ST4 8XJ Stoke-on-Trent
Live postcode, introduced August 1992. Ward: Hanford, Newstead & Trentham. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Constance Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent: 50 addresses
- Aegean Close, Stoke-on-Trent: 1 address
- Pacific Road, Stoke-on-Trent: 1 address
- Leconfield Drive, Stoke-on-Trent: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Stoke-on-Trent in 2026-27: Band D £2,183 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,455 | £1,698 | £1,941 | £2,183 | £2,668 | £3,153 | £3,639 | £4,366 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (42% of about 810 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land at the former Edith Beddow Residential Home, Turnberry Drive, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
- Site of former Trentham Library, Trentley Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8PH, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 15 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 49 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 15 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 53 addresses are between 105 m and 112 m above sea level (107 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Longton 81,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Stoke-On-Trent 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Stone (Staffs) 246,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Constance Avenue Trentham | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wedgwood Lane Trentham | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Trentham Lakes Car Park | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest High Tales (Stoke on Trent) evyve | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 42.3 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Trentham Mews Medical Centre | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Trentham Pharmacy | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hanford Dental And Implant Centre | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Harplands Hospital | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Police station | Longton Police Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | BP | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.0 ha | 30 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.2 ha | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,930 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 6.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow north of Hargreaves Wood, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow north of Hargreaves Wood | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Trentham Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Queen's Park, Longton | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Newpark Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Hargreaves Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Newstead Wood | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Hargreaves Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Swingle Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Beech Dale | Valley | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 51 | 53 |
2 of the postcode's 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Stoke-on-Trent: see them on the Stoke-on-Trent page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Constance Avenue.