How bythenumbers measures shops, food, health, education and leisure mapped within walking distance.
This category counts mapped everyday amenities within walking distance, grouped into shops, food, health, education and leisure. The map comes from OpenStreetMap. It is a count of what volunteers and businesses have mapped, not a quality rating of the high street, and not a complete catalogue of every business.
Daily life is the walk to a shop, a pharmacy, a cafe, or a playground. Listings copy often says 'local amenities' without saying which, or how far. A published count within a fixed radius makes that claim comparable from one postcode to the next.
If you want to run errands on foot, or you will not have a car at first, this is one of the practical tests of an area. More mapped amenities nearby is not a verdict that the area is fashionable. It is a factual picture of what is recorded within a short walk, which is worth knowing before you view.
Licences and refresh cadence are on the sources page.
Search any UK postcode to see this category on a live report, beside the rest of the Area Measure.