Biddulph
Biddulph is covered by postcode district ST8. It is in the Staffordshire Moorlands council area, Staffordshire.
Every postcode in Biddulph, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 421
Of the 426 postcodes in Biddulph that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 421 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.1154, longitude -2.1722. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Biddulph?
Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.8% on the 12 months before. At 355 of the 420 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 426 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Congleton, 4.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Biddulph?
Homes in Biddulph sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 190 sales, up 5.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £295,000 74 sales
- Semi-detached £190,000 80 sales
- Terraced £145,250 34 sales
- Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole ST8 district, Biddulph's main postcode district: a typical £222,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Biddulph: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Biddulph?
5 of the 426 postcodes now in use in Biddulph came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 290 homes sold in Biddulph were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST8 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Biddulph | Across the ST8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 190 (0%) | 0 of 222 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 290 (0%) | 0 of 343 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Biddulph?
Ofcom reports on 420 of the 426 postcodes in Biddulph. At 355 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Biddulph at risk of flooding?
9 of the 426 postcodes in Biddulph have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Biddulph?
The open schools at the postcodes in Biddulph. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Kingsfield First School100 m 214 pupils, 300 places
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy600 m 95 pupils, 120 places
- Squirrel Hayes First School600 m 51 pupils, 150 places
- Roaches School900 m 40 pupils, 58 places
- Knypersley First School1.0 km 312 pupils, 300 places
- Oxhey First School1.1 km 241 pupils, 270 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Biddulph?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Biddulph is Congleton Rail Station, 4.9 km away in a straight line.
- Congleton Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
- Kidsgrove Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
- Longport Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Biddulph?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Biddulph. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Biddulph Doctors Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 0300 404 2988 450 mWalk
- Biddulph Valley Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0300 404 2987 450 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Biddulph safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,227 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Biddulph over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 130 September 2025
- 101 October 2025
- 69 November 2025
- 74 December 2025
- 100 January 2026
- 83 February 2026
- 112 March 2026
- 77 April 2026
- 133 May 2026
- 112 June 2026
- 148 July 2026
- 88 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 31, possession of weapons 20, drugs 17, robbery 17, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Biddulph?
- District, borough or city council
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- County council
- Staffordshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Police force area
- Staffordshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
All 426 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Biddulph
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Staffordshire Moorlands about council tax Council tax, on staffsmoorlands.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Biddulph
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Biddulph postcodes
426 postcodes in use in Biddulph, by district:
That district is in the ST postcode area.
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Places near Biddulph
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Biddulph's £215,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Biddulph
- What is it like to live in Biddulph?
- Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.8% on the 12 months before. At 355 of the 420 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 426 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Congleton, 4.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Biddulph?
- Biddulph is covered by postcode district ST8, across 426 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Biddulph in?
- Biddulph is in the Staffordshire Moorlands council area, and Staffordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Biddulph?
- Biddulph is in the Staffordshire Moorlands parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Biddulph?
- Homes in Biddulph sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 190 sales, up 5.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Biddulph?
- In Biddulph, primary schools at its postcodes include Kingsfield First School, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy and Squirrel Hayes First School; secondary schools at its postcodes include James Bateman Middle School, Roaches School and Biddulph High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Biddulph have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Biddulph is Congleton, 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Biddulph?
- Ofcom reports on 420 of the 426 postcodes in Biddulph. At 355 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Biddulph at risk of flooding?
- 9 of the 426 postcodes in Biddulph have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Biddulph?
- 5 of the 426 postcodes now in use in Biddulph came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 290 homes sold in Biddulph were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST8 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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