Huntington (South Staffordshire)

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:30

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

158 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences80
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Public order15
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Cannock East & North · Staffordshire

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

111 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 157 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

376 food businesses within 2 miles

• 314 rated 4–5 ★ (277 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cannock (2.2 km)
• 55 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,333 average▼ 1.3% YoY

Across Cannock Chase · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£867 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

• 1 bed £589
• 2 bed £781
• 3 bed £964

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,290 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Cannock (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

100,519 residents in Cannock Chase · 1,274/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,288
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,787
• Net moves+501

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 132 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,376 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 46,090)

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

40 schools · 13,722 pupils

28 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cannock Chase

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
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

75 applications decided

88% granted · 66 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Newbury

Labour

Cannock Chase

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 7
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 13
• Oth 2

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,857 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,620 certificates

14.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

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

78% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.2

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

24 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in WS11

• Norton Canes Health Centre
• Alderwood Medical Practice
• Red Lion Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cannock Chase:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth269 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills240 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND157 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.142 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide

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

• 
  Cardinal Griffin Catholic College · 0.7 km

  Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is a coeducational Catholic Secondary school and sixth form located in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.

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  Littleton Colliery · 1.2 km

  Littleton Colliery was a deep coal mine situated two miles north of Cannock on the A34 in the village of Huntington. The colliery closed on 3 December 1993 and was the last working coal mine on the Cannock Chase Coalf…

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  Chadsmoor · 1.2 km

  Chadsmoor is a historic village in the Cannock Chase District in Staffordshire, England, and is situated between the towns of Cannock and Hednesford.

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  Cannock Chase Hospital · 1.3 km

  Cannock Chase Hospital is a community hospital in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. It is managed by Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

• Cannock Chase High School · 1.3 km

  Cannock Chase High School is a secondary school with academy status in Cannock, Staffordshire. The school is situated just north of the town centre, towards Blackfords, east of Cannock Chase Hospital.

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  Huntington, Staffordshire · 1.3 km

  Huntington is a civil parish and former mining village in Staffordshire, on the outskirts of Cannock Chase. It lies on the A34 road just north of Cannock and is surrounded by woodland. The village had an estimated pop…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)