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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 (IoD2019). 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 79th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability71
Affordable rents72
Good schools73
Life expectancy41
Low deprivation49
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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 75% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:32

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

27 reported · July 2026 69% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Other crime9
  • Burglary1
  • Other theft1

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

171 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 202 casualties · 13.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 16 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 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

£225,551 average 5.2% YoY

Across East Staffordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£352,159
Semi-detached£225,622
Terraced£175,333
Flat£103,175

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£851 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £610
  • 2 bed £770
  • 3 bed £936

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Esso (12 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (12 km)

3 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)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 157 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

58inspected 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

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

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

171 applications decided

94.2% granted · 161 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jacob Collier

Labour

Burton and Uttoxeter

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

5,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £26,956 avg

e.g. Cook

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Biomass 31% · Gas 12% · Imports 3%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

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

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 IoD2019.