Check how your High Street has changed since 2020

BBC analysis has shown that beauty salons and tattoo parlours have prospered on high streets while the number of banks and department stores has fallen. Places to eat and drink have also increased - despite social distancing.

Now, it’s possible to find out how the high streets and shopping areas in each particular postcode area have changed since the beginning of the pandemic.

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. The findings illustrate the changing face of the British High Street from a place to buy things to a place to do stuff - like get your nails done and meet friends for a coffee.

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.

For the full story and to enter your postcode area to check changes in your local High Street, click here: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63799670

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