Meadowside Biddulph, Staffordshire Moorlands
37 addresses across 2 postcodes (ST8), about 240 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 37700570.
- Sales: 27 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £220,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 6, E: 3, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Staffordshire Moorlands costs £2,338 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 97% to 98% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kidsgrove, about 4.8 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 770 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 195 to 209 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Biddulph Valley Surgery, about 850 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | £220,000 | £210,000 | £230,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £303,000 | £303,000 | £303,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2020 | 3 | £345,000 | £160,000 | £365,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £225,578 | £225,578 | £225,578 |
| 2015 | 1 | £134,950 | £134,950 | £134,950 |
| 2014 | 1 | £177,000 | £177,000 | £177,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £95,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £216,000 | £216,000 | £216,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £248,500 | £248,500 | £248,500 |
| 2007 | 2 | £213,750 | £122,500 | £305,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2024 | 5 ST8 6NP | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2024 | 3 ST8 6NP | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 2 May 2023 | 15 ST8 6NP | Detached | £303,000 | |
| 21 Jan 2021 | 26 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £230,000 | |
| 16 Oct 2020 | 17 ST8 6NP | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2020 | 19 ST8 6NP | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2020 | 24 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2018 | 17 ST8 6NP | Detached | £140,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Oct 2017 | 2 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £225,578 | |
| 13 Jul 2015 | 24 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £134,950 | |
| 17 Oct 2014 | 26 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £177,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2013 | 30 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £95,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2012 | 19 ST8 6NP | Detached | £216,000 | |
| 12 Aug 2011 | 15 ST8 6NP | Detached | £248,500 | |
| 5 Jul 2007 | CLOVER LEA ST8 6NP | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2007 | 26 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £122,500 | |
| 2 Apr 2004 | 28 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2003 | CLOVER LEA ST8 6NP | Detached | £249,500 | |
| 7 Feb 2003 | 2 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £86,125 | |
| 16 Sep 2002 | 6 ST8 6NP | Detached | £78,000 | |
| 19 Apr 2002 | 32 ST8 6NP | Detached | £90,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2001 | 4 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £87,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2001 | CLOVER LEA ST8 6NP | Detached | £162,500 | |
| 4 Jun 1997 | 15 ST8 6NP | Detached | £70,000 | |
| 19 Jul 1996 | 20 ST8 6NP | Semi-detached | £50,000 | |
| 25 Oct 1995 | 15 ST8 6NP | Detached | £70,000 | |
| 20 Oct 1995 | 32 ST8 6NP | Detached | £70,000 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 87 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); Bungalow, detached (5); House, detached (3). Built: 1950-1966 (6); 1930-1949 (2); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (12); rented (private) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Staffordshire Moorlands in 2026-27: Band D £2,338 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,559 | £1,819 | £2,078 | £2,338 | £2,858 | £3,377 | £3,897 | £4,676 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (42% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 1.0 km
- The Homestead, John Street, Biddulph: up to 10 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 5 October 2026: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (minor works)
- 23 October 2026 to 2 November 2026: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (standard works)
Finished in the last three months
- 28 September 2026: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 9 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST8 6NP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 6 | unlikely |
| ST8 6NS | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 37 addresses are between 195 m and 209 m above sea level (200 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST8 6NP | 100% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| ST8 6NS | 100% | 98% | 98% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kidsgrove 288,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km |
| Congleton 324,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km | |
| Longport 79,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 24 within 800 m; nearest Knypersley First School | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Congleton | 6.3 km |
| Car parks | Greenway Bank Car Park | 2.1 km |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 4.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 27.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Biddulph Valley Surgery | 850 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Biddulph Pharmacy | 630 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Biddulph Dental Care | 860 m |
| Hospital | Congleton War Memorial Hospital | 5.6 km |
| Police station | Staffordshire Police - Biddulph Police Post | 1.0 km |
| Cash machines | Mfg - Biddulph | 1.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 340 m² | 770 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,100 m² | 580 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,320 m² | 870 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Knypersley Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 830 m south-east. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Knypersley Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m south-east |
| Biddulph Grange | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.9 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Coppice | Wood | 1.4 km east |
| Plankhollow Wood | Wood | 1.6 km south-east |
| Tinker's Clough | Valley | 1.9 km south-east |
| Greenway Wood | Wood | 2.0 km south-east |
| Mow Cop | Hill | 2.1 km west |
| The Serpentine | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knypersley First School | Primary | 3–9 | 200 m | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| James Bateman Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 380 m | No published inspection |
| Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 830 m | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Kingsfield First School | Primary | 3–9 | 1.0 km | No published inspection |
| Biddulph High School | Secondary | 13–18 | 1.1 km | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Squirrel Hayes First School | Primary | 3–9 | 1.1 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS & WARD @ KNYPERSLEY FIRST SCHOOL ST8 6NN | School/college/university | 200 m | 5 Very good | 20 Oct 2025 |
| ROACHES UPPER SCHOOL ST8 7AB | School/college/university | 260 m | 5 Very good | 10 Oct 2024 |
| Aldi ST8 7AB | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 300 m | 5 Very good | 1 Feb 2022 |
| Knypersley Store and News ST8 7AE | Retailers - other | 310 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jun 2022 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Meadowside (6).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Newpool Road · Church Mews · Turnlea Close · Lanchester Close · Farnworth Close · Kestrel Close · James Way · Crossfield Avenue
All the streets in ST8 and across Staffordshire Moorlands.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.