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Would I like living here? What stands out, a day in the life, schools in reach, journey times, shops and leisure, and places with the same character.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
| Leek East & Upper Hulme | Staffordshire Moorlands | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes per 1,000 residents a year | 77 | 68 | 99 |
| In good or very good health | 78% | 80% | 82% |
| Households with dependent children | 26% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 26% | 19% |
| Degree or higher | 25% | 28% | 34% |
| Nitrogen dioxide (µg/m³) | 5.4 | 6.1 | 10.1 |
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The nearest station is Congleton, a drive away (13 km), with 324k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 77 minutes away by public transport (30 by car).
The nearest primary school is Blackshaw Moor CofE First School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Churnet View Middle School, 2.1 km away.
Near the middle of the neighbourhood, the closest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 2.5 km away, with Blackshaw Lane Camping & Caravanning Club closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Centre (3.3 km), with Leek Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.2 km).
For a haircut, Scissors is 2.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Macclesfield District General Hospital, 17 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Three Horseshoes Inn is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and the Lazy Trout the nearest pub (1.6 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 77 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 88 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 26% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Birches Gardens, 3.1 km away; for exercise, Leek & District Shooting Centre (900 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 31 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers.
| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackshaw Moor CofE First School | Primary | 700 m | – |
| Beresford Memorial CofE First School | Primary | 2.6 km | – |
| Leek First School | Primary | 3.3 km | – |
| St Mary's Catholic Academy | Primary | 4.0 km | 93% met the expected standard |
| Westwood First School | Primary | 4.1 km | – |
| Churnet View Middle School | Secondary | 2.1 km | – |
| Leek High School | Secondary | 3.0 km | Attainment 8: 38.1 · 3.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Edward's Church of England Academy | Secondary | 4.4 km | – |
| Westwood College | Secondary | 4.9 km | Attainment 8: 44.2 · 8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Leek East & Upper Hulme | Staffordshire Moorlands | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top-rated state primaries within 2 km | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Top-rated state secondaries within 6 km | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Good or outstanding nurseries within 2 km | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Grammar schools within 15 km |
| Leek East & Upper Hulme | Staffordshire Moorlands | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush hour to central London, public transport | 283 min | 227 min | 163 min |
| Rush hour to the nearest big city centre | 162 min | 108 min | 93 min |
| Minutes to a town centre | 23 min | 24 min | 20 min |
| Distance to the nearest station | 13 km | 8.2 km | 2.8 km |
| Buses an hour within a 5-minute walk | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| Commute by train or Tube | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home | 23% | 24% | 30% |
| Households without a car | 18% | 13% | 23% |
DfT journey time statistics, our rush-hour journey times, NaPTAN, ORR, Census 2021.
| Leek East & Upper Hulme | Staffordshire Moorlands | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and cafés | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Pubs and bars | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Independent cafés, takeaways and shops | 88% | 91% | 85% |
| Named parks within 2 km | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Postcodes within 400 m of a public park | 40% | 30% | 55% |
| Gyms, pools and sports centres within 2 km | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Public swimming pools within 5 km | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cinemas, theatres and libraries within 5 km | 1 | 1 | 8 |
FSA, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Sport England (CC BY).
Matched on character, not price: age mix, education, tenure, home types, how people travel, deprivation, crime, places to eat and distance to London. "Alike" is 100 for an identical profile and 0 for no closer than a typical area.
How the neighbourhoods around it compare on crime, schools, journeys, parks and price.
| Biddulph Moor & Rudyard | 35 | 1 | 117 min | 2 | £286k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle South & Upper Tean | 37 | 1 | 112 min | 4 | £248k |
| Ipstones, Warslow & Hamps Valley | 38 | 0 | 208 min | 0 | £333k |
| Leek South & Cheddleton | 40 | 0 | 98 min | 4 | £254k |
| Biddulph North & Brownlees | 48 | 2 | 88 min | 3 | £227k |
| Endon & Brown Edge | 55 | 0 | 87 min | 0 | £311k |
| Cheadle North, Alton & Kingsley | 57 | 0 | 134 min | 0 | £279k |
| Werrington & Wetley Rocks | 61 | 0 | 76 min | 1 | £237k |
| Leek East & Upper Hulme (this one) | 77 | 0 | 162 min | 0 | £200k |
| Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall | 77 | 1 | 90 min | 4 | £258k |
| Biddulph Central | 115 | 2 | 87 min | 4 | £179k |
| Cheadle Town | 117 | 0 | 87 min | 4 | £224k |
| Leek Town | 128 | 0 | 91 min | 7 | £162k |
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| Minutes to a primary school | 10 min | 11 min | 9 min |
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| Minutes to a secondary school | 19 min | 24 min | 18 min |
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DfE performance tables and Ofsted.
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| To | Public transport | Car |
|---|---|---|
| Central London (Bank) | 4 h 43 | 3 h 13 |
| Stoke-on-Trent city centre | 2 h 42 | 38 min |
| Manchester airport | 3 h 09 | 52 min |
From the middle of the neighbourhood, leaving on a weekday between 8 and 9am (the typical journey across that hour, including walking and waiting). Buses, trams and the Tube from the Bus Open Data Service, trains from the National Rail timetable; car times assume free-flowing traffic on OpenStreetMap road speeds, so rush-hour driving is often slower. The city and airport are the nearest by car. Contains OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).