Rocester

7°CMist

• Today: 13° / 6° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:38

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

63US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▼ 65% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Burglary1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Uttoxeter Rural · Staffordshire

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

170 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 239 casualties · 23.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alton Towers Car Park (4.6 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£341,776 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Derbyshire Dales · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£819 average monthly rent▲ 9% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £760
• 3 bed £909

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

977 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: 179.9p · Asda (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · Asda (5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Old Denstone Road (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

71,541 residents in Derbyshire Dales · 90/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,567
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,855
• Net moves+712

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,445 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 35,780)

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

65 schools · 9,194 pupils

59 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Derbyshire Dales

689 CQC-registered services

• Care homes245
• GP practices111
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies147
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Derbyshire

• In a conservation area (Rocester)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

84.7% granted · 116 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jacob Collier

Labour

Burton and Uttoxeter

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 9
• LD 12
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £30,504 avg

e.g. Labourer Factory Cleaner, HGV Class 1 Driver, Parts Technician

Source: Adzuna

£804 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,486 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 35,810 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Biomass 22% · Wind 10% · Nuclear 4%

267 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in ST14

• Balance Street
• Mill View Surgery
• Northgate Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills577 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth190 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 152 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Rocester · 0.1 km

  Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its name is spelt Rowcestre in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is located on the Derbyshire border.

• Rocester Abbey · 0.3 km

  Rocester Abbey was a medieval monastic house at Rocester, Staffordshire, England of which there is now no trace above ground level.

• JCB Academy · 0.5 km

  The JCB Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school within the English University Technical College programme, in Rocester, Staffordshire, England. It specialises in engineering and business qualificati…

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  Rocester F.C. · 0.6 km

  Rocester Football Club is a football club based in Rocester, near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, currently playing in the Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division.

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  Rocester railway station · 0.7 km

  Rocester railway station served the village of Rocester, in Staffordshire, England. It was a stop on the Churnet Valley Line, built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).

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  Abbotsholme School · 1.2 km

  Abbotsholme School is a co-educational private boarding and day school. It was announced in June 2026 that the school would be closing on 22 June 2026 following the acquisition by Syd Phillimore of neighbouring Eaton…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)