Eccleshall and Swynnerton are situated to the west of Stone town centre. The neighbourhoods are predominantly rural with closely linked picturesque village communities such as Yarnfield and Fairoak.

Eccleshall - an expanding community - boasts restaurants, shops and regular farmers' markets.

In the north, Trentham Gardens is a bustling, expanding tourism and retail area, with shops, restaurants, walking and leisure facilities including Monkey Forest, which attracts thousands of visitors annually. Local police also cover Hanchurch, Northwood and Tittensor.