Pitcher Lane Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands
25 addresses across 2 postcodes (ST13), about 150 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 37701361.
- Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £260,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Staffordshire Moorlands cost £224,481 in August 2026 (+5.1% on a year); private rents averaged £732 a month.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 9, E: 2).
- Flood: 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Knivedon Farm, is 290 m away.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A523, carries 8,523 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Staffordshire Moorlands costs £2,338 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Congleton, about 13.8 km (8.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Birch Gardens, is about 740 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 234 to 241 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 25 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Leek Health Centre, about 870 m (0.5 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £182,500 | £182,500 | £182,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | £160,000 | £130,000 | £227,500 |
| 2009 | 1 | £169,000 | £169,000 | £169,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £164,000 | £164,000 | £164,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £80,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £75,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £60,750 | £60,000 | £61,500 |
| 1998 | 1 | £56,000 | £56,000 | £56,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2012 | 1 ST13 5DB | Detached | £227,500 | |
| 5 Jan 2012 | 2 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £130,000 | |
| 1 Nov 1996 | 5 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £57,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2012 | 6 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 2 Nov 2009 | 6 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £169,000 | |
| 25 Sep 2007 | 6 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £164,000 | |
| 21 Jun 1996 | 6 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £54,000 | |
| 25 May 1996 | 6 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £56,000 | |
| 8 Jul 2024 | 7 ST13 5DB | Terraced | £235,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2021 | 9 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 24 May 2002 | 9 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £80,000 | |
| 19 Jan 1996 | 11 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £49,500 | |
| 5 Nov 1999 | 15 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £61,500 | |
| 24 Feb 1995 | 17 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £47,500 | |
| 2 Jul 2001 | 20 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £75,000 | |
| 14 May 1999 | 20 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £60,000 | |
| 15 May 2026 | 21 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £260,000 | |
| 21 Aug 1998 | 21 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £56,000 | |
| 8 Dec 2016 | 23 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £182,500 | |
| 22 Aug 2014 | 23 ST13 5DB | Semi-detached | £145,000 |
House prices and rents in Staffordshire Moorlands
A typical home in Staffordshire Moorlands cost £224,481 in August 2026, 5.1% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier and 51% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £331,178 |
| Semi-detached | £221,597 |
| Terraced | £164,127 |
| Flat or maisonette | £112,093 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £190,895 |
Private renters in Staffordshire Moorlands paid £732 a month on average in September 2026, 7.6% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £529 |
| Two bedrooms | £689 |
| Three bedrooms | £870 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,194 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 76 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (6); House, semi-detached (5); House, detached (1). Built: 1967-1975 (9); 1950-1966 (2); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,684 kWh of it on average in 2024, 8% less than the district's 11,594 kWh, and 2,845 kWh of electricity, 14% less than the district's 3,290 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 5DB | 24 | 2,354 kWh | 23 | 9,236 kWh |
| ST13 5BN | 26 | 1,917 kWh | 27 | 10,398 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is ST13.
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 B (28% of about 740 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Kniveden Hall and Springhill, Mount Road: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (430 m (0.3 miles))
- Land adjacent to The Orchard, Ā, Springfield Drive, permissioned (490 m (0.3 miles))
- Well Street Mill, Well Street, Leek: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (740 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 5DB | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 3 / 6 | unlikely |
| ST13 5BN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 6 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 290 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knivedon Farm Mount Road, Leek, Staffordshire | from 1960 | Not recorded | 290 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 234 m and 241 m above sea level (238 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 5BN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ST13 5DB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Congleton 324,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Moorlands Hospital Leek | 270 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Leek Town Centre | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Vicarage Road Car Park | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 32.8 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Leek Health Centre Good Aug 2016 | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fountain Street Pharmacy | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Park Dental Practice | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Leek Moorlands Hospital | 220 m |
| Care homes | 6 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Greenfield House Requires improvement Nov 2023 | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Leek Police Station | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | NatWest Leek | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Birch Gardens 4,400 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 440 m² | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,410 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Luke, a listed building (Grade II*), 870 m (0.5 miles) west. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Luke | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Market Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Anglo-Scandinavian cross, 11m east of St Edward's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Anglo-Scandinavian cross, 2m south of St Edward's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lowe Hill | Hill | 940 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Ballington Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Haregate Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Stare Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Tittesworth Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north |
| Combes Valley | Valley | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 25 |
1 of the street's 25 addresses is 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 Staffordshire Moorlands: see them on the Staffordshire Moorlands page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leek High School | Secondary | 13–18 | 440 m (0.3 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 36.1 (38.1 in 2025 and 31.0 in 2024); 18.9% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Leek First School | Primary | 5–9 | 500 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Beresford Memorial CofE First School Church of England | Primary | 3–9 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| All Saints CofE First School Church of England | Primary | 5–9 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Churnet View Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 47% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 47% in 2023) |
| St Mary's Catholic Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 93% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 88% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
6 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 410 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inside Out Forest School @ Pickwood Woods ST13 5BZ | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 410 m (0.3 miles) | |
| Little Stars Childcare Leek First ST13 6LF | Full day care | 24 | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Children 1st @ Leek ST13 6NE | Full day care | 140 | Good (Aug 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Zipadee Day Nursery Limited ST13 6EG | Full day care | 57 | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Little Stars Childcare Leek Beresford ST13 6NR | Full day care | 36 | Apr 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| The Learning Mill ST13 5LJ | Full day care | 80 | Good (Aug 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 315 childminders and 25 home childcarers (nannies) in Staffordshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPLAR SERVICE STATION ST13 5BJ | Retailers - other | 340 m | 5 Very good | 15 Nov 2021 |
| MIQUILL CATERING @ LEEK HIGH SCHOOL AND MEADOWS SCHOOL ST13 6EU | School/college/university | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Little Stars @ Leek First School ST13 6LF | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 8 Oct 2024 |
| Miquill @ Leek First School ST13 6LF | School/college/university | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Trafford Close (2); On or near Arden Close (2); On or near Lowther Place (1); On or near High View Road (1); On or near Lockerbie Close (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A523 between Mount Rd and A52, with 8,523 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 250 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A523 | Mount Rd to A52 | 8,523 estimated | 5% | +2% since 2015 | 250 m |
| A523 | A53W to A524 | 8,189 estimated; counted 2021 | 2% | -6% since 2015 | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 74% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 44% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
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
Lockerbie Close · Moorland Road · High View Road · Trafford Close · Thornfield Avenue · Arden Close · Sharron Drive · Lowther Place · Kniveden Lane · Mount Square · Pickwood Close · Lyndale Close
All the streets in ST13 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.