Poolfields Close Newcastle-under-Lyme
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (ST5), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 27001922.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 7).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 A; Band D in Newcastle-under-Lyme costs £2,334 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Stoke-On-Trent, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Thistlebury Parkway, is about 210 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 136 to 137 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 11 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Higherland Surgery, about 660 m (0.4 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 37% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 68 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 37 m². Most common: Bungalow, mid-terrace (4); Bungalow, end-terrace (3); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1930-1949 (5); 1967-1975 (3). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 2026-27: Band D £2,334 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,556 | £1,816 | £2,075 | £2,334 | £2,853 | £3,372 | £3,890 | £4,669 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (61% of about 850 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: 2 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Keele Road, Newcastle (Hamptons Scrapyard and land to the West), permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
- 35 Higherland, Westlands, not permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
- Enjoy Car Life Site, Blackfriars Road, Newcastle, not permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
- Car Park, Blackfriars Road, Newcastle, not permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Priory Day Centre, Lymewood Grove, Newcastle, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Morston House, Midway, Newcastle-under-Lyme, permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
- Ashfields Grange, Hall Street, Newcastle, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 136 m and 137 m above sea level (136 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST5 2JX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ST5 2NU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stoke-On-Trent 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Longport 79,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Longton 81,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 34 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Patricks Drive Thistleberry | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Newcastle Town Centre | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Lyme Valley Car Park | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 38 km (24 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Higherland Surgery | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Higherland Pharmacy | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tomkinson Domiciliary Care | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | St Jude's Hospital | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | Newcastle Police Station | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Keele North - Int, Keele | 180 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Thistlebury Parkway 5.3 ha | 210 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,210 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7.2 ha | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Thistleberry Avenue Allotments 4,160 m² | 270 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 7.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Motte and bailey castle 100m and 200m south of St Mary's School, a scheduled monument, 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 14 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Motte and bailey castle 100m and 200m south of St Mary's School | Scheduled monument | 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Church of St Giles | Listed building, Grade II* | 930 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Keele Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Hartshill Cemetery (Also Known As Stoke Cemetery) | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Friars' Wood | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Flagstaff Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Rosemary Hill Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Hands Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Spring Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Black Bank | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 11 |
8 of the street's 11 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 Newcastle-under-Lyme: see them on the Newcastle-under-Lyme page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 580 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 590 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Westlands Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 660 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group | 16 plus | 16–99 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Co-op Academy Friarswood | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| St John Fisher Catholic College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Requires improvement (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Knutton St Marys CofE Academy Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Hassell Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Silverdale Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Langdale Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Seabridge Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEELE ROAD STORES ST5 2JX | Retailers - other | 20 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jul 2025 |
| THE THISTLEBERRY HOTEL ST5 2LT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 240 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2025 |
| JET FILLING STATION ST5 2HN | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 28 Nov 2024 |
| EARLY DAYS NURSERY SCHOOL ST5 2ND | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Dec 2025 |
| LUNCH CLUB ST5 2LL | Other catering premises | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 48 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Keele Road (15); On or near Baggott Place (13); On or near Coomer Court (10); On or near Greenock Close (7); On or near Orion Court (7).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 37% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 21% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 5% | 1% |
| Social rented | 39% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 87% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | under 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 30% | 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 street is in decile 4 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
Castle Ridge · Baggott Place · Coomer Court · Carryer Place · Jenkinson Close · Wain Avenue · Wesley Place · Orion Court · Poolfield Avenue · Oban Close · Greenock Close · St Patrick's Drive
All the streets in ST5 and across Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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.