Farley

10°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 9° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:32

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

9 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Drugs1
• Other theft1
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Waterhouses Rural · Staffordshire

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

134 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 46 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alton Towers Main Entrance (0.3 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£227,875 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Staffordshire Moorlands · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£724 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £524
• 2 bed £681
• 3 bed £861

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

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 175.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Alton Towers Hotel Car Park (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,845 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands · 166/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 204 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 45,160)

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

68 schools · 14,402 pupils

42 primary · 8 secondary · 18 other

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

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Alton and Farley)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 61 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

81 applications decided

69.1% granted · 56 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

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

• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£770 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,399 disposable income per head (2024)

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

30% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 41,004 certificates

17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Staffordshire Moorlands:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills572 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office383 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership282 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership261 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s213 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Ripsaw (Alton Towers) · 0.3 km

  Ripsaw was a Top Spin ride previously located at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, England. It opened in 1997 and closed at the end of 2015.

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  CBeebies Land · 0.4 km

  CBeebies Land is a themed area located within the Alton Towers resort in Staffordshire, England. It is based on the CBeebies brand, a BBC television channel dedicated to pre-school children. The area features various…

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  Beastie (Alton Towers) · 0.5 km

  Beastie was a steel family roller coaster made by Pinfari of Italy. The coaster was located in the Adventure Land area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. The ride featured a tunnel and performed two laps of th…

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  Spinball Whizzer · 0.5 km

  Spinball Whizzer is a spinning roller coaster located in The Towers area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. Built by Maurer Söhne, it was previously sponsored by Sega, the company that created the Sonic the He…

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  Submission (Alton Towers) · 0.5 km

  Submission was a theme park ride at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England from 2001 until 2013. It was a Chance Rides double swinging inverter.

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  Wicker Man (roller coaster) · 0.6 km

  Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Manufactured by Great Coasters International, the £16-million ride opened to the public on 20 March 2018 following a t…

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