Best areas to open sports clubhouse in East
30 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 sports clubhouse in East?
In East, the best area to open a sports clubhouse is Babergh, with a Gera Business Location Score of 70.9/100: premises at £5/m²/yr and local median pay £25,785. Thurrock ranks lowest of 30 East authorities at 28.4/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
East ranked for sports clubhouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babergh | 70.9/100 | £5 | £25,785 | £216 |
| 2 | West Suffolk | 65.7/100 | £17 | £29,613 | £734 |
| 3 | East Suffolk | 65.1/100 | £6 | £30,821 | £259 |
| 4 | Dacorum | 63.9/100 | £31 | £18,675 | £1,339 |
| 5 | Uttlesford | 62.1/100 | £15 | £32,124 | £648 |
| 6 | Ipswich | 56.6/100 | £16 | £30,605 | £691 |
| 7 | Epping Forest | 56.2/100 | £28 | £30,038 | £1,210 |
| 8 | Fenland | 55.3/100 | £19 | £27,005 | £821 |
| 9 | Mid Suffolk | 54.5/100 | £17 | £32,413 | £734 |
| 10 | Southend-on-Sea | 52.7/100 | £28 | £26,955 | £1,210 |
| 11 | East Cambridgeshire | 52.4/100 | £25 | £30,232 | £1,080 |
| 12 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 52.1/100 | £18 | £30,544 | £778 |
| 13 | Maldon | 51.9/100 | £34 | £25,496 | £1,469 |
| 14 | Castle Point | 50.1/100 | £30 | £27,524 | £1,296 |
| 15 | North Norfolk | 50.1/100 | £36 | £26,296 | £1,555 |
| 16 | Chelmsford | 49.6/100 | £26 | £32,010 | £1,123 |
| 17 | Colchester | 49.1/100 | £24 | £31,056 | £1,037 |
| 18 | Bedford | 49/100 | £20 | £33,148 | £864 |
| 19 | Tendring | 48.9/100 | £29 | £27,067 | £1,253 |
| 20 | Braintree | 48.5/100 | £25 | £32,175 | £1,080 |
| 21 | North Hertfordshire | 47.6/100 | £29 | £33,409 | £1,253 |
| 22 | St Albans | 46/100 | £36 | £33,468 | £1,555 |
| 23 | East Hertfordshire | 44.9/100 | £36 | £32,293 | £1,555 |
| 24 | Huntingdonshire | 42.5/100 | £35 | £32,441 | £1,512 |
| 25 | Broadland | 42/100 | £32 | £32,576 | £1,382 |
| 26 | Central Bedfordshire | 41.4/100 | £35 | £30,963 | £1,512 |
| 27 | Great Yarmouth | 41.2/100 | £40 | £26,484 | £1,728 |
| 28 | Peterborough | 37.8/100 | £37 | £31,062 | £1,598 |
| 29 | South Cambridgeshire | 33.8/100 | £31 | £41,348 | £1,339 |
| 30 | Thurrock | 28.4/100 | £42 | £34,388 | £1,814 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for sports clubhouse premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £5/m²/yr in Babergh. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Babergh ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for sports clubhouse in Babergh?
- For a 100 m² unit in Babergh, business rates are roughly £216/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £500/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).