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Whittington (Lichfield)

Whittington (Lichfield) is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. There is 1 pharmacy and 1 restaurant or café, 7 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Lichfield Trent Valley, 2.9 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Whittington (Lichfield) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lichfield area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 106,436 residents at roughly 321 people per km².

Council
Lichfield
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Lichfield
Police force
Staffordshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 69th of 294 English council areas — better than 77% of them.

Low crime87
Home affordability37
Affordable rents41
Good schools27
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation79
Employment82
Low council tax70

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 12° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:34

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

9 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Mease Tame & Whittington · Staffordshire

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

Road safety

138 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

45 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 35 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lichfield Trent Valley (2.9 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lichfield Trent Valley (2.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£337,052 average 3.9% YoY

Across Lichfield · to 2026-06

Detached£523,122
Semi-detached£315,985
Terraced£250,686
Flat£163,293

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,100 average monthly rent 8% YoY

  • 1 bed £740
  • 2 bed £965
  • 3 bed £1,155

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

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 160.7p · Asda (6.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (6.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

25 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Saba UK-Lichfield Trent Valley (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

106,436 residents in Lichfield · 321/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 250 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,352 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 49,360)

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,091
D £2,352
E £2,875
F £3,397
G £3,920
H £4,704

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

Schools

60 schools · 17,466 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Nether Stowe SchoolRequires improvement
  • Chase Terrace Academy
  • Erasmus Darwin Academy
  • King Edward VI School
  • Lift Rawlett
  • The Friary School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lichfield

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

155 applications decided

82.6% granted · 128 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sarah Edwards

Labour

Tamworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 14
  • Con 21
  • LD 7
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised

e.g. 2Nd Chef, Play Worker - Whittington Primary & Nursery School

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,955 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 · 46,236 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 66% · Nuclear 13% · Wind 11% · Imports 4%

263 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tamworth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Whittington Old Hall · 0.3 km

    Whittington Old Hall is a 16th-century mansion house at Whittington, Staffordshire, England, which has been subdivided into separate residential apartments. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Whittington, Staffordshire · 0.5 km

    Whittington is a village and civil parish which lies approximately 3 miles south east of Lichfield, in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,591, incre…

  • Huddlesford Junction · 1.5 km

    Huddlesford Junction is a canal junction at the original north-eastern limit of the Wyrley and Essington Canal where it met the Coventry Canal, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.

  • Huddlesford · 1.5 km

    Huddlesford is a village 2 km east of the city of Lichfield, in the English county of Staffordshire. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Whittington. It is bisected by the Trent Valley L…

  • DMS Whittington · 1.8 km

    DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington, is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, the Headquarters…

  • Staffordshire Regiment Museum · 1.9 km

    The Staffordshire Regiment Museum is a military museum in Staffordshire, England, preserving the history of the Staffordshire Regiment, its antecedent regiments and its successor regiment, the Mercian Regiment, from 1…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Whittington (Lichfield)?
Whittington (Lichfield) is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Lichfield local authority.
How deprived is Whittington (Lichfield)?
The Lichfield local authority, which includes Whittington (Lichfield), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.