Stone at a glance
Set in Staffordshire, this town of 17282 with postcode district ST15 has Stone station 1 mile from the centre and Stone Recycling Centre 0.5 miles away, which makes day-to-day moves and clear-outs straightforward. By road it sits between several key Staffordshire centres: Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook are 7.3 miles away in 16 minutes, Stafford is 7.6 miles in 17 minutes, Stoke-on-Trent is 8.6 miles in 20 minutes, and Newcastle-under-Lyme is 11 miles in 24 minutes. Cheadle is 11.3 miles in 25 minutes, Werrington 12 miles in 27 minutes, Rugeley 13.9 miles in 22 minutes, Penkridge 14.1 miles in 21 minutes, Uttoxeter 15.1 miles in 23 minutes, and Newport 15.6 miles in 29 minutes. It also serves nearby smaller places, with Cold Norton 1.4 miles, Oulton 1.5 miles, Yarnfield 2.4 miles, Hilderstone 2.9 miles, Coldmeece 3.2 miles, Swynnerton 3.6 miles, and Eccleshall 5.3 miles, so local pick-ups and drop-offs are quick to plan. For storage-linked moves there is SureStore Stafford 4.1 miles from the centre, Store-safe 5.9 miles, Space Station 6.1 miles, and Move My Stuff Self Storage 7.8 miles, which suits loads into and out of self storage as well as house and flat moves to and from the towns nearby. Student moves at the start and end of term are common to Staffordshire University Blackheath Lane Site 6.4 miles away and University of Staffordshire Stoke Campus 7.8 miles away, and single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine are regularly shifted between addresses across this network. Tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter to the recycling centre are straightforward, and with the nearest main town listed as Gloucester, longer relocations can be planned alongside frequent hops to Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent and the cluster of villages around Stone.
Stone had 17,282 people at the 2021 Census. The council's nearest recycling centre is Stone Recycling Centre, 0.5 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.