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Thinking of living at ST13 8RU? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horton St Michael's CofE First School | Primary | 0 m | – |
| Moor First School | Primary | 3.7 km | – |
| Woodcroft Academy | Primary | 3.8 km | – |
| Rushton CofE First School | Primary | 3.8 km | – |
| Westwood First School | Primary | 3.8 km | – |
| Westwood College | Secondary | 3.2 km | Attainment 8: 44.2 · 8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Edward's Church of England Academy | Secondary | 3.7 km | – |
| Churnet View Middle School | Secondary | 4.9 km | – |
Every primary near ST13 8RU, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Leek Bowling Club | 3.8 km | 3 |
| Tennis | Westwood College | 3.2 km | 2 |
| Football | Harrison Park | 3.5 km | 2 |
| Sailing | Rudyard Lake Sailing Club | 830 m | 1 |
| Cricket | Leek Cricket Club | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Hockey | Leek Hockey Club | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Golf | Westwood Golf Club | 4.1 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Myactive Leek | 4.5 km | 1 |
| Canoe | Tittesworth Watersports | 4.8 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Congleton, a drive away (8.1 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 70 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Horton St Michael's CofE First School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Oxhey First School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Westwood College, 3.2 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 3.5 km away, with Sprinks Farm closer still (2.5 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Centre (4.7 km), with Everest Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.9 km).
For a haircut, The Salon is 4.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Stoke University Hospital, 14 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 45% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Mini Beans on the Lake@Rudyard Sailing Club is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Leek Town Football Club the nearest pub (3.4 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 120 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 72% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 33% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Biddulph Moor Village Park, 3.5 km away; for exercise, Genetix Gym (4.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 27 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 59% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 32% are 65 or over.
2 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.