Rudyard Road Poolend, Staffordshire Moorlands
7 addresses across 3 postcodes (ST13), about 310 m long, classed as a b road. USRN 37702187.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2010 the median was £248,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1).
- 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 F; Band D in Staffordshire Moorlands costs £2,338 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 98% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Congleton, about 10.3 km (6.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Brough Park, is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 156 to 171 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Centre, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | £248,500 | £248,500 | £248,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £249,500 | £249,500 | £249,500 |
| 2003 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £161,000 | £147,000 | £175,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £78,000 | £78,000 | £78,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2018 | BROOMHILLS ST13 8PF | Other | £325,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Jan 2010 | WHITE COTTAGE ST13 8PF | Detached | £248,500 | |
| 24 Sep 2004 | WHITE COTTAGE ST13 8PF | Detached | £249,500 | |
| 4 Apr 2003 | WHITE COTTAGE ST13 8PF | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2000 | WHITE COTTAGE ST13 8PF | Detached | £147,000 | |
| 25 Apr 2000 | LILACS COTTAGE ST13 8PF | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 26 May 1995 | HOLMLEA ST13 8PF | Semi-detached | £78,000 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 51 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (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 F (28% of about 800 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Rudyard (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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: yes, Staffordshire Moorlands.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 8PF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ST13 8PG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| ST13 8RN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 156 m and 171 m above sea level (164 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 8PF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ST13 8PG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ST13 8RN | 100% | 98% | 98% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Congleton 324,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) |
| Kidsgrove 288,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) | |
| Longport 79,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14 km (8.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pool End Farm Poolend | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Leek Town Centre | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Market Place Car Park | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 29.7 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Park Medical Centre | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | St Edward Street Dental Surgery | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Leek Moorlands Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Leek Police Station | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Brough Park 7.3 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 580 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 9,900 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Brindley's Mill, a scheduled monument, 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Brindley's Mill | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Dieu-la-Cres Abbey (remains of) | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rocks Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Redearth Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Spring Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Rookery Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| The Common | Hill | 1.5 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Rudyard Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 7 |
5 of the street's 7 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 Staffordshire Moorlands: see them on the Staffordshire Moorlands page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood College | Secondary | 13–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Westwood First School | Primary | 5–9 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Edward's Church of England Academy | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Macclesfield Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
- ST13 8PF: 5 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- ST13 8PG: 1 address of 16 in the postcode
- ST13 8RN: 1 address of 87 in the postcode
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.
- 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.