Brown Edge

Brown Edge is covered by postcode district ST6. It is in the Staffordshire Moorlands council area, Staffordshire.

Typical price £250,000 Homes sold in Brown Edge, last 12 months. ▼ 1.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 34 of 66 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Brown Edge, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Brown Edge, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Brown Edge that ONS places, 66 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Brown Edge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. ST6 8PR: not on the flood risk listST6 8PZ: not on the flood risk listST6 8QA: not on the flood risk listST6 8QB: not on the flood risk listST6 8QD: not on the flood risk listST6 8QE: not on the flood risk listST6 8QF: not on the flood risk listST6 8QG: not on the flood risk listST6 8QH: not on the flood risk listST6 8QJ: not on the flood risk listST6 8QL: not on the flood risk listST6 8QN: not on the flood risk listST6 8QP: not on the flood risk listST6 8QQ: not on the flood risk listST6 8QR: not on the flood risk listST6 8QS: not on the flood risk listST6 8QT: not on the flood risk listST6 8QU: not on the flood risk listST6 8QW: not on the flood risk listST6 8QX: not on the flood risk listST6 8QY: not on the flood risk listST6 8QZ: not on the flood risk listST6 8RA: not on the flood risk listST6 8RB: not on the flood risk listST6 8RD: not on the flood risk listST6 8RE: not on the flood risk listST6 8RF: not on the flood risk listST6 8RH: not on the flood risk listST6 8RJ: not on the flood risk listST6 8RN: not on the flood risk listST6 8RQ: not on the flood risk listST6 8RS: not on the flood risk listST6 8RT: not on the flood risk listST6 8RU: not on the flood risk listST6 8RX: not on the flood risk listST6 8RY: not on the flood risk listST6 8RZ: not on the flood risk listST6 8SA: not on the flood risk listST6 8SB: not on the flood risk listST6 8SD: not on the flood risk listST6 8SE: not on the flood risk listST6 8SF: not on the flood risk listST6 8SG: not on the flood risk listST6 8SH: not on the flood risk listST6 8SJ: not on the flood risk listST6 8SL: not on the flood risk listST6 8SQ: not on the flood risk listST6 8SZ: not on the flood risk listST6 8TA: not on the flood risk listST6 8TB: not on the flood risk listST6 8TD: not on the flood risk listST6 8TE: not on the flood risk listST6 8TF: not on the flood risk listST6 8TG: not on the flood risk listST6 8TH: not on the flood risk listST6 8TL: not on the flood risk listST6 8TN: not on the flood risk listST6 8TP: not on the flood risk listST6 8TQ: not on the flood risk listST6 8TR: not on the flood risk listST6 8TU: not on the flood risk listST6 8TW: not on the flood risk listST6 8TX: not on the flood risk listST6 8TY: not on the flood risk listST6 8TZ: not on the flood risk listST6 8XR: not on the flood risk list Brown Edge Map of every postcode in Brown Edge, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Brown Edge that ONS places, 66 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Brown Edge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Brown Edge
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 66

Of the 66 postcodes in Brown Edge that ONS places, 66 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0786, longitude -2.1387. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What is it like to live in Brown Edge?

Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 34 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 66 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Baddeley Green Surgery, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Longport, 6.6 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 Brown Edge?

Homes in Brown Edge sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£250,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£253,500
12 months to August 2026
£250,000

▼ down 1.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£291,000 9 sales
Semi-detached£220,000 11 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole ST6 district, Brown Edge's main postcode district: a typical £147,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Brown Edge: 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 Brown Edge?

1 of the 66 postcodes now in use in Brown Edge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 29 homes sold in Brown Edge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST6 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

ST6 8QFsince November 2023

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

PeriodIn Brown EdgeAcross the ST6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 23 (0%) 6 of 585 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 29 (0%) 28 of 755 (4%)

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 Brown Edge?

Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Brown Edge. At 34 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit34 of 66
Postcodes where every home can get superfast64 of 66

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Brown Edge at risk of flooding?

None of the 66 postcodes in Brown Edge is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Brown Edge?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Brown Edge. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Brown Edge?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brown Edge is Longport Rail Station, 6.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Longport Rail Station Railway station 6.6 kmDrive
  • Kidsgrove Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive
  • Stoke-on-Trent Rail Station Railway station 8.3 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 Brown Edge?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Brown Edge. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Brown Edge safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 205 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Brown Edge 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

  1. 17 September 2025
  2. 16 October 2025
  3. 15 November 2025
  4. 17 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 15 February 2026
  7. 24 March 2026
  8. 22 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 18 July 2026
  12. 12 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences74 reports
Anti-social behaviour33 reports
Public order30 reports
Criminal damage and arson14 reports
Other theft13 reports
Burglary11 reports
Vehicle crime11 reports
Shoplifting9 reports

Also: other crime 7, drugs 2, possession of weapons 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 postcode

Source: 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 Brown Edge?

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 66 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

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Brown Edge postcodes

66 postcodes in use in Brown Edge, by district:

ST6 postcode district,66 postcodes

That district is in the ST postcode area.

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Places near Brown Edge

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Brown Edge's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Endon1.7 km, £335,000Biddulph4.7 km, £215,000Biddulph Moor4.7 km, £269,500Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel5.6 km, £230,000Cheddleton6.7 km, £235,000Werrington6.7 km, £230,000Kidsgrove6.9 km, £180,000Stoke-on-Trent7.2 km, £162,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Brown Edge

What is it like to live in Brown Edge?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 34 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 66 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Baddeley Green Surgery, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Longport, 6.6 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 Brown Edge?
Brown Edge is covered by postcode district ST6, across 66 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Brown Edge in?
Brown Edge is in the Staffordshire Moorlands council area, and Staffordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Brown Edge?
Brown Edge 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 Brown Edge?
Homes in Brown Edge sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Brown Edge?
In Brown Edge, primary schools at its postcodes include St Anne's CofE (VC) Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Endon High School, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Brown Edge have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brown Edge is Longport, 6.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Brown Edge?
Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Brown Edge. At 34 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Brown Edge at risk of flooding?
None of the 66 postcodes in Brown Edge is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Brown Edge?
1 of the 66 postcodes now in use in Brown Edge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 29 homes sold in Brown Edge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ST6 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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