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Renting Britain: Where Home Ownership Is Rarest
Property 21 Jun 2026

Renting Britain: Where Home Ownership Is Rarest

We mapped Census 2021 housing tenure across every postcode area in England and Wales to find where people are most likely to own their home, and where renting rules.

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Rose Cottage Britain: The Most Common House Names
Property 21 Jun 2026

Rose Cottage Britain: The Most Common House Names

Most homes have a number. Millions have a name instead. We counted them across every sale since 2018 to find the most common house names in England and Wales.

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The Detached Premium: House Versus Flat
Property 21 Jun 2026

The Detached Premium: House Versus Flat

In some postcode areas a detached house costs more than four times the price of a flat. In others, barely twice. We mapped the gap between the grandest and the most modest homes.

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The GP Gap: England's Best and Worst Served Areas
Data 21 Jun 2026

The GP Gap: England's Best and Worst Served Areas

Using NHS organisation data we counted the GP surgeries in every English postcode area and weighed them against population to find where a doctor is easiest, and hardest, to come by.

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The Greying Map: Britain's Oldest and Youngest Areas
Data 21 Jun 2026

The Greying Map: Britain's Oldest and Youngest Areas

Census 2021 age data, mapped by postcode area, reveals a sharp split between the retirement coast and the young commuter suburbs.

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Where England's Outstanding Schools Cluster
Data 21 Jun 2026

Where England's Outstanding Schools Cluster

We took every Ofsted-rated school in England and worked out, area by area, what share carry the top grade of Outstanding. The map is sharper than you might expect.

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