A new BBC analyis lets you find out how the High Streets and shopping areas near you have changed since the beginning of the pandemic – by just typing in your postcode.
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BBC news writes:
….To find out how the High Streets and shopping areas near you have changed since the beginning of the pandemic, type in your postcode….
The full extent of changes to Britain’s High Streets after two years of Covid lockdowns and trading restrictions is revealed in data from Ordnance Survey.
Overall, there were 9,300 fewer retail outlets in March 2022 than March 2020, as shoppers switched to online stores.
The findings illustrate the changing face of the British High Street…
The figures are revealed by BBC analysis of 1.5 million records contained in the Ordnance Survey’s ‘Points of Interest’ mapping data, a comprehensive quarterly survey of businesses, facilities and services operating in England, Scotland and Wales.
