Handsacre and Armitage

Handsacre and Armitage is covered by postcode district WS15. It is in the Lichfield council area, Staffordshire.

Typical price £262,500 Homes sold in Handsacre and Armitage, last 12 months. ▲ 5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 108 of 110 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 10 of 111 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Handsacre and Armitage, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Handsacre and Armitage, by flood risk Of the 111 postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at low risk at worst and 101 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Handsacre and Armitage. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A513 WS15 4AA: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AD: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AE: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AF: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AG: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AH: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AJ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AL: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AN: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AR: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AS: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AT: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AU: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BA: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BB: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BD: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BE: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BG: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BL: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BN: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BP: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BQ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BR: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BS: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BW: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BY: not on the flood risk listWS15 4BZ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DA: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DB: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DD: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DE: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DF: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DG: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DH: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DJ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DL: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DN: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DP: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DQ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DS: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DT: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DU: not on the flood risk listWS15 4DW: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EF: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EG: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EH: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EJ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EL: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EN: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EP: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EQ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4ER: not on the flood risk listWS15 4ES: not on the flood risk listWS15 4ET: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EU: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EW: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EX: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EY: not on the flood risk listWS15 4EZ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FA: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FB: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FE: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FF: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FG: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FH: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FJ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4FR: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HA: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HB: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HD: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HE: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HF: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HG: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HH: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HJ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HP: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HQ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HR: not on the flood risk listWS15 4HW: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TA: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TB: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TD: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TE: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TF: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TG: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TH: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TP: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TQ: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TR: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TS: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TT: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TU: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TX: not on the flood risk listWS15 4TY: not on the flood risk listWS15 4UN: not on the flood risk listWS15 4UP: not on the flood risk listWS15 4UR: not on the flood risk listWS15 4UT: not on the flood risk listWS15 4UW: not on the flood risk listWS15 4UX: not on the flood risk listWS15 4UY: not on the flood risk listWS15 4AZ: low flood risk at worstWS15 4EE: low flood risk at worstWS15 4UU: low flood risk at worstWS15 4BH: high flood riskWS15 4BJ: high flood riskWS15 4BU: high flood riskWS15 4BX: high flood riskWS15 4DR: high flood riskWS15 4TZ: high flood riskWS15 4UZ: high flood risk Handsacre and Armitage Map of every postcode in Handsacre and Armitage, by flood risk Of the 111 postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at low risk at worst and 101 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Handsacre and Armitage. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Handsacre and Armitage
  • A home or business at high risk: 7
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 101

Of the 111 postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at low risk at worst and 101 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 52.7404, longitude -1.8711. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

WS15 4BU12 at high riskWS15 4UZ3 at high riskWS15 4BJ2 at high riskWS15 4TZ2 at high riskWS15 4BX1 at high riskWS15 4DR1 at high riskWS15 4BH1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Handsacre and Armitage?

Homes sold for a typical £262,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 108 of the 110 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 10 of its 111 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Brereton Surgery, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Rugeley Town, 4.7 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 Handsacre and Armitage?

Homes in Handsacre and Armitage sold for a typical £262,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£262,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£250,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £350,000 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £229,000 22 sales
  • Terraced £226,000 19 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole WS15 district, Handsacre and Armitage's main postcode district: a typical £240,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Handsacre and Armitage: 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 Handsacre and Armitage?

6 of the 111 postcodes now in use in Handsacre and Armitage came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 71 homes sold in Handsacre and Armitage were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS15 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

WS15 4FRsince June 2026WS15 4FHsince April 2023WS15 4FJsince November 2022WS15 4FEsince February 2021WS15 4FFsince February 2021WS15 4FGsince February 2021

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 Handsacre and ArmitageAcross the WS15 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 62 (0%) 3 of 429 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 71 (0%) 11 of 548 (2%)

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 Handsacre and Armitage?

Ofcom reports on 110 of the 111 postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage. At 108 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit108 of 110
Postcodes where every home can get superfast109 of 110

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.

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

Is Handsacre and Armitage at risk of flooding?

10 of the 111 postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage 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 46 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 10 of 111 postcodes High: 22Medium: 24Low: 26

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 Handsacre and Armitage?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage. 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 Handsacre and Armitage?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage is Rugeley Town Rail Station, 4.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Rugeley Town Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Rugeley Trent Valley Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Lichfield City Rail Station Railway station 7.4 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 Handsacre and Armitage?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage. 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 Handsacre and Armitage safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 258 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage 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. 18 September 2025
  2. 30 October 2025
  3. 28 November 2025
  4. 21 December 2025
  5. 10 January 2026
  6. 18 February 2026
  7. 26 March 2026
  8. 14 April 2026
  9. 21 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 30 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences113 reports
Anti-social behaviour51 reports
Public order24 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Vehicle crime16 reports
Other theft12 reports
Burglary10 reports
Other crime6 reports

Also: drugs 3, robbery 3, possession of weapons 3, shoplifting 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 Handsacre and Armitage?

District, borough or city council
Lichfield
County council
Staffordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Lichfield
Police force area
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Dave Robertson (Labour)

All 111 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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Handsacre and Armitage postcodes

111 postcodes in use in Handsacre and Armitage, by district:

WS15 postcode district,111 postcodes

That district is in the WS postcode area.

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Places near Handsacre and Armitage

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Handsacre and Armitage's £262,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Rugeley4.8 km, £220,000Lichfield7.0 km, £325,000Fradley South7.2 km, £295,000Rawnsley7.4 km, £212,748Streethay7.4 km, £402,500Burntwood7.6 km, £257,000Alrewas8.3 km, £415,000Little Haywood9.8 km, £340,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Handsacre and Armitage

What is it like to live in Handsacre and Armitage?
Homes sold for a typical £262,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 108 of the 110 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 10 of its 111 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Brereton Surgery, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Rugeley Town, 4.7 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 Handsacre and Armitage?
Handsacre and Armitage is covered by postcode district WS15, across 111 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Handsacre and Armitage in?
Handsacre and Armitage is in the Lichfield council area, and Staffordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Handsacre and Armitage?
Handsacre and Armitage is in the Lichfield parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dave Robertson (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Handsacre and Armitage?
Homes in Handsacre and Armitage sold for a typical £262,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Handsacre and Armitage?
In Handsacre and Armitage, primary schools at its postcodes include Hayes Meadow Primary School and The Croft Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Longdon Hall School, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Does Handsacre and Armitage have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage is Rugeley Town, 4.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Handsacre and Armitage?
Ofcom reports on 110 of the 111 postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage. At 108 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Handsacre and Armitage at risk of flooding?
10 of the 111 postcodes in Handsacre and Armitage 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 46 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 Handsacre and Armitage?
6 of the 111 postcodes now in use in Handsacre and Armitage came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 71 homes sold in Handsacre and Armitage were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS15 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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