Wetley Rocks

15°CSunny

• Today: 16° / 8° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:38

13h 6m 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 · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Vehicle crime1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Werrington & Cheddleton · 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)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 24 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Consall (3.3 km)
• 8 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: 154.9p · Esso (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.6 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Next to CO-OP (6.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 15 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

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£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

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

• 
  Wetley Rocks · 0.6 km

  Wetley Rocks is a village in Staffordshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Cheddleton and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Leek. For population details as taken at the 2011 census see under Consall.

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  Consall · 1.2 km

  Consall is a small village situated in the Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It is approximately 6 miles south of the market town of Leek and 8 miles east of Stoke-on-Trent. According to the last Census…

• Moorside High School, Werrington · 1.5 km

  Moorside High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Werrington, Staffordshire.

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  Werrington, Staffordshire · 2.7 km

  Werrington is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Stoke-on-Trent city centre. The village has a population of just over 3,000 people, sits at 875 f…

• HM Prison Werrington · 2.7 km

  HMYOI Werrington is a male juveniles' prison located in the village of Werrington in Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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  Ashcombe Park, Staffordshire · 2.9 km

  Ashcombe Park is a country house and estate near Cheddleton, in Staffordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)