Yarnfield

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 15° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

12 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour6
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Public order1

3 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Eccleshall & Swynnerton · Staffordshire

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

227 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 291 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

29 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

£259,721 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£898 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £629
• 2 bed £789
• 3 bed £974

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (10.5 km)

10 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 233 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

66 schools · 18,003 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 11 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford

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

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

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

132 applications decided

77.3% granted · 102 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

6,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £29,389 avg

e.g. Chef De Partie, Chef, Door Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 28% · Nuclear 28% · Biomass 21% · Gas 18%

100 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs 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

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

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills789 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office387 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s318 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership287 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test263 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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)