Distance to the nearest retail park or shopping centre, km, every council ranked
Measured in a straight line to the edge of the nearest retail park or shopping centre, the out of town shopping a household drives to. Inside one it is nought. A shopping centre in the middle of a town is usually drawn as part of its town centre and counted there. Figures for November 2025, published for 359 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: Merton, Norwich and Watford, 1.0. The council in the middle: St Albans, 3.2. Highest: Orkney Islands, 63.3.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | MertonLondon | 1.0 |
| 1 joint | NorwichEast of England | 1.0 |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 1.0 |
| 4 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 1.1 |
| 4 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 1.1 |
| 4 joint | ReadingSouth East | 1.1 |
| 4 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 1.1 |
| 8 joint | EalingLondon | 1.2 |
| 8 joint | LewishamLondon | 1.2 |
| 10 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 1.3 |
| 10 joint | IpswichEast of England | 1.3 |
| 10 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 1.3 |
| 10 joint | PrestonNorth West | 1.3 |
| 10 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 1.3 |
| 15 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 1.4 |
| 15 joint | DartfordSouth East | 1.4 |
| 15 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 1.4 |
| 15 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 1.4 |
| 15 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 1.4 |
| 15 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 1.4 |
| 15 joint | WokingSouth East | 1.4 |
| 22 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | BrentLondon | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | CardiffWales | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 1.5 |
| 22 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 1.5 |
| 32 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | ExeterSouth West | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | GreenwichLondon | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | HaltonNorth West | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | LambethLondon | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 1.6 |
| 32 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 1.6 |
| 45 joint | AdurSouth East | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | GosportSouth East | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | NewhamLondon | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | OxfordSouth East | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | StockportNorth West | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | TraffordNorth West | 1.7 |
| 45 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 1.7 |
| 60 joint | BarnetLondon | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | BoltonNorth West | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | BristolSouth West | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | EastleighSouth East | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | EnfieldLondon | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | FarehamSouth East | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | HaveringLondon | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | LutonEast of England | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | NewportWales | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | StevenageEast of England | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 1.8 |
| 60 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 1.8 |
| 76 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 1.9 |
| 76 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 1.9 |
| 76 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 1.9 |
| 76 joint | MedwaySouth East | 1.9 |
| 76 joint | SalfordNorth West | 1.9 |
| 76 joint | SwindonSouth West | 1.9 |
| 82 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 2.0 |
| 82 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 2.0 |
| 82 joint | HaringeyLondon | 2.0 |
| 82 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 2.0 |
| 82 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 2.0 |
| 82 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 2.0 |
| 82 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 2.0 |
| 89 joint | CrawleySouth East | 2.1 |
| 89 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 2.1 |
| 89 joint | HarrowLondon | 2.1 |
| 89 joint | HavantSouth East | 2.1 |
| 89 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 2.1 |
| 94 joint | OldhamNorth West | 2.2 |
| 94 joint | SloughSouth East | 2.2 |
| 96 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | BasildonEast of England | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | HounslowLondon | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 2.3 |
| 96 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 2.3 |
| 107 joint | BexleyLondon | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | BuryNorth West | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | HarlowEast of England | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | HillingdonLondon | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | PendleNorth West | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | TorbaySouth West | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 2.4 |
| 107 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 2.4 |
| 121 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | CanterburySouth East | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | HackneyLondon | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 2.5 |
| 121 joint | TamesideNorth West | 2.5 |
| 131 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 2.6 |
| 131 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 2.6 |
| 131 joint | InverclydeScotland | 2.6 |
| 131 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 2.6 |
| 131 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 2.6 |
| 131 joint | WiganNorth West | 2.6 |
| 137 joint | BedfordEast of England | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | SwanseaWales | 2.7 |
| 137 joint | WorthingSouth East | 2.7 |
| 146 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 2.8 |
| 146 joint | FalkirkScotland | 2.8 |
| 146 joint | HastingsSouth East | 2.8 |
| 146 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 2.8 |
| 146 joint | WandsworthLondon | 2.8 |
| 146 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 2.8 |
| 152 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 2.9 |
| 152 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 2.9 |
| 152 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 2.9 |
| 152 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 2.9 |
| 152 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 2.9 |
| 152 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 2.9 |
| 152 joint | ThanetSouth East | 2.9 |
| 159 joint | CaerphillyWales | 3.0 |
| 159 joint | City of LondonLondon | 3.0 |
| 159 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 3.0 |
| 159 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 3.0 |
| 159 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 3.0 |
| 159 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 3.0 |
| 159 joint | SuttonLondon | 3.0 |
| 159 joint | WirralNorth West | 3.0 |
| 167 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | RochfordEast of England | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 3.1 |
| 167 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 3.1 |
| 176 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 3.2 |
| 176 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 3.2 |
| 176 joint | SeftonNorth West | 3.2 |
| 176 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 3.2 |
| 176 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 3.2 |
| 176 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 3.2 |
| 182 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 3.3 |
| 182 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 3.3 |
| 182 joint | LancasterNorth West | 3.3 |
| 182 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 3.3 |
| 182 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 3.3 |
| 182 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 3.3 |
| 182 joint | WrexhamWales | 3.3 |
| 189 joint | CherwellSouth East | 3.4 |
| 189 joint | CroydonLondon | 3.4 |
| 189 joint | FifeScotland | 3.4 |
| 189 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 3.4 |
| 189 joint | TorfaenWales | 3.4 |
| 189 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 3.4 |
| 189 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 3.4 |
| 196 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 3.5 |
| 196 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 3.5 |
| 196 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 3.5 |
| 199 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 3.6 |
| 199 joint | TendringEast of England | 3.6 |
| 199 joint | WestminsterLondon | 3.6 |
| 202 | BromleyLondon | 3.7 |
| 203 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 3.8 |
| 203 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 3.8 |
| 203 joint | DacorumEast of England | 3.8 |
| 203 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 3.8 |
| 203 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 3.8 |
| 203 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 3.8 |
| 209 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 3.9 |
| 209 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 3.9 |
| 209 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 3.9 |
| 209 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 3.9 |
| 209 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 3.9 |
| 209 joint | SwaleSouth East | 3.9 |
| 215 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 4.0 |
| 215 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 4.0 |
| 215 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 4.0 |
| 218 | LichfieldWest Midlands | 4.1 |
| 219 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 4.2 |
| 219 joint | DenbighshireWales | 4.2 |
| 219 joint | FlintshireWales | 4.2 |
| 219 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 4.2 |
| 223 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 4.3 |
| 223 joint | CamdenLondon | 4.3 |
| 223 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 4.3 |
| 223 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 4.3 |
| 223 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 4.3 |
| 223 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 4.3 |
| 223 joint | WyreNorth West | 4.3 |
| 230 joint | AshfordSouth East | 4.4 |
| 230 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 4.4 |
| 230 joint | IslingtonLondon | 4.4 |
| 230 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 4.4 |
| 230 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 4.4 |
| 235 | MeltonEast Midlands | 4.5 |
| 236 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 4.6 |
| 236 joint | BridgendWales | 4.6 |
| 236 joint | FyldeNorth West | 4.6 |
| 236 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 4.6 |
| 236 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 4.6 |
| 236 joint | West LothianScotland | 4.6 |
| 236 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 4.6 |
| 243 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 4.7 |
| 243 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 4.7 |
| 243 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 4.7 |
| 243 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 4.7 |
| 247 | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 4.8 |
| 248 | MidlothianScotland | 4.9 |
| 249 | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.0 |
| 250 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 5.1 |
| 250 joint | StroudSouth West | 5.1 |
| 250 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 5.1 |
| 253 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 5.2 |
| 253 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 5.2 |
| 255 joint | BaberghEast of England | 5.3 |
| 255 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 5.3 |
| 255 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 5.3 |
| 258 | AngusScotland | 5.4 |
| 259 joint | ArunSouth East | 5.5 |
| 259 joint | ConwyWales | 5.5 |
| 259 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 5.5 |
| 262 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 5.6 |
| 262 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 5.6 |
| 264 joint | DoverSouth East | 5.8 |
| 264 joint | MaldonEast of England | 5.8 |
| 264 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 5.8 |
| 267 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 5.9 |
| 267 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 5.9 |
| 267 joint | HorshamSouth East | 5.9 |
| 270 | BolsoverEast Midlands | 6.2 |
| 271 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 6.3 |
| 271 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 6.3 |
| 271 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 6.3 |
| 271 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 6.3 |
| 275 | North AyrshireScotland | 6.4 |
| 276 joint | HartSouth East | 6.5 |
| 276 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 6.5 |
| 276 joint | RotherSouth East | 6.5 |
| 279 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 6.6 |
| 279 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 6.6 |
| 281 | WaverleySouth East | 6.7 |
| 282 | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 6.8 |
| 283 | South OxfordshireSouth East | 6.9 |
| 284 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 7.0 |
| 284 joint | East LothianScotland | 7.0 |
| 284 joint | SomersetSouth West | 7.0 |
| 287 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 7.1 |
| 287 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 7.1 |
| 287 joint | FenlandEast of England | 7.1 |
| 287 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 7.1 |
| 287 joint | StirlingScotland | 7.1 |
| 292 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 7.2 |
| 292 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 7.2 |
| 292 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 7.2 |
| 292 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 7.2 |
| 292 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 7.2 |
| 297 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 7.3 |
| 297 joint | New ForestSouth East | 7.3 |
| 297 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 7.3 |
| 297 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 7.3 |
| 301 joint | CornwallSouth West | 7.4 |
| 301 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 7.4 |
| 301 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 7.4 |
| 304 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 7.5 |
| 304 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 7.5 |
| 304 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 7.5 |
| 307 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 7.9 |
| 307 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 7.9 |
| 307 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 7.9 |
| 310 | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 8.0 |
| 311 joint | South HamsSouth West | 8.1 |
| 311 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 8.1 |
| 313 | CumberlandNorth West | 8.2 |
| 314 | DorsetSouth West | 8.3 |
| 315 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 8.5 |
| 315 joint | WealdenSouth East | 8.5 |
| 317 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 8.6 |
| 317 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 8.6 |
| 319 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 8.7 |
| 319 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 8.7 |
| 321 | TorridgeSouth West | 8.9 |
| 322 | Forest of DeanSouth West | 9.0 |
| 323 joint | North DevonSouth West | 9.2 |
| 323 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 9.2 |
| 325 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 9.3 |
| 325 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 9.3 |
| 327 | MonmouthshireWales | 9.5 |
| 328 | LewesSouth East | 9.6 |
| 329 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 10.1 |
| 329 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 10.1 |
| 329 joint | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 10.1 |
| 332 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 10.2 |
| 332 joint | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 10.2 |
| 334 | South NorfolkEast of England | 10.4 |
| 335 | CotswoldSouth West | 10.6 |
| 336 | North KestevenEast Midlands | 10.7 |
| 337 | Perth and KinrossScotland | 10.8 |
| 338 joint | East DevonSouth West | 11.8 |
| 338 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 11.8 |
| 340 | Isle of AngleseyWales | 11.9 |
| 341 joint | MorayScotland | 12.4 |
| 341 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 12.4 |
| 343 | Scottish BordersScotland | 12.6 |
| 344 | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 12.8 |
| 345 | West OxfordshireSouth East | 14.0 |
| 346 | BrecklandEast of England | 14.6 |
| 347 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 15.2 |
| 347 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 15.2 |
| 349 | HighlandScotland | 17.2 |
| 350 | West DevonSouth West | 17.4 |
| 351 | CeredigionWales | 18.1 |
| 352 | Mid DevonSouth West | 18.3 |
| 353 | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 21.1 |
| 354 | GwyneddWales | 21.4 |
| 355 | PowysWales | 22.0 |
| 356 | Argyll and ButeScotland | 22.3 |
| 357 | North NorfolkEast of England | 25.0 |
| 358 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 61.1 |
| 359 | Orkney IslandsScotland | 63.3 |
Not in this list
- Na h-Eileanan Siar and Shetland Islands. No retail park or shopping centre is within 100km of where people in them live.
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 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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