High Streets Data Service
Open Data
Boundary shapefiles
GLA High Street Boundaries
Greater London Authority
Updated about 1 year ago
Boundaries of High Streets as developed by the Regeneration team at the Greater London Authority. NOTE: these boundaries will be used when sharing data about High Street spend and footfall. They reflect the wider uses of High Streets including community, public and cultural, in addition to concentrations of retail units.
1 file(4.22 MB)
GLA_High_Street_boundaries_2.gpkg Town Centre Boundaries
Planning Constraints Map
Updated 9 months ago
Town centres provide a range of commercial, cultural and civic activities, including shopping, leisure, employment, entertainment, culture, and social and community facilities. Their vitality and viability should be promoted to ensure they retain their importance. There are five broad types of town centres according to their scales and roles: International centres, Metropolitan centres, Major centres, District centres and Neighbourhood and…
1 file(1.63 MB)
Town Center London Plan Business Improvement Districts
Updated 12th May 2025
A Business Improvement District (BID) is a defined area within which local businesses are required to pay an additional levy. The collected tax will…
London Plan Business Improvement Districts
Greater London Authority
Updated over 1 year ago
A Business Improvement District (BID) is a defined area within which local businesses are required to pay an additional levy. The collected tax will be invested locally to fund projects within the district's boundaries. The BID is often funded primarily through the levy but can also draw on other public and private funding streams. There are currently 70 London BIDs…
The Central Activities Zone covers London’s geographic, economic and administrative core. It’s unique combination of uses should be promoted and enhanced while also improving its environment and attractiveness for residents, visitors and businesses alike.
Covid-19 Data (Archive)
Google Mobility by Borough
Greater London Authority
Updated over 3 years ago
These data provide evidence of how movement in London was been affected by the various control measures for COVID-19 and how much they recovered once those measures were eased.
NOTE: Google stopped updates on 15th Oct 2022
This page summarises changes in activity from baseline obtained from Google's Mobility Report including:
Retail and recreation
Grocery and pharmacy
Parks
Transit stations…
1 file(1.79 MB)
google_activity_by_London_Borough.csv COVID-19 Restrictions Timeseries
Greater London Authority
Updated over 2 years ago
National and local restrictions and policies affecting London, by date.
Supplied as an experimental dataset to provide context for analysis of other social or economic datasets, for instance, footfall and spend data timeseries.
Information was mainly gathered from government announcements published by the Prime Minister's Office.
The restrictions and policies included are:
School closures - complete closures only
Pub…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mobility Report
Greater London Authority
Updated almost 4 years ago
Due to changes in the collection and availability of data on COVID-19, this website will no longer be updated. The webpage will no longer be available as of 11 May 2023. On-going, reliable sources of data for COVID-19 are available via the COVID-19 dashboard and the UKHSA
GLA Covid-19 Mobility Report
Since March 2020, London has seen many different levels…
