Four Ashes

10°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 5° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:36

9h 30m 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 · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

9 reported · August 2026▲ 125% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Wheaton Aston & Rural · Staffordshire

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

204 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Penkridge (5.6 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£308,695 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across South Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £665
• 2 bed £858
• 3 bed £1,019

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

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,400 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: 153.9p · Esso (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: PCP Gratings LTD (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

110,471 residents in South Staffordshire · 271/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,660
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,622
• Net moves+1,038

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 222 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,314 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 49,350)

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

59 schools · 16,630 pupils

36 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 19 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

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

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
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

145 applications decided

80.7% granted · 117 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 29
• LD 4
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £37,093 avg

e.g. Music Cover Teacher - High Wycombe, Housing Assistant, Team Leader

Source: Adzuna

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,228 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,520 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 18% · Wind 17% · Solar 15%

172 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

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

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile8.5
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

60 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in WV10

• Wolverhampton Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Featherstone
• Poplars Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills361 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND199 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK172 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases137 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Four Ashes railway station · 0.3 km

  Four Ashes railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. It served the small village of Four Ashes, Staffordshire, 6 miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre, and was located near…

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  Four Ashes, Staffordshire · 0.4 km

  Four Ashes is a village in the civil parish of Brewood and Coven, in the district of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England, located about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Cannock, 7 miles (11 km) north of Wolverhampto…

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  Hatherton Canal · 1.8 km

  The Hatherton Canal is a derelict branch of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in south Staffordshire, England. It was constructed in two phases, the first section opening in 1841 and connecting the main line…

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  Somerford Hall · 1.9 km

  Somerford Hall is an 18th-century Palladian style mansion house at Brewood, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Saredon Brook · 1.9 km

  Saredon Brook is a small river in the English county of Staffordshire. The Environment Agency state that it is around 16 miles (26 km) long, although not all of that length is called the Saredon Brook on maps. The cha…

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  St Paul's Church, Coven · 1.9 km

  St Paul's Church, Coven is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Coven, Staffordshire

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)