 This ward stretches west to Hogsthorpe with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 4,684.The UK's first purpose-built marine observatory, it was first conceived in 2005 with plans revealed to the public in July 2013.Planning permission was granted at the end of 2014 with the build between 2016 and 2018 funded mainly from Lincolnshire County Council and additionally from Arts Council England and the Coastal Communities Fund.