The Raikes sits on the edge of the Staffordshire Moorlands landscape as one of those small hamlet clusters you drive through rather than to — a scatter of houses rather than a high street, with no shops or centre to speak of. It's the kind of place that attracts people who have already decided they don't want a town. There's not much here in the way of hard numbers, and it would be misleading to pretend otherwise — no school, transport, or crime data is recorded for the hamlet itself, which is typical for a settlement this small rather than a sign of anything amiss. What we can say is where it sits in the wider district: Staffordshire Moorlands itself has a median house price around £220,000, noticeably below both the West Midlands regional figure and the national one, which tells you this is a part of the country where property still buys more space for less money than most of England is used to. Anyone weighing up The Raikes is really weighing up the Staffordshire Moorlands way of life — rural, quiet, car-dependent, with amenities found in nearby villages and towns rather than on the doorstep. That suits people who already value space and quiet over convenience, and who won't regret the absence of a corner shop. It's a harder sell if you need schools, stations, or a pint within sight of your front door — for that, you'd want to be looking at the towns around it, not the hamlet itself.