Leek is the most expensive parish to live in out of all 43 Moorlands parishes when it comes to paying your council tax, according to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council's website.

The council's website lists how much council tax residents pay in each of the district's parishes for 2021 - 2022, after Staffordshire's local authorities finalised their budgets for the year.

And Leek ranked right at the top when it came to the areas with the highest council tax rates in the Moorlands.

Leek residents in Band D properties will pay £1,917.21 in council tax this year.

The areas with the top three highest rates were also the three major towns of the district - Leek, Biddulph and Cheadle.

Cheadle residents in Band D properties will pay £1,912.93, putting them in second place, while Biddulph residents in Band D properties will pay £1,905.73, putting them in third.

These three towns are also the only areas out of all 43 Moorlands parishes where residents in Band D properties will pay over £1,900 per year in council tax.

The cheapest parish to live in when it comes to council tax this year is Leekfrith - residents in Band D properties will pay only £1,846.37 in council tax.

That's £70.84 less than residents in the most expensive parish of Leek.

We reported previously how Staffordshire County Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council both agreed increases to their council tax for this year.

See our list below for the full breakdown of how much residents in Band D properties will pay in council tax in 2021 - 2022 for every parish in the Moorlands.

Alstonefield - £1,885.96

Alton - £1,867.34

Bagnall - £1,860.77

Biddulph - £1,905.73

Blore - £1,856.37

Bradnop - £1,847.91

Brown Edge - £1,865.04

Butterton - £1,886.57

Caverswall - £1,856.69

Cheadle - £1,912.93

Checkley - £1,878.36

Cheddleton - £1,867.52

Consall - £1,855.54

Cotton - £1,894.78

Dilhorne - £1,859.04

Draycott - £1,863.25

Endon - £1,859.10

Farley - £1,865.24

Fawfieldhead - £1,879.62

Forsbrook - £1,865.32

Grindon - £1,864.03

Heathylee - £1,847.29

Heaton - £1,848.63

Hollinsclough - £1,856.68

Horton - £1,852.04

Ilam - £1,856.37

Ipstones - £1,880.55

Kingsley - £1,864.70

Leek - £1,917.21

Leekfrith - £1,846.37

Longnor - £1,881.63

Longsdon - £1,854.10

Oakamoor - £1,864.09

Onecote - £1,870.46

Quarnford - £1,858.11

Rushton - £1,850.43

Sheen - £1,852.73

Tittesworth - £1,857.37

Warslow - £1,887.75

Waterhouses - £1,880.62

Werrington - £1,889.03

Wetton - £1,874.65

Whiston - £1,864.50