Best areas to open private clinic / health centre in East
45 East local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a private clinic or health centre in East?
In East, the best area to open a private clinic or health centre is Fenland, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.1/100: premises at £72/m²/yr and local median pay £27,005. Three Rivers ranks lowest of 45 East authorities at 45.8/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East area for private clinic / health centre: Fenland.
How this is calculatedEast ranked for private clinic / health centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fenland | 65.1/100 | £72 | £27,005 | £3,110 |
| 2 | North Norfolk | 63.2/100 | £106 | £26,296 | £4,579 |
| 3 | Dacorum | 62.6/100 | £163 | £18,675 | £7,042 |
| 4 | Great Yarmouth | 62.6/100 | £100 | £26,484 | £4,320 |
| 5 | South Norfolk | 61.9/100 | £106 | £29,114 | £4,579 |
| 6 | Babergh | 61.5/100 | £124 | £25,785 | £5,357 |
| 7 | Tendring | 61.4/100 | £115 | £27,067 | £4,968 |
| 8 | West Suffolk | 61.2/100 | £104 | £29,613 | £4,493 |
| 9 | Peterborough | 60.6/100 | £105 | £31,062 | £4,536 |
| 10 | Norwich | 60.6/100 | £129 | £28,457 | £5,573 |
| 11 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 60.5/100 | £100 | £30,544 | £4,320 |
| 12 | Breckland | 60.4/100 | £113 | £28,303 | £4,882 |
| 13 | Luton | 59.7/100 | £116 | £29,640 | £5,011 |
| 14 | Ipswich | 59.6/100 | £127 | £30,605 | £5,486 |
| 15 | Central Bedfordshire | 59.4/100 | £104 | £30,963 | £4,493 |
| 16 | Huntingdonshire | 59.4/100 | £101 | £32,441 | £4,363 |
| 17 | Maldon | 59.3/100 | £145 | £25,496 | £6,264 |
| 18 | Bedford | 59.2/100 | £113 | £33,148 | £4,882 |
| 19 | Southend-on-Sea | 59.1/100 | £158 | £26,955 | £6,826 |
| 20 | East Suffolk | 58.9/100 | £128 | £30,821 | £5,530 |
| 21 | Broadland | 58/100 | £126 | £32,576 | £5,443 |
| 22 | Rochford | 57.4/100 | £154 | £26,706 | £6,653 |
| 23 | Harlow | 57.3/100 | £154 | £32,320 | £6,653 |
| 24 | Mid Suffolk | 56.9/100 | £134 | £32,413 | £5,789 |
| 25 | Uttlesford | 56.8/100 | £145 | £32,124 | £6,264 |
| 26 | East Cambridgeshire | 56.4/100 | £150 | £30,232 | £6,480 |
| 27 | Colchester | 56.2/100 | £166 | £31,056 | £7,171 |
| 28 | Castle Point | 55/100 | £185 | £27,524 | £7,992 |
| 29 | Braintree | 54.9/100 | £158 | £32,175 | £6,826 |
| 30 | North Hertfordshire | 54.6/100 | £161 | £33,409 | £6,955 |
| 31 | East Hertfordshire | 54.3/100 | £168 | £32,293 | £7,258 |
| 32 | Thurrock | 54.2/100 | £153 | £34,388 | £6,610 |
| 33 | Epping Forest | 53.6/100 | £201 | £30,038 | £8,683 |
| 34 | Broxbourne | 53.5/100 | £187 | £29,980 | £8,078 |
| 35 | Watford | 52.9/100 | £202 | £31,833 | £8,726 |
| 36 | Brentwood | 52.7/100 | £222 | £30,607 | £9,590 |
| 37 | Chelmsford | 52.7/100 | £198 | £32,010 | £8,554 |
| 38 | Basildon | 52.2/100 | £198 | £32,050 | £8,554 |
| 39 | South Cambridgeshire | 52.1/100 | £150 | £41,348 | £6,480 |
| 40 | St Albans | 51.9/100 | £210 | £33,468 | £9,072 |
| 41 | Hertsmere | 51.3/100 | £220 | £36,000 | £9,504 |
| 42 | Stevenage | 51/100 | £155 | £41,224 | £6,696 |
| 43 | Welwyn Hatfield | 49.5/100 | £186 | £39,794 | £8,035 |
| 44 | Cambridge | 46/100 | £227 | £40,266 | £9,806 |
| 45 | Three Rivers | 45.8/100 | £227 | £43,202 | £9,806 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for private clinic / health centre premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £72/m²/yr in Fenland. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Fenland ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for private clinic / health centre in Fenland?
- For a 100 m² unit in Fenland, business rates are roughly £3,110/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £7,200/yr rent — before Small Business Rate Relief.
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Contains public sector information published by Valuation Office Agency and Office for National Statistics and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: VOA Business Floorspace + ONS Business Counts + ONS ASHE (work geography) + ONS population estimates (2025 (VOA 31 March 2025; ASHE 2025 provisional; Business Counts 2025; population mid-2024), published December 2025).