley Park Cricket Club · 0.5 km

    Burghley Park Cricket Club is set in the park of Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire. Its pavilion dates from 1892.

  • Wothorpe · 0.6 km

    Wothorpe is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough unitary authority of Cambridgeshire, England. It is in the far north-west of the district, and to the south of Stamford. The parish borders Northamptonshire t…

  • Stamford railway station · 0.6 km

    Stamford railway station serves the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England, and is located in St Martin's. The station is 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Peterborough. It was opened by the Syston and Peterborough Railwa…

  • St Martin's Church, Stamford · 0.7 km

    St Martin's Church, Stamford, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The area of the town south of the River Welland was in Northamptonshire until 1889 a…

  • Stamford Baron St Martin · 0.7 km

    Stamford Baron St Martin is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Stamford, in the South Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It included the southern part of Stamford, south of the River W…

  • George Hotel, Stamford · 0.8 km

    The George Hotel is a hotel and former coaching inn on the route of the Great North Road in St Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The hotel itself and numbers 68 and 69 St Martin's, which has been incorporated…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Wothorpe?
Wothorpe is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Kesteven local authority.
How deprived is Wothorpe?
The South Kesteven local authority, which includes Wothorpe, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.