High Streets & Town Centres Week 38, 2024: London Footfall Up

High Streets & Town Centres Week 38, 2024: London Footfall Up

Recent footfall data from Huq Industries reveals nuanced trends in footfall, dwell time, and weekday visitation across various UK regions for High Streets and Town Centres. As of the week ending September 22, 2024, London shows a notable increase in average daily footfall year-on-year, and a significant rise in average visit dwell time versus last year.

Conversely, the East Midlands experienced a sharp decline in footfall year-on-year whilst the South West experienced a modest week-on-week increase in footfall.

High Streets & Town Centres Daily Footfall

Market Outlook

Based on the direction of the latest footfall data and trends observed during the same period last year, the next four weeks could see continued growth in footfall in London’s High Streets and Town Centres. The consistent upward trend in both footfall and dwell time suggests that consumer confidence and spending in London will likely remain strong.


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The Benchmark is a weekly bulletin that discusses retail and real-estate performance across 2,700+ UK retail centres. The survey is organised across four key themes and uses near-realtime location intelligence data sourced by Huq Industries. Looking for data on specific locations?