Handsacre and Armitage

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 56% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:31

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

29 reported · August 2026▲ 93% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Public order6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Lichfield Rural · Staffordshire

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

145 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (30 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

£339,176 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Lichfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,103 average monthly rent▲ 7.5% YoY

• 1 bed £741
• 2 bed £967
• 3 bed £1,158

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

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

1,568 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 (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.7 km)

3 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,290
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,404
• Net moves+1,886

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 241 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 17,352 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lichfield

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
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

167 applications decided

82% granted · 137 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dave Robertson

Labour

Lichfield

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 14
• Con 21
• LD 7
• Grn 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,550 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 4%

183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 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

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WS15

• Horsefair Practice
• Abbots Bromley Surgery
• Brereton Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lichfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills445 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND238 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks157 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Reform UK Bail Law: Require Passport Surrender for Serious Criminal Charges117 local signatures · 6,379 nationwide

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

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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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