Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:34 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:14 am – 3:46 pm
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People8,054 residentsin the Bracebridge North & Boultham Moor census areaMedian age 35.93,577 households40% of homes owner-occupied18% owned outright39% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.7% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,548 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 22%, health and social work 16%, construction 9%Getting to work: 14% work from home, 61% go by car, 5% take public transport, 19% walk or cycle75% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages20% of adults hold a degree or higher24% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 91%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C619 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August37 days of air frost, 14 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesBoultham Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haHartsholme Country Parkpark · 1.2 mi · 106 haThe Backiespark · under a mile · 6 haLincoln Moorlands Railway Football Clubplaying field · under a mileSimons Hill Allotmentsallotments · under a mile · 4 haBracebridge Boxing Clubsports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes96 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200816 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 18 Sep 202648 mi away, Southern North SeaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 7.7 · PM2.5 7.6 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,754 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation7 m23 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 3 to 78 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCommunity Hospitals Lchs2.1 miGP surgeryHeart Of Lincoln Medical Group (Newark Road)11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyLincoln Co-Op Chemists LTD11 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistLincoln Dental Careunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi20 schools12 primary, 4 secondary, 1 all-through, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryBracebridge Infant and Nursery Schoolages 2-7, 85 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryThe Priory Academy LSSTages 11-18, 1,749 pupilsunder a milePrimaryThe Meadows Primary Schoolages 4-11, 342 pupilsunder a mileCollegeLincoln College2.2 miUniversityUniversity of Lincoln1.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY27 miMajor airportEast Midlands Airport EMA41 miRailway stationLincoln Central1.7 miBus stationCentral Bus StationLincoln1.8 miBus stops95 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LN5 postcode district.
