Huntington (South Staffordshire)

15°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 11° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:40

13h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

172 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences98
• Anti-social behaviour28
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Public order9

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cannock East & North · Staffordshire

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

114 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 149 casualties · 11.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

378 food businesses within 2 miles

• 317 rated 4–5 ★ (279 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,601 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Cannock Chase · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£859 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £774
• 3 bed £955

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

23 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 126 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

57 applications decided

96.5% granted · 55 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh Newbury

Labour

Cannock Chase

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 8
• 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)

4,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Nuclear 14% · Wind 9% · Biomass 7%

240 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cannock Chase:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office501 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership393 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s365 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test347 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance335 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

• 
  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)