Handsacre and Armitage

11°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 11° · 75% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:32

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

24 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Vehicle crime2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Lichfield Rural · Staffordshire

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

138 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rugeley Town (5.1 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£337,052 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Lichfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,100 average monthly rent▲ 8% YoY

• 1 bed £740
• 2 bed £965
• 3 bed £1,155

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (8.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: EVC Lichfield Golf & Country Club (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

106,436 residents in Lichfield · 321/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 250 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,352 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 49,360)

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

60 schools · 17,466 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

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

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lichfield

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
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

155 applications decided

82.6% granted · 128 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dave Robertson

Labour

Lichfield

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 14
• Con 21
• LD 7
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,955 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 · 46,236 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 26% · Gas 8% · Imports 5%

37 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lichfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills442 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s281 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Handsacre · 0.3 km

  Handsacre is a village in the English county of Staffordshire. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Armitage with Handsacre

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  Armitage railway station · 0.3 km

  Armitage railway station was a station on the Trent Valley Line, part of what is now known as the West Coast Main Line, and served the village of Armitage, Staffordshire, England.

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  Armitage with Handsacre · 0.4 km

  Armitage with Handsacre or just Armitage is a civil parish in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. It includes the villages of Armitage and Handsacre, and in 2001 had a population of 5,181, rising to 5,33…

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  Armitage · 0.8 km

  Armitage is a village in the Lichfield district, in Staffordshire, England, on the Trent and Mersey Canal south of Rugeley and north of Lichfield. With the village of Handsacre it forms the civil parish of Armitage wi…

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  Church of St Nicholas, Mavesyn Ridware · 1.5 km

  The Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed parish church in the village of Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire, England. The church is situated at the eastern end of the village approximately 370 m (1,210 ft) north of t…

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  Mavesyn Ridware · 1.6 km

  Mavesyn Ridware is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. The parish had a population of 1,048 in 2001, increasing to 1,128 at the 2011 Census. It includes the villages of Hill Ridwa…

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