United Kingdom — Regional Market index
docs(projects): Phase 1 of Regional Markets rebuild -- remove all ranking/score language and stale/wrong score values wiki-wide (132 files); no public ranking exists in the real current dataset, only the co-location cluster tier system (Regional/District/Local/Fringe) remains, per operator directive and verified against the real 2026-08-07 methodology
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC keynote: false last_edited: 2026-08-24 last_edited: 2026-08-25 editor: woodfine-editorial short_description: "Ranked index of UK regional commercial real estate markets meeting co-location screening thresholds outside London and the South East." short_description: "Index of UK regional commercial real estate markets meeting co-location screening thresholds outside London and the South East." paired_with: markets/atlas-united-kingdom.es.md --- The **United Kingdom regional market index** ranks UK cities and towns outside London and The **United Kingdom regional market index** lists UK cities and towns outside London and the wider South East. Each meets the population, income, and retail infrastructure thresholds established by the [[about-regional-markets-system|co-location regional market framework]]. The UK offers a geographically concentrated but economically diverse set of qualifying regional markets: mid-sized @@ -69,103 +69,103 @@ real TOP400 data below — Northampton, Warrington, and York all appear, and Che under its full local-authority name, Cheshire West and Chester. **Inverness is the one exception**: it does not appear among the UK's 81 verified TOP400 entries, despite being named above as a primary Scotland market. As with the other country pages, this doesn't mean Inverness isn't a real market — it means it is not currently ranked in the TOP400 mean Inverness isn't a real market — it means it is not currently included in the TOP400 co-location screen specifically. ## Ranked markets ## Markets This table is a filtered, UK-specific view of the continental [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] table — not a separate dataset — so every rank, score, and tier count matches the continental table exactly and updates automatically if that table is corrected. UK entries are recorded at the local-authority level (e.g. "Cheshire West and Chester," "East Riding of Yorkshire") rather than by settlement name. | Rank | Market | Suburb of | km | T1 | T2 | T3 | Civic | Score | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 9 | Fife | Edinburgh | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Yes | 10.5 | | 10 | Milton Keynes | Luton | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Yes | 9.0 | | 14 | Hertsmere | London | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 9.0 | | 27 | Wiltshire | Bath | — | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 9.0 | | 28 | Cheshire East | Manchester | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9.0 | | 30 | Hillingdon | London | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 7.5 | | 31 | Derby | Nottingham | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 7.5 | | 32 | [[gb-eng-chester|Cheshire West and Chester]] | Wigan | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 7.5 | | 54 | Durham | Newcastle | — | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.5 | | 55 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Leeds | — | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.5 | | 57 | Thurrock | London | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 58 | Gloucester | Bristol | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 59 | Rushmoor | Reading | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 265 | Stevenage | Luton | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.0 | | 266 | [[gb-eng-york|York]] | Leeds | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.0 | | 267 | Redbridge | London | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 268 | Wakefield | Leeds | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 269 | Ipswich | Cambridge | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 270 | East Hertfordshire | Luton | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 271 | North Lincolnshire | Sheffield | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 272 | Herefordshire | Birmingham | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 273 | Carmarthenshire | Swansea | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 274 | Peterborough | Cambridge | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 275 | High Peak | Manchester | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 276 | Huntingdonshire | Cambridge | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 277 | Darlington | Newcastle | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 278 | East Staffordshire | Birmingham | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 279 | Mid Sussex | Brighton | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 280 | Mendip | Bath | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6.0 | | 287 | Liverpool | Wigan | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 4.5 | | 289 | Havering | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 290 | Enfield | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 291 | Sefton | Wigan | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 292 | Havant | Southampton | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 293 | Stroud | Bristol | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 294 | [[gb-eng-warrington|Warrington]] | Wigan | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 295 | Newport | Cardiff | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 296 | Saint Edmundsbury | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 297 | Colchester | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 298 | Warwick | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 299 | Lincoln | Nottingham | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 300 | Cheltenham | Bristol | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 301 | Stoke-on-Trent | Manchester | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 302 | Stafford | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 303 | Chelmsford | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 304 | Mole Valley | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 305 | Swindon | Oxford | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 306 | Barnsley | Sheffield | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 307 | Taunton Deane | Cardiff | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 308 | Perthshire and Kinross | Dundee | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 309 | South Somerset | Bath | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 310 | Doncaster | Sheffield | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 311 | Basingstoke and Deane | Reading | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.5 | | 365 | Spelthorne | London | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 366 | Bexley | London | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 367 | Wirral | Wigan | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 368 | [[gb-eng-cherwell|Cherwell]] | Oxford | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 369 | Kingston upon Hull | Leeds | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 370 | Medway | London | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 371 | Arun | Brighton | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 372 | [[gb-eng-northampton|Northampton]] | Coventry | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 373 | Eastbourne | Brighton | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 374 | Bedford | Luton | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3.0 | | 383 | Dartford | London | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 384 | Pembrokeshire | Swansea | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 385 | Wycombe | Reading | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 386 | West Oxfordshire | Oxford | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 387 | West Berkshire | Reading | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 388 | Walsall | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 389 | Mansfield | Nottingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 390 | Ashfield | Nottingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 391 | Tunbridge Wells | Brighton | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 392 | Forest Heath | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 393 | Epping Forest | London | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 394 | Braintree | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 395 | Stratford-on-Avon | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 396 | West Lindsey | Sheffield | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 397 | Cotswold | Bath | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 398 | Sevenoaks | London | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 399 | East Ayrshire | Glasgow | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | | 400 | Cannock Chase | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3.0 | — so every entry and tier count matches the continental table exactly and updates automatically if that table is corrected. No rank or score is published for any market. UK entries are recorded at the local-authority level (e.g. "Cheshire West and Chester," "East Riding of Yorkshire") rather than by settlement name. | Market | Suburb of | km | T1 | T2 | T3 | Civic | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fife | Edinburgh | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Yes | | Milton Keynes | Luton | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Yes | | Hertsmere | London | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Yes | | Wiltshire | Bath | — | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | | Cheshire East | Manchester | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | | Hillingdon | London | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | | Derby | Nottingham | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | | [[gb-eng-chester|Cheshire West and Chester]] | Wigan | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | | Durham | Newcastle | — | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | | East Riding of Yorkshire | Leeds | — | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | | Thurrock | London | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Gloucester | Bristol | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Rushmoor | Reading | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | | Stevenage | Luton | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | | [[gb-eng-york|York]] | Leeds | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | | Redbridge | London | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Wakefield | Leeds | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Ipswich | Cambridge | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | East Hertfordshire | Luton | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | North Lincolnshire | Sheffield | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Herefordshire | Birmingham | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Carmarthenshire | Swansea | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Peterborough | Cambridge | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | High Peak | Manchester | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Huntingdonshire | Cambridge | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Darlington | Newcastle | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | East Staffordshire | Birmingham | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Mid Sussex | Brighton | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Mendip | Bath | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | | Liverpool | Wigan | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | | Havering | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Enfield | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Sefton | Wigan | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Havant | Southampton | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Stroud | Bristol | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | [[gb-eng-warrington|Warrington]] | Wigan | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Newport | Cardiff | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Saint Edmundsbury | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Colchester | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Warwick | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Lincoln | Nottingham | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Cheltenham | Bristol | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Stoke-on-Trent | Manchester | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Stafford | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Chelmsford | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Mole Valley | London | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Swindon | Oxford | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Barnsley | Sheffield | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Taunton Deane | Cardiff | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Perthshire and Kinross | Dundee | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | South Somerset | Bath | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Doncaster | Sheffield | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Basingstoke and Deane | Reading | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | | Spelthorne | London | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Bexley | London | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Wirral | Wigan | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | [[gb-eng-cherwell|Cherwell]] | Oxford | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Kingston upon Hull | Leeds | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Medway | London | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Arun | Brighton | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | [[gb-eng-northampton|Northampton]] | Coventry | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Eastbourne | Brighton | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Bedford | Luton | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Dartford | London | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Pembrokeshire | Swansea | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Wycombe | Reading | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | West Oxfordshire | Oxford | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | West Berkshire | Reading | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Walsall | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Mansfield | Nottingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Ashfield | Nottingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Tunbridge Wells | Brighton | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Forest Heath | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Epping Forest | London | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Braintree | Cambridge | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Stratford-on-Avon | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | West Lindsey | Sheffield | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Cotswold | Bath | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Sevenoaks | London | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | East Ayrshire | Glasgow | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | | Cannock Chase | Birmingham | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | ## See also - [[atlas-top-400-europe]] — the full European ranked list this page filters - [[atlas-top-400-europe]] — the full European market set this page filters - [[about-regional-markets-system]] — the co-location methodology and market selection criteria