WS15 2PL

Etching Hill & the Heath · Cannock Chase · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rugeley
Local authority
Cannock Chase
Constituency
Cannock Chase
Postcode district
WS15
Postcode sector
WS15 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS15 2PJ 68 m
WS15 2PP 78 m
WS15 2PH 86 m
WS15 2PR 104 m
WS15 2RW 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS15 2PL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS15
Postcode sector
WS15 2
Latitude
52.763791
Longitude
-1.945564
British National Grid easting
403,770
British National Grid northing
318,465

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Cannock Chase · E07000192
Parish or community
E04008875
Westminster constituency
Cannock Chase · E14001150
Output area
E00149811
Lower layer super output area
Cannock Chase 002C · E01029401
Middle layer super output area
Cannock Chase 002 · E02006119

Postcode source versions

Explore WS15

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Plovers Rise, Rugeley, WS15 2PL 28 August 2025 £235,000
16, Plovers Rise, Rugeley, WS15 2PL 6 June 2025 £191,500
2, Plovers Rise, Rugeley, WS15 2PL 6 September 2024 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Forest Hills Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    361 m
  2. The Hart School

    Academy sponsor led

    606 m
  3. The John Bamford Primary School

    Community school

    642 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,587
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 720
  • Anti social behaviour 154
  • Shoplifting 150
  • Public order 127
  • Criminal damage and arson 115

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

14 female, 14 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.5
WS15 2 residents
14,424

Age bands in WS15 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

2,235 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,543 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

3,308 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

4,160 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

3,402 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS15 2 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

4

within 5 km

  • HORSEFAIR PRACTICE

    SPRINGFIELDS HC & WELL BEING CLINIC, LOVETT COURT, RUGELEY, WS15 2FH

    ODS code M83001

    388 m

  • AELFGAR SURGERY

    CHURCH STREET, RUGELEY, WS15 2AB

    ODS code M83738

    536 m

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE HEALTH CENTRE, SANDY LANE, RUGELEY, WS15 2LB

    ODS code Y02354

    983 m

  • BRERETON SURGERY

    88 MAIN ROAD, BRERETON, RUGELEY, WS15 1DU

    ODS code M83703

    2.3 km

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

  • Plovers Rise

    BCT · Rugeley Town Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Plovers Rise

    BCT · Rugeley Town Centre

    0.1 miles
  • The Fernwood Centre

    BCT · Springfields

    0.2 miles
  • Frank Gee Close

    BCT · Rugeley Town Centre

    0.2 miles
  • The Fernwood Centre

    BCT · Springfields

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cannock Chase 002C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,682 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £210,000 from 5 recorded sales in WS15 2PL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cannock Chase is £230,601 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Forest Hills Primary School is the nearest published school at 361 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,587 published events cover 12 months, averaging 132.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 720 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.