Yarnfield

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:34

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

9 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Eccleshall & Swynnerton · Staffordshire

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

193 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 14.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stone (3.5 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£260,446 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£901 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £631
• 2 bed £791
• 3 bed £978

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

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,877 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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (10.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Moto Stafford Northbound Services (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

136,867 residents in Stafford · 229/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,988
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,477
• Net moves+1,511

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 225 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,303 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 64,130)

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

68 schools · 18,003 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford

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

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

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

148 applications decided

79.1% granted · 117 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Allison Gardner

Labour

Stoke-on-Trent South

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £32,077 avg

e.g. Childrens Residential Care Worker, Door Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,383 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,931 certificates

14.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 4%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in ST15

• Cumberland House
• Mansion House
• Pes@Peter Bowers Optometrist, Staffs

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stoke-on-Trent South:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills797 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth191 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 181 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND157 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases157 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Yarnfield · 0.1 km

  Yarnfield is a village in Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Swynnerton It is considered part of historic Stone, and is near to other historic locations such as E…

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  Stone Old Alleynians F.C. · 0.5 km

  Stone Old Alleynians Football Club is a community football club based in the town of Stone, Staffordshire, England. The club plays in the Midland League Premier Division. The club is affiliated to the Staffordshire Fo…

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  Stone Dominoes F.C. · 0.5 km

  Stone Dominoes Football Club is a football club based in Stone, Staffordshire. They played at Wellbeing Park.

• Cold Meece railway station · 1.2 km

  Cold Meece railway station was a short-lived railway station built during the Second World War by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) to serve ROF Swynnerton.

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  ROF Swynnerton · 1.2 km

  ROF Swynnerton was a Royal Ordnance Factory, more specifically a filling factory, located south of the village of Swynnerton in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Built between 1939 and 1941, it remained operational until…

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  Stafford services · 2.1 km

  Stafford services is a pair of motorway service stations on the M6 motorway near Stone, Staffordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)