Kingsley (Staffordshire Moorlands)

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 8° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:38

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Drugs2
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Waterhouses Rural · Staffordshire

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

134 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kingsley & Froghall (1.6 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£227,875 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Staffordshire Moorlands · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£724 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY

• 1 bed £524
• 2 bed £681
• 3 bed £861

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

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Cheadle (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

95,845 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands · 166/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 204 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,338 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 45,160)

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

68 schools · 14,402 pupils

42 primary · 8 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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)

81 applications decided

69.1% granted · 56 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Karen Bradley

Conservative

Staffordshire Moorlands

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£770 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,399 disposable income per head (2024)

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

30% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 41,004 certificates

17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 63% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 13% · Gas 5%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Staffordshire Moorlands:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills572 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office383 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership282 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership261 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s213 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Kingsley, Staffordshire · 0.0 km

  Kingsley is a small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands near to Cheadle, and situated on the A52 from Stoke on Trent to Ashbourne. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 census was 2,204.

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  Froghall · 1.6 km

  Froghall is a village situated approximately ten miles to the east of Stoke-on-Trent and two miles north of Cheadle in Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 Census can be found under Kingsley…

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  Kingsley and Froghall railway station · 1.6 km

  Kingsley and Froghall is a railway station serving the villages of Froghall and Kingsley in Staffordshire, England. It is the southern terminus of the Churnet Valley Railway.

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  Uttoxeter Canal · 1.8 km

  The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall as far as Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. It was authorised in 1797, but did not open until 1811. With the exception of…

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  Consall railway station · 2.2 km

  Consall railway station is a railway station serving the village of Consall in Staffordshire, England. It is located on the Churnet Valley Railway.

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  Cheadle Coalfield · 2.4 km

  The Cheadle Coalfield is a coalfield in the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Cheadle, Staffordshire, and its outlying villages it lies to the east of Stoke-on-Trent and the much larger North Staffordshire Coalfi…

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