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Semi-Detached Britain: The Shape of the Suburbs
Property 22 Jun 2026

Semi-Detached Britain: The Shape of the Suburbs

The semi-detached house is the defining home of the British suburb. We mapped where it dominates, and found its heartland in the West Midlands.

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Terraced Britain: The Postcodes Built in Rows
Property 22 Jun 2026

Terraced Britain: The Postcodes Built in Rows

The terraced house is the workhorse of British housing. We mapped where the rows still dominate, from the mill towns of the north to the valleys of south Wales.

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A Tale of Four Nations: Deprivation Across the UK
Data 21 Jun 2026

A Tale of Four Nations: Deprivation Across the UK

Each UK nation measures deprivation its own way. We brought all four official indices together to show the most and least deprived corners of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Britain's Road Collision Hotspots, Mapped
Data 21 Jun 2026

Britain's Road Collision Hotspots, Mapped

We mapped every recorded road collision in Great Britain to postcode areas to find where, relative to the people who live there, the roads see the most crashes.

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House or Flat? How Britain Lives, Mapped
Property 21 Jun 2026

House or Flat? How Britain Lives, Mapped

We sorted almost eight million property sales by type to find where flats dominate the market and where the terraced and semi-detached house still rules.

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Million-Pound Postcodes: Where the Money Lives
Property 21 Jun 2026

Million-Pound Postcodes: Where the Money Lives

There have been 265,947 sales of a million pounds or more in England and Wales since 2018. We mapped where they cluster, both by sheer number and by share of the local market.

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