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On Friars Terrace, in Central Stafford
What it's like at ST17 4AU: every home that has sold on Friars Terrace 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 Friars Terrace; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Friars TerraceTerraced | Apr 2024 | £122,500 | 127 m² | £965/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Friars TerraceTerraced | Apr 2024 | £122,500 | 101 m² | £1,213/m² | 1 |
| 3, Friars TerraceTerraced | Oct 2005 | £118,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 4, Friars TerraceTerraced | Oct 2021 | £170,000 | 102 m² | £1,667/m² | 3 |
| 5, Friars TerraceTerraced | Aug 2015 | £121,500 | 92 m² | £1,321/m² | 3 |
| 6, Friars TerraceTerraced | May 1999 | £41,500 | 83 m² | £500/m² | 2 |
| 8, Friars TerraceTerraced | Jun 2025 | £176,000 | 92 m² | £1,913/m² | 2 |
| 9, Friars TerraceTerraced | Dec 2015 | £69,000 | 114 m² | £605/m² | 1 |
| 11, Friars TerraceSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £122,000 | 94 m² | £1,298/m² | 2 |
| 12, Friars TerraceTerraced | Jul 2012 | £105,000 | 106 m² | £991/m² | 3 |
| 13, Friars TerraceTerraced | May 2021 | £155,000 | 88 m² | £1,761/m² | 2 |
| 14, Friars TerraceTerraced | May 2017 | £116,000 | 103 m² | £1,126/m² | 2 |
| 18, Friars TerraceTerraced | Jan 2023 | £175,000 | 86 m² | £2,035/m² | 3 |
| 32, Friars TerraceTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2002 | £52,000 | 116 m² | £448/m² | 2 |
| 34, Friars TerraceFlat | Mar 2010 | £52,000 | 67 m² | £776/m² | 1 |
| 38, Friars TerraceFlat | Nov 2021 | £120,000 | 63 m² | £1,905/m² | 2 |
| 44, Friars TerraceTerraced | Apr 2017 | £175,000 | 113 m² | £1,549/m² | 2 |
| 45, Friars TerraceTerraced | Apr 2019 | £200,000 | 131 m² | £1,527/m² | 3 |
| 46, Friars TerraceTerraced | Mar 2019 | £196,000 | 111 m² | £1,766/m² | 3 |
| 47, Friars TerraceSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £233,000 | 116 m² | £2,009/m² | 3 |
| 48, Friars TerraceTerraced | Apr 2021 | £205,500 | 106 m² | £1,939/m² | 3 |
| 49, Friars TerraceTerraced | Jan 2006 | £199,995 | 117 m² | £1,709/m² | 1 |
| 50, Friars TerraceTerraced | Nov 2014 | £174,000 | 125 m² | £1,392/m² | 1 |
| 51, Friars TerraceTerraced | Nov 2023 | £215,000 | 121 m² | £1,777/m² | 2 |
| 52, Friars TerraceTerraced | Aug 2014 | £178,000 | 111 m² | £1,604/m² | 2 |
| 53, Friars TerraceTerraced | Dec 2016 | £168,750 | 120 m² | £1,406/m² | 2 |
| 54, Friars TerraceTerraced | Mar 2022 | £215,000 | 114 m² | £1,886/m² | 2 |
| 55, Friars TerraceTerraced | May 2016 | £197,000 | 97 m² | £2,031/m² | 2 |
| 56, Friars TerraceFlat | Mar 2026 | £139,500 | 59 m² | £2,364/m² | 2 |
| 57, Friars TerraceFlat | Dec 2005 | £147,245 | 61 m² | £2,414/m² | 1 |
| 58, Friars TerraceFlat | Jun 2022 | £125,000 | 62 m² | £2,016/m² | 2 |
| 59, Friars TerraceFlat | Jun 2018 | £112,500 | 57 m² | £1,974/m² | 2 |
| 60, Friars TerraceFlat | Jul 2024 | £116,000 | 57 m² | £2,035/m² | 2 |
| 61, Friars TerraceFlat | Jul 2014 | £130,000 | 62 m² | £2,097/m² | 2 |
| 62, Friars TerraceFlat | Mar 2009 | £96,000 | 63 m² | £1,524/m² | 2 |
| 63, Friars TerraceFlat | Jul 2021 | £100,000 | 61 m² | £1,639/m² | 4 |
| 64, Friars TerraceFlat | Nov 2014 | £133,000 | 60 m² | £2,217/m² | 2 |
| 65, Friars TerraceFlat | Feb 2006 | £119,995 | 63 m² | £1,905/m² | 1 |
| 66, Friars TerraceFlat | Feb 2006 | £147,510 | 77 m² | £1,916/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, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 2.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Euston.
The nearest bus stop is Alexandra Road, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 876, 879); 29 departures an hour from the 7 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 St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 75% 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, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 52 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 100 m away; Majestic Wine Warehouse (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wolverhampton Road Surgery (300 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, The Barbers Shop is 300 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.
The Play Shed is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Bear & Pheasant 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, 450 m away; for exercise, The Gym (150 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.
63 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Goods Shed South-East of Stafford Railway Station | II | 120 m |
| Roman Catholic Church of St Austin | II | 150 m |
| St Austin's Presbytery and attached chapel | II | 160 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
49 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 ST17 4AU →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Friars Terrace in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 37 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 12 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.