‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side

Data shows increase in neighbourhoods where few metres of asphalt, hedgerow, or wall can separate deep inequalityThe homes of people in Nunsthorpe, a postwar former council housing estate known locally as “The Nunny”, sit only a few metres away from their more affluent neighbours in Scartho with their conservatories and driveways.Walking between the two is almost impossible because of a 1.8-metre-high (6ft) barricade between them, which blocks off roads and walkways that link the two