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Marchington

Marchington is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 615. There are around 1 restaurants and cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Uttoxeter, 4.8 km away. There were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Marchington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Staffordshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 124,022 residents at roughly 320 people per km².

Council
East Staffordshire
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Burton
Police force
Staffordshire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 77th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability71
Affordable rents71
Good schools72
Life expectancy38
Low deprivation53
Employment48
Low council tax71

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:31

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

9 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Needwood · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB), linked to drug misuse is a key priority for the area.
  • Traffic concerns.

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

Road safety

230 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 15 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Uttoxeter (4.3 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Uttoxeter (4.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£229,876 average▲ 2% YoY

Across East Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Detached£356,559
Semi-detached£230,407
Terraced£179,585
Flat£106,403

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£858 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £614
  • 2 bed £775
  • 3 bed £943

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

Affordability

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,751 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 179.9p · Asda (5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · Asda (5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Uttoxeter (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,022 residents in East Staffordshire · 320/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,175
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,835
  • Net moves+1,340

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 156 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (33% of 56,250)

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,090
D £2,351
E £2,874
F £3,396
G £3,919
H £4,703

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

Schools

62 schools · 22,302 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 25 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding
  • John Taylor Free SchoolGood
  • Paget High SchoolGood
  • Paulet High SchoolGood
  • The de Ferrers AcademyGood
  • The JCB AcademyGood
  • Abbot Beyne School
  • John Taylor High School
  • Thomas Alleyne's High School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Marchington)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

246 applications decided

81.3% granted · 200 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jacob Collier

Labour

Burton and Uttoxeter

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 21
  • Con 15
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,905 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £31,187 avg

e.g. Project Administrator, Project Co-ordinator, Warehouse Operative

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£742 median full-time weekly pay

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

£22,329 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,281 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 23% · Biomass 22% · Solar 3%

215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

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

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in ST14

  • Balance Street
  • Mill View Surgery
  • Northgate Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Marchington · 0.1 km

    Marchington is a small village in East Staffordshire, England. It lies between the towns of Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter. Marchington has a small community-run shop, a first school, two churches and two pubs. The p…

  • Marchington railway station · 0.4 km

    Marchington railway station was a railway station in Marchington, Staffordshire which opened in 1854 and closed in 1958. It was on the Crewe to Derby Line.

  • St Peter's Church, Marchington · 0.4 km

    St Peter's Church is a Church of England church in Marchington, Staffordshire. It is the only church in the parish of St. Peter Marchington.

  • HM Prison Dovegate · 1.5 km

    His Majesty's Prison Dovegate is a Category B men's private prison near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England, operated by Serco.

  • Burton and Uttoxeter · 1.9 km

    Burton and Uttoxeter is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Jacob Collier of the Labour Party.

  • Brocksford Hall · 2.3 km

    Brocksford Hall is a country house about one mile (1.6 km) east of Doveridge village, in the south west corner of Derbyshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Marchington?
Marchington is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the East Staffordshire local authority.
What is the population of Marchington?
Marchington has an approximate settlement population of 615.
How deprived is Marchington?
The East Staffordshire local authority, which includes Marchington, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.