South Kesteven

South Kesteven District
Non-metropolitan district
From left to right Top: Grantham skyline Middle: Stamford and Ancaster Bottom: Bourne market day and Market Deeping town centre
Coat of arms of the district council
Shown within the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Lincolnshire
Founded	April 1974
Admin. HQ	Grantham
Government
• Type	South Kesteven District Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Gareth Davies, John Hayes, Caroline Johnson
Area
• Total	364 sq mi (943 km2)
• Rank	29th
Population  (2022)
• Total	144,249
• Rank	Ranked 158th
• Density	400/sq mi (150/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 95.8% White 1.8% Asian 1.4% Mixed 0.6% Black 0.4% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 58.1% Christianity 39.8% no religion 0.5% Islam 1.6% other
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	32UG (ONS) E07000141 (GSS)
Ethnicity	98.4% White

South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. Its council is based in Grantham. The district also includes the towns of Bourne, Market Deeping and Stamford, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.

South Kesteven borders North Kesteven to the north, South Holland to the east, the City of Peterborough and North Northamptonshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, the Melton district of Leicestershire to the west, and the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire to the north-west.