Cannock Chase

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:30

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

104 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Anti-social behaviour28
• Shoplifting8
• Public order7

Neighbourhood team: Hednesford · Staffordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

111 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 157 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

252 food businesses within 2 miles

• 208 rated 4–5 ★ (173 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hednesford (1.3 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,333 average▼ 1.3% YoY

Across Cannock Chase · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£867 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

• 1 bed £589
• 2 bed £781
• 3 bed £964

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,290 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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Cannock Chase Council-Hednesford Park (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

100,519 residents in Cannock Chase · 1,274/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,288
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,787
• Net moves+501

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 132 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,376 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 46,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

40 schools · 13,722 pupils

28 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

38 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cannock Chase

833 CQC-registered services

• Care homes274
• GP practices127
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

75 applications decided

88% granted · 66 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 7
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 13
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,857 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,620 certificates

14.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men

78% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cannock Chase:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth269 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills240 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND157 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.142 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Hednesford Hills Raceway · 0.3 km

  Hednesford Hills Raceway is an oval, short-circuit motor racing venue. It is situated on Cannock Chase, approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) from the town of Hednesford, Staffordshire, England and is operated by Incarace Ltd.

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  Littleworth, Cannock · 0.5 km

  Littleworth is an area of Cannock Chase District, Staffordshire, England. The area is mainly residential and industrial. It is located between Wimblebury and Hazelslade. There is a bus service that connects the area w…

• Valley coal mine · 0.6 km

  Valley Colliery, commonly known as Valley Pit, was a deep coal mine and training centre located in Hednesford, Staffordshire, UK.

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  Rawnsley, Staffordshire · 0.7 km

  Rawnsley is an area in the Cannock Chase district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Hazelslade and Prospect Village. Rawnsley is a former mining hamlet and was served by the mineral line…

• Church Hill, Staffordshire · 0.7 km

  Church Hill is a suburban village in the Cannock Chase district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The village is located east of Hednesford and south of Rugeley. The village has a church dedicated to St. Peter…

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  Hednesford Park · 0.9 km

  Hednesford Park is a park located in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. The park covers an area of 24 acres, consisting of a recreational field area, running track, skatepark, play area, cafe, and tennis courts. The…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)