Denstone

15°CMist

• Today: 20° / 14° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:30

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

7 reported · July 2026▼ 46% YoY

• Drugs2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Uttoxeter Rural · Staffordshire

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

171 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 202 casualties · 13.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alton Towers Car Park (3.0 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£225,551 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across East Staffordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£851 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £610
• 2 bed £770
• 3 bed £936

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 175.9p · Asda (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (6.2 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 (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,022 residents in East Staffordshire · 320/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 157 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (33% of 56,250)

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

62 schools · 22,302 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 25 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Staffordshire

842 CQC-registered services

• Care homes273
• GP practices129
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

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

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

171 applications decided

94.2% granted · 161 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jacob Collier

Labour

Burton and Uttoxeter

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 15
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Denstone – Flexible Schedule, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Denstone – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,329 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,281 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 38% · Wind 30% · Gas 30% · Nuclear 2%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills572 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s483 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office421 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership393 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test269 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Denstone railway station · 0.1 km

  Denstone railway station served the village of Denstone, in Staffordshire, England. It was a stop on the North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley Line.

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  All Saints' Church, Denstone · 0.2 km

  All Saints' Church, Denstone is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Denstone.

• Denstone · 0.3 km

  Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It is located next to the River Churnet. The village has a church, village hall, primar…

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  Denstone College · 1.1 km

  Denstone College is a co-educational, private, boarding and day school in Denstone, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. It is a Woodard School, having been founded by Nathaniel Woodard, and so Christian traditions are…

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  Rocester railway station · 1.5 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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  Prestwood, East Staffordshire · 1.6 km

  Prestwood is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denstone, in the East Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 41.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)