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On County Road, in Central Stafford
What it's like at ST16 2PU: every home that has sold on County Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on County Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 19 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, County RoadTerraced | Apr 2021 | £115,000 | 77 m² | £1,494/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, County RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £112,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 5, County RoadTerraced | Oct 2003 | £94,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 6, County RoadTerraced | Aug 2013 | £68,090 | 54 m² | £1,261/m² | 3 |
| 7, County RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £127,000 | 71 m² | £1,789/m² | 4 |
| 8, County RoadTerraced | Mar 2004 | £134,950 | 132 m² | £1,022/m² | 2 |
| 9, County RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2025 | £200,000 | 117 m² | £1,709/m² | 3 |
| 10, County RoadTerraced | Nov 2008 | £88,000 | 89 m² | £989/m² | 1 |
| 11, County RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £90,000 | 81 m² | £1,111/m² | 4 |
| 15a, County RoadTerraced | Sept 2009 | £95,000 | 99 m² | £960/m² | 1 |
| 15b, County RoadTerraced | Dec 2000 | £30,000 | 83 m² | £361/m² | 1 |
| 15c, County RoadTerraced | Feb 2018 | £75,000 | 93 m² | £806/m² | 1 |
| 16, County RoadTerraced | Mar 2009 | £94,950 | 86 m² | £1,104/m² | 1 |
| 17, County RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £145,000 | 67 m² | £2,164/m² | 2 |
| 18, County RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2006 | £108,000 | 67 m² | £1,612/m² | 1 |
| 20, County RoadTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2001 | £36,000 | 49 m² | £735/m² | 1 |
| 21, County RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2001 | £36,000 | 67 m² | £537/m² | 1 |
| 22, County RoadTerraced | Jan 2018 | £83,000 | 47 m² | £1,766/m² | 5 |
| 23, County RoadTerraced | Oct 2021 | £115,000 | 59 m² | £1,949/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stafford, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 2.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Madford Retail Park, 100 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes 8, 101, 432); 43 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is John Wheeldon Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 69% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Blessed William Howard Catholic School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 52 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Foodstores, 100 m away; The Polish Shop Cash & Carry (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cross Street Surgery (350 m), with Browning Street Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Timeless Trends is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Stoke University Hospital, 23 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 59 restaurants and cafés and 32 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Chef Babak Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Greyhound Inn the nearest pub (under 50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (36 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 322 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 103 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 39% flats and 3% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 328 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Victoria Park, 750 m away; for exercise, PureGym (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 47 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 43% of households rent privately and 19% socially.
51 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Friends' Meeting House | II* | 30 m |
| 62 and 63, Foregate Street | II | 50 m |
| Perimeter Walls to West and North of Hm Prison | II | 90 m |
| Hm Prison, Central Block | II | 130 m |
| Detention Block South of Central Block, Hm Prison | II | 150 m |
| Detention Block North East of Central Block, Hm Prison | II | 160 m |
| Detention Block North of Central Block, Hm Prison | II | 170 m |
| 43, Foregate Street | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Stafford constituency: Leigh Ingham MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,595 (10.0%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 19%, Green Party 6%.
50 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near ST16 2PU →
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Stafford since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 82.5% | 86.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 7.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.5% | 5.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 81 min
Nearest: Dudley Zoo · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.