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 (IoD2025). 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
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 5th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.
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
8°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 11° / 6° · 23% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30
9h 30m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
53US AQI · Moderate
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
77 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY
- Anti-social behaviour30
- Violence & sexual offences27
- Shoplifting5
- Criminal damage & arson4
1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft
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
299 reported road collisions (2025)
68 killed or seriously injured · 400 casualties · 20.9 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
179 food businesses within 2 miles
- 156 rated 4–5 ★ (132 top)
- 7 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Stamford (0.6 km)
- 10 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Stamford (0.6 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£265,305 average▲ 4% YoY
Across South Kesteven · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£845 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY
- 1 bed £585
- 2 bed £756
- 3 bed £914
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
2,081 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
2 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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,857
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,477
- Net moves+1,380
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 201 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
76 schools · 23,282 pupils
52 primary · 10 secondary · 14 other
Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)
67 inspected 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 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
- 474 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
211 applications decided
91.5% granted · 193 granted, 18 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition
- Lab 2
- Con 18
- LD 3
- Grn 2
- Ref 5
- Oth 25
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
6,915 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
2 jobs advertised · £20,570 avg
e.g. Teaching Assistant, Morning Delivery Driver
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
Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 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
Health services
2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in PE9
- Lakeside Healthcare Stamford
- Stamford Ooh
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Cambridgeshire:
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND238 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases233 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth210 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks177 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Burghley Park Cricket Club · 0.5 kmBurghley Park Cricket Club is set in the park of Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire. Its pavilion dates from 1892.
Wothorpe · 0.6 kmWothorpe 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 kmSt 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 kmStamford 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 kmThe 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)
Nearby towns
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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 IoD2025.