I think there's been way too much locationism in this thread
, no-one has recommended living in the north end!!
Not only is the north end of Stafford the most well-provisioned for cycle paths, with the Stafford to Newport cycle track traversing our area, (this is also National cycleway No. 5 )-
http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/beaconside-to-derrington-cycle-route. enabling car free travel to town and other areas of Stafford, we are also sandwiched between the best open spaces in Stafford, The Common,
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/897712
and Doxey Marshes Nature reserve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxey_Marshes.
The aforementioned cycleway goes across the Doxey Marshes:
Furthermore, the schools are brilliant, Balfour just got an excellent Ofsted report:
http://www.sirgrahambalfour.co.uk/ofsted-report
and primaries:
http://www.parkside.staffs.sch.uk/keyinfo.asp
And there are loads of good houses!!
The final reason the North is best is because we don't have to venture near the gridlock which masquerades as a road known as the A34 Lichfield Rd. This links Baswich, Wildwood and most of the rest of the South end of town to Stafford. Traffic is much much better in the north end than the south as there are less of us!