Waterhouses
Waterhouses is a town or village in Staffordshire, England. It has 1 restaurant or café, 8 bus stops, and Kingsley & Froghall railway station 6.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Waterhouses area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Staffordshire Moorlands area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 95,845 residents at roughly 166 people per km².
- Council
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- County
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Police force
- Staffordshire
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 31st of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.
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
6°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 11° / 6° · 62% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:31
9h 20m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
15US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
163 reported road collisions (2025)
51 killed or seriously injured · 239 casualties · 17 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
11 food businesses within 2 miles
- 10 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Alton Towers Main Entrance (4.9 km)
- 1 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£224,481 average▲ 5.1% YoY
Across Staffordshire Moorlands · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£728 average monthly rent▲ 7.5% YoY
- 1 bed £527
- 2 bed £685
- 3 bed £866
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
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
Property sales
1,309 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
EV charging
6 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 7.2 kW
- Nearest: The Laurels B&B (5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
95,845 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands · 166/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 26%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,734
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,921
- Net moves+813
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 202 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£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
Schools
68 schools · 14,402 pupils
42 primary · 8 secondary · 18 other
Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)
58 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Blythe Bridge High SchoolGood
- Endon High SchoolGood
- Moorside High SchoolGood
- Painsley Catholic CollegeGood
- Leek High SchoolRequires improvement
- Westwood CollegeRequires improvement
- Biddulph High School
- The Cheadle Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Staffordshire Moorlands
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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
111 applications decided
82% granted · 91 granted, 20 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Labour (minority)
- Lab 19
- Con 21
- LD 1
- Grn 2
- Ref 1
- Oth 11
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Parks & greens1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,530 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£770 median full-time weekly pay
2.2% 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
Energy efficiency
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
Health
Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men
68% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Health services
6 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in ST10
- Tardis Surgery
- Allen Street Clinic
- Well Street Medical Centre
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Staffordshire Moorlands:
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills575 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases200 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND192 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Ban on sale of disposable BBQs186 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks178 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Cauldon · 1.4 kmCauldon or Caldon is a village and former civil parish, 19 miles (31 km) north east of Stafford, now in the parish of Waterhouses, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. In 1…
Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway · 1.7 kmThe Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway (L&MVLR) was a narrow gauge railway in Staffordshire, England, that operated between 1904 and 1934. The line mainly carried milk from dairies in the region, acting as a feede…
- Brown End Quarry · 1.7 km
Brown End Quarry is a nature reserve of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, near the village of Waterhouses in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and a regionally important g…
Waterhouses railway station (Staffordshire) · 1.8 kmWaterhouses railway station was a railway station that served the village of Waterhouses, Staffordshire, England. It was opened jointly by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and the Leek and Manifold Valley Light R…
Waterhouses, Staffordshire · 1.9 kmWaterhouses is a village in the south of the Staffordshire Peak District in England. It is around 8 miles from Leek and Ashbourne, being nearly the halfway point between the two towns on the A523 road, which roughly f…
- Caldon Low Halt railway station · 2.0 km
Caldon Low Halt railway station was a railway station near the hamlet of Cauldon, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 and closed in 1935.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Waterhouses?
- Waterhouses is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Staffordshire Moorlands local authority.
- How deprived is Waterhouses?
- The Staffordshire Moorlands local authority, which includes Waterhouses, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.