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Distance to the nearest high street, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line to the edge of the nearest high street, which is a town centre or any local centre with 50 shops or more. Inside one it is nought. Smaller parades of shops, retail parks and shopping centres do not count. Figures for November 2025, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: City of London, 0.0. The council in the middle: Fenland, 1.8. Highest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 27.9.

Distance to the nearest high street, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1City of LondonLondon0.0
2 jointCamdenLondon0.1
2 jointIslingtonLondon0.1
2 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon0.1
2 jointWestminsterLondon0.1
6 jointHackneyLondon0.2
6 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon0.2
8 jointHaringeyLondon0.3
8 jointLambethLondon0.3
8 jointSouthwarkLondon0.3
8 jointTower HamletsLondon0.3
8 jointWaltham ForestLondon0.3
8 jointWandsworthLondon0.3
14 jointBrentLondon0.4
14 jointHarrowLondon0.4
14 jointLewishamLondon0.4
14 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon0.4
18 jointBarnetLondon0.5
18 jointEalingLondon0.5
18 jointMertonLondon0.5
18 jointNewhamLondon0.5
22 jointCroydonLondon0.6
22 jointEnfieldLondon0.6
22 jointHounslowLondon0.6
22 jointPortsmouthSouth East0.6
22 jointRedbridgeLondon0.6
22 jointSuttonLondon0.6
28 jointAdurSouth East0.7
28 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon0.7
28 jointBexleyLondon0.7
28 jointBromleyLondon0.7
28 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East0.7
28 jointGreenwichLondon0.7
28 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon0.7
28 jointLiverpoolNorth West0.7
28 jointManchesterNorth West0.7
37 jointBlackpoolNorth West0.8
37 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West0.8
37 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East0.8
37 jointHaveringLondon0.8
37 jointHertsmereEast of England0.8
37 jointHillingdonLondon0.8
37 jointHyndburnNorth West0.8
37 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands0.8
37 jointOxfordSouth East0.8
37 jointStockportNorth West0.8
47 jointBirminghamWest Midlands0.9
47 jointBristolSouth West0.9
47 jointBroxbourneEast of England0.9
47 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands0.9
47 jointCastle PointEast of England0.9
47 jointElmbridgeSouth East0.9
47 jointHavantSouth East0.9
47 jointLeicesterEast Midlands0.9
47 jointSandwellWest Midlands0.9
47 jointSloughSouth East0.9
47 jointSouthamptonSouth East0.9
47 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England0.9
47 jointSpelthorneSouth East0.9
47 jointTorbaySouth West0.9
47 jointTraffordNorth West0.9
47 jointWatfordEast of England0.9
63 jointCambridgeEast of England1.0
63 jointDudleyWest Midlands1.0
63 jointExeterSouth West1.0
63 jointFarehamSouth East1.0
63 jointHarlowEast of England1.0
63 jointLutonEast of England1.0
63 jointPendleNorth West1.0
63 jointTamesideNorth West1.0
63 jointThanetSouth East1.0
63 jointWirralNorth West1.0
63 jointWorthingSouth East1.0
74 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland1.1
74 jointBoltonNorth West1.1
74 jointBuryNorth West1.1
74 jointDerbyEast Midlands1.1
74 jointGlasgow CityScotland1.1
74 jointNorwichEast of England1.1
74 jointNottinghamEast Midlands1.1
74 jointReadingSouth East1.1
74 jointRochdaleNorth West1.1
74 jointRunnymedeSouth East1.1
74 jointSalfordNorth West1.1
74 jointSouth TynesideNorth East1.1
74 jointWokingSouth East1.1
87 jointBasildonEast of England1.2
87 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber1.2
87 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands1.2
87 jointCheltenhamSouth West1.2
87 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands1.2
87 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland1.2
87 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber1.2
87 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East1.2
87 jointOldhamNorth West1.2
87 jointThree RiversEast of England1.2
87 jointWalsallWest Midlands1.2
87 jointWiganNorth West1.2
87 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands1.2
100 jointAshfieldEast Midlands1.3
100 jointBlaenau GwentWales1.3
100 jointCity of EdinburghScotland1.3
100 jointCrawleySouth East1.3
100 jointEastbourneSouth East1.3
100 jointHastingsSouth East1.3
100 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber1.3
100 jointKnowsleyNorth West1.3
100 jointRochfordEast of England1.3
100 jointRushmoorSouth East1.3
100 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber1.3
100 jointSolihullWest Midlands1.3
100 jointSt AlbansEast of England1.3
100 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands1.3
100 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England1.3
115 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West1.4
115 jointBurnleyNorth West1.4
115 jointDacorumEast of England1.4
115 jointDundee CityScotland1.4
115 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland1.4
115 jointEpping ForestEast of England1.4
115 jointErewashEast Midlands1.4
115 jointFyldeNorth West1.4
115 jointGatesheadNorth East1.4
115 jointGosportSouth East1.4
115 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber1.4
115 jointMansfieldEast Midlands1.4
115 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East1.4
115 jointNorth TynesideNorth East1.4
115 jointRossendaleNorth West1.4
115 jointSurrey HeathSouth East1.4
115 jointThurrockEast of England1.4
115 jointWarwickWest Midlands1.4
115 jointWorcesterWest Midlands1.4
115 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands1.4
135 jointCardiffWales1.5
135 jointDarlingtonNorth East1.5
135 jointGedlingEast Midlands1.5
135 jointHaltonNorth West1.5
135 jointIpswichEast of England1.5
135 jointMedwaySouth East1.5
135 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England1.5
135 jointPrestonNorth West1.5
135 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East1.5
135 jointSeftonNorth West1.5
135 jointSwanseaWales1.5
135 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands1.5
135 jointWarringtonNorth West1.5
148 jointBrentwoodEast of England1.6
148 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber1.6
148 jointCanterburySouth East1.6
148 jointCheshire EastNorth West1.6
148 jointEastleighSouth East1.6
148 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands1.6
148 jointIsle of WightSouth East1.6
148 jointLewesSouth East1.6
148 jointMid SussexSouth East1.6
148 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East1.6
148 jointSouth RibbleNorth West1.6
148 jointStevenageEast of England1.6
148 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East1.6
148 jointVale of GlamorganWales1.6
148 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland1.6
148 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East1.6
148 jointWokinghamSouth East1.6
165 jointBracknell ForestSouth East1.7
165 jointCoventryWest Midlands1.7
165 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands1.7
165 jointPlymouthSouth West1.7
165 jointRenfrewshireScotland1.7
165 jointSt. HelensNorth West1.7
165 jointSunderlandNorth East1.7
165 jointWyreNorth West1.7
165 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber1.7
174 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands1.8
174 jointArunSouth East1.8
174 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber1.8
174 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West1.8
174 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands1.8
174 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England1.8
174 jointFalkirkScotland1.8
174 jointFenlandEast of England1.8
174 jointLancasterNorth West1.8
174 jointLincolnEast Midlands1.8
174 jointMole ValleySouth East1.8
174 jointPeterboroughEast of England1.8
174 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber1.8
174 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West1.8
174 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East1.8
189 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands1.9
189 jointFlintshireWales1.9
189 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East1.9
189 jointGloucesterSouth West1.9
189 jointGraveshamSouth East1.9
189 jointHartlepoolNorth East1.9
189 jointMilton KeynesSouth East1.9
189 jointNewportWales1.9
189 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland1.9
189 jointRedditchWest Midlands1.9
189 jointTorfaenWales1.9
189 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber1.9
189 jointWaverleySouth East1.9
189 jointWest LancashireNorth West1.9
203 jointDartfordSouth East2.0
203 jointInverclydeScotland2.0
203 jointIsles of ScillySouth West2.0
203 jointNew ForestSouth East2.0
203 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands2.0
203 jointTamworthWest Midlands2.0
203 jointTendringEast of England2.0
203 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East2.0
211 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East2.1
211 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West2.1
211 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands2.1
211 jointNorth SomersetSouth West2.1
211 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales2.1
211 jointSwaleSouth East2.1
217 jointCaerphillyWales2.2
217 jointChelmsfordEast of England2.2
217 jointConwyWales2.2
217 jointEast LothianScotland2.2
217 jointLichfieldWest Midlands2.2
217 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland2.2
223 jointBedfordEast of England2.3
223 jointChichesterSouth East2.3
223 jointChorleyNorth West2.3
223 jointEast DevonSouth West2.3
223 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands2.3
223 jointHorshamSouth East2.3
223 jointMerthyr TydfilWales2.3
223 jointMidlothianScotland2.3
223 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands2.3
223 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands2.3
223 jointRibble ValleyNorth West2.3
223 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands2.3
223 jointStaffordWest Midlands2.3
223 jointStroudSouth West2.3
223 jointSwindonSouth West2.3
223 jointTeignbridgeSouth West2.3
223 jointWinchesterSouth East2.3
240 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland2.4
240 jointCherwellSouth East2.4
240 jointTandridgeSouth East2.4
243 jointBraintreeEast of England2.5
243 jointColchesterEast of England2.5
243 jointDenbighshireWales2.5
243 jointGuildfordSouth East2.5
243 jointMonmouthshireWales2.5
243 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber2.5
243 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands2.5
243 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands2.5
243 jointTewkesburySouth West2.5
252 jointAberdeen CityScotland2.6
252 jointAngusScotland2.6
252 jointBolsoverEast Midlands2.6
252 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England2.6
252 jointEast SuffolkEast of England2.6
252 jointForest of DeanSouth West2.6
252 jointRugbyWest Midlands2.6
252 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands2.6
252 jointWychavonWest Midlands2.6
261 jointBlabyEast Midlands2.7
261 jointBridgendWales2.7
261 jointCounty DurhamNorth East2.7
261 jointDoverSouth East2.7
261 jointHartSouth East2.7
261 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands2.7
261 jointTest ValleySouth East2.7
261 jointVale of White HorseSouth East2.7
261 jointWealdenSouth East2.7
261 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands2.7
271 jointBassetlawEast Midlands2.8
271 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands2.8
273 jointCornwallSouth West2.9
273 jointCumberlandNorth West2.9
273 jointMaidstoneSouth East2.9
273 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands2.9
273 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber2.9
273 jointRotherSouth East2.9
273 jointSevenoaksSouth East2.9
273 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East2.9
273 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West2.9
282 jointDorsetSouth West3.0
282 jointMaldonEast of England3.0
282 jointNeath Port TalbotWales3.0
282 jointNorth AyrshireScotland3.0
282 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England3.0
282 jointPembrokeshireWales3.0
282 jointSomersetSouth West3.0
282 jointSouth HamsSouth West3.0
282 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East3.0
291 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland3.1
291 jointAshfordSouth East3.1
291 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England3.1
291 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England3.1
291 jointSouth AyrshireScotland3.1
291 jointUttlesfordEast of England3.1
297 jointBrecklandEast of England3.2
297 jointClackmannanshireScotland3.2
297 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber3.2
297 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber3.2
297 jointFifeScotland3.2
297 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland3.2
297 jointNorth DevonSouth West3.2
297 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber3.2
297 jointWest BerkshireSouth East3.2
297 jointWiltshireSouth West3.2
307 jointBostonEast Midlands3.3
307 jointRutlandEast Midlands3.3
307 jointWest SuffolkEast of England3.3
310West LothianScotland3.4
311 jointBaberghEast of England3.5
311 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland3.5
313 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands3.6
313 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands3.6
313 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands3.6
313 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands3.6
317 jointCotswoldSouth West3.7
317 jointEast HampshireSouth East3.7
317 jointShropshireWest Midlands3.7
320 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland3.8
320 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands3.8
320 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands3.8
320 jointWrexhamWales3.8
324MeltonEast Midlands3.9
325 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East4.0
325 jointHarboroughEast Midlands4.0
325 jointMid DevonSouth West4.0
328NorthumberlandNorth East4.1
329South NorfolkEast of England4.2
330 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland4.3
330 jointStirlingScotland4.3
330 jointTorridgeSouth West4.3
333 jointEast AyrshireScotland4.5
333 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England4.5
335MorayScotland4.7
336 jointCarmarthenshireWales4.9
336 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands4.9
336 jointGwyneddWales4.9
339 jointBroadlandEast of England5.0
339 jointCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland5.0
339 jointNewry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland5.0
342Perth and KinrossScotland5.1
343Mid SuffolkEast of England5.2
344West DevonSouth West5.3
345East CambridgeshireEast of England5.4
346Isle of AngleseyWales5.6
347 jointCeredigionWales5.7
347 jointPowysWales5.7
349North KestevenEast Midlands5.9
350 jointMid UlsterNorthern Ireland6.0
350 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands6.0
352South CambridgeshireEast of England6.1
353Scottish BordersScotland6.3
354Dumfries and GallowayScotland6.6
355AberdeenshireScotland6.8
356Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland6.9
357 jointArgyll and ButeScotland11.0
357 jointOrkney IslandsScotland11.0
359HighlandScotland11.9
360Shetland IslandsScotland16.0
361Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland27.9

Geographic Data Service, Retail Centre Boundaries, retail-centre-boundaries-v4.gpkg, read at every census area. The data for this research have been provided by the Geographic Data Service (geods.ac.uk), a Smart Data Research UK Investment: ES/Z504464/1. This product contains data derived from Foursquare Open Source Places (Foursquare, licensed under the Apache License 2.0) and OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under ODbL 1.0). · November 2025 · fetched 27 October 2026 · How this is measured

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