Schools
94 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 10 secondary schools. Bursley Academy is the nearest published school at 402 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ST5 8SP
Bradwell · Newcastle-under-Lyme · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
- Post town
- Newcastle
- Ward
- Bradwell
- Local authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ST5 8SP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 1994
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- ST
- Postcode district
- ST5
- Postcode sector
- ST5 8
- Latitude
- 53.046353
- Longitude
- -2.227539
- British National Grid easting
- 384,843
- British National Grid northing
- 349,921
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E07000195
- Electoral ward
- Bradwell · E05011416
- Parish or community
- E43000131
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme · E14001380
- Output area
- E00150501
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 004A · E01029536
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 004 · E02006161
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore ST5
Property
10 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5, Onslow Drive, Newcastle, ST5 8SP | 27 August 2015 | £109,500 |
| 3, Onslow Drive, Newcastle, ST5 8SP | 27 August 2014 | £103,500 |
| 5, Onslow Drive, Newcastle, ST5 8SP | 26 October 2012 | £100,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 94
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 10
- 402 m
Bursley Academy
Academy converter
- 919 m
Sun Academy Bradwell
Academy converter
- 1.2 km
Kaleidoscope School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,642
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 643
- Anti social behaviour 225
- Public order 138
- Criminal damage and arson 137
- Other theft 101
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 16
- Postcode households
- 7
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- ST5 8 residents
- 10,775
9 female, 7 male
Age bands in ST5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.3%
1,579 residents
1,112 residents
2,508 residents
2,973 residents
2,209 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ST5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
27
within 5 km
MIDDLEPORT MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWPORT LANE, MIDDLEPORT, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3PN
ODS code Y02867
1.5 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
49 HIGH STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0ET
ODS code M83007
1.5 km
HEATHCOTE STREET SURGERY
2 HEATHCOTE STREET, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7EB
ODS code M83005
1.6 km
WOLSTANTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PALMERSTON STREET, WOLSTANTON, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 8BN
ODS code M83056
1.8 km
LOOMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
LOOMER ROAD, CHESTERTON, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 7JS
ODS code M83723
1.8 km
TUNSTALL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
ALEXANDRA RETAIL CENTRE, SCOTIA ROAD, TUNSTALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 6BE
ODS code M83650
1.9 km
LUCIE WEDGEWOOD SURGERY LTD
LUCIE WEDGWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL LANE, BURSLEM, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2AB
ODS code M83682
2.2 km
FURLONG MEDICAL CENTRE
FURLONG ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 5UD
ODS code M83021
2.3 km
MILEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MILEHOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LYMEBROOK WAY, MILEHOUSE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 9GA
ODS code M83697
2.9 km
APSLEY SURGERY
COBRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH TERRACE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83627
3.0 km
COBRIDGE SURGERY
COBRIDGE COMMUNITY HC, CHURCH TERRACE, COBRIDGE, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 2JN
ODS code M83127
3.0 km
TALKE PITS CLINIC
HIGH STREET, TALKE PITS, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST7 1QQ
ODS code M83701
3.2 km
GOLDENHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
SITA MEDICAL CENTRE, HIGH STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 5QJ
ODS code M83143
3.4 km
BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHELL HEATH ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 7NN
ODS code M83094
3.7 km
MILLER STREET SURGERY
MILLER STREET, NEWCASTLE, ST5 1JD
ODS code M83025
3.7 km
HIGHERLAND SURGERY
3 ORME ROAD, POOLFIELD, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, NEWCASTLE, ST5 2UE
ODS code M83140
4.2 km
HARTSHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHWELL ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 6AT
ODS code M83066
4.2 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALE PLEASANT, SILVERDALE, NEWCASTLE, ST5 6PS
ODS code M83034
4.3 km
PRIMA CARE SURGERIES
HANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER HUNTBACH STREET, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 2BN
ODS code M83625
4.4 km
LYME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
LYME VALLEY ROAD, NEWCASTLE, ST5 3TF
ODS code M83067
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Riceyman Road
BCT · Bradwell
- 0.1 miles
Toft End Road
BCT · Bradwell
- 0.2 miles
Pirehill Road
BCT · Bradwell
- 0.2 miles
Training Centre
BCT · Bradwell
- 0.2 miles
Training Centre
BCT · Bradwell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle-under-Lyme 004A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,486 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,642 published events cover 12 months, averaging 136.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 643 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.