ST4 8AW postcode in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

ST4 8AW is a postcode in Stoke-on-Trent, in the Swynnerton & Oulton ward of Stafford. It is in the Stoke-on-Trent South parliamentary constituency and the Staffordshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses at ST4 8AW can get it Across Stafford: 84% Typical price £268,000 Homes sold in ST4 8, last 12 months. ▼ 2% on the year before Nearest station Wedgwood 3.2 km in a straight line

Where ST4 8AW is, and what is near it

Map of ST4 8AW and what is near it Map of ST4 8AW: its centre point, with the 356 other postcodes in the ST4 8 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. ST4 8AA: also in ST4 8ST4 8AB: also in ST4 8ST4 8AE: also in ST4 8ST4 8AF: also in ST4 8ST4 8AG: also in ST4 8ST4 8AH: also in ST4 8ST4 8AJ: also in ST4 8ST4 8AL: also in ST4 8ST4 8AN: also in ST4 8ST4 8AP: also in ST4 8ST4 8AQ: also in ST4 8ST4 8AR: also in ST4 8ST4 8AS: also in ST4 8ST4 8AT: also in ST4 8ST4 8AU: also in ST4 8ST4 8EA: also in ST4 8ST4 8EB: also in ST4 8ST4 8ED: also in ST4 8ST4 8EE: also in ST4 8ST4 8EF: also in ST4 8ST4 8EG: also in ST4 8ST4 8EH: also in ST4 8ST4 8EJ: also in ST4 8ST4 8EL: also in ST4 8ST4 8EN: also in ST4 8ST4 8EQ: also in ST4 8ST4 8EW: also in ST4 8ST4 8EX: also in ST4 8ST4 8EY: also in ST4 8ST4 8EZ: also in ST4 8ST4 8FB: also in ST4 8ST4 8FE: also in ST4 8ST4 8FT: also in ST4 8ST4 8HA: also in ST4 8ST4 8JG: also in ST4 8ST4 8JL: also in ST4 8ST4 8JN: also in ST4 8ST4 8JW: also in ST4 8ST4 8JX: also in ST4 8ST4 8JZ: also in ST4 8ST4 8LB: also in ST4 8ST4 8LD: also in ST4 8ST4 8LE: also in ST4 8ST4 8LF: also in ST4 8ST4 8LG: also in ST4 8ST4 8LH: also in ST4 8ST4 8LQ: also in ST4 8ST4 8ND: also in ST4 8ST4 8NE: also in ST4 8ST4 8NG: also in ST4 8ST4 8NH: also in ST4 8ST4 8NN: also in ST4 8ST4 8NQ: also in ST4 8ST4 8NT: also in ST4 8ST4 8NZ: also in ST4 8ST4 8PA: also in ST4 8ST4 8PB: also in ST4 8ST4 8PD: also in ST4 8ST4 8PE: also in ST4 8ST4 8PF: also in ST4 8ST4 8PG: also in ST4 8ST4 8PH: also in ST4 8ST4 8PJ: also in ST4 8ST4 8PL: also in ST4 8ST4 8PN: also in ST4 8ST4 8PQ: also in ST4 8ST4 8PW: also in ST4 8ST4 8QA: also in ST4 8 GP 1.1 kmGP 1.2 km2 schools, 1.6–2.1 kmWedgwood station 3.2 kmHanford, Newstead & Trentham ST4 8AW Map of ST4 8AW and what is near it Map of ST4 8AW: its centre point, with the 356 other postcodes in the ST4 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. GP 1.1 kmHanford, Newstead & Trentham ST4 8AW
  • ST4 8AW
  • Other postcodes in ST4 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.9695, longitude -2.2071)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after ST4 8AW?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at ST4 8AW?

Every home and business at ST4 8AW can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, but none can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

ST4 8AW 0% Stafford 84%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

ST4 8AW 100% Stafford 95%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at ST4 8AW?

BinDayBuddy has not read Stafford Borough Council's days for ST4 8AW today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for ST4 8AW on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is ST4 8AW at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include ST4 8AW.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Stafford

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for ST4 8AW: 1,594 properties in Stafford are at high risk (1.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Stafford

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of ST4 8AW is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near ST4 8AW?

Homes in ST4 8 sold for a typical £268,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 159 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£268,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£273,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £302,500 74 sales
  • Semi-detached £236,500 70 sales
  • Terraced £235,000 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole ST4 district: a typical £165,000 from 547 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in ST4 8AW

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in ST4 8AW from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 3 December 2024. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near ST4 8AW?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 580 homes in the neighbourhood around ST4 8AW. The largest share of them, 29%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (40%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around ST4 8AW

Band D in Stafford for 2026‑27: £2,303. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,535 (band A) to £3,838 (band G); band D, the most common, is £2,303.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (2%)£1,535
Band Babout 30 (5%)£1,791
Band Cabout 100 (17%)£2,047
Band Dabout 170 (29%)£2,303
Band Eabout 140 (24%)£2,814
Band Fabout 80 (14%)£3,326
Band Gabout 50 (9%)£3,838
Band Hwithheld£4,605

When the homes were built

  1. 9% Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 40% 1919 to 1939
  4. 13% 1945 to 1964
  5. 24% 1965 to 1982
  6. 9% 1983 to 1999
  7. 4% 2000 to 2009
  8. 2% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1900 to 1918, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Stafford before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of ST4 8AW is in (ONS area E01029748), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near ST4 8AW?

The nearest open schools to ST4 8AW, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near ST4 8AW, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to ST4 8AW?

The nearest railway station to the centre of ST4 8AW is Wedgwood Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Wedgwood Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Barlaston Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near ST4 8AW, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near ST4 8AW?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of ST4 8AW, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near ST4 8AW?

0 within 1 km 5 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of ST4 8AW, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Trentham Supercharger Charging point · 8 chargers · CCS · up to 250 kW 1.0 kmWalk
  • Bp Pulse Charging point · 6 chargers 1.6 kmCycle
  • Tesco Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 · up to 22 kW 2.8 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near ST4 8AW?

The nearest to the centre of ST4 8AW, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to ST4 8AW?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near ST4 8AW?

The nearest care homes to the centre of ST4 8AW, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near ST4 8AW?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of ST4 8AW, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near ST4 8AW?

The nearest vets to the centre of ST4 8AW on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is ST4 8AW in a conservation area?

The centre of ST4 8AW is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near ST4 8AW?

Police.uk records 46 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of ST4 8AW in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences14 reports
Anti-social behaviour9 reports
Burglary8 reports
Public order5 reports
Shoplifting3 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports

Also: other theft 2, criminal damage and arson 1, bicycle theft 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for ST4 8AW

Ward
Swynnerton & Oulton
Parish
Swynnerton
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Built-up area
Stoke-on-Trent
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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