Review of High Street Footfall in England: 2020-2021

Mumford, Christine, Lorono Leturiondo, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2107-6605, Parker, Cathy, Ntounis, Nikolaos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2517-3031 and Sonderland Saga, Regine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0909-6593 (2021) Review of High Street Footfall in England: 2020-2021. Project Report. High Streets Task Force.

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Abstract

Footfall is a simple indicator that tells us a lot about the nature of high streets, how they are used and how they are changing. It has been a key indicator of a town centre’s vitality and viability since the publication of Planning Policy Guidance Note 6 Town Centres and Retail Development in 1993. From footfall data from Springboard, for around 180 high streets, we have been able to draw a number of conclusions about the annual performance of high streets, during the second year of Task Force operations (from July 2020 to June 2021).