Best areas to open sports clubhouse in South East
51 South 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 South East?
In South East, the best area to open a sports clubhouse is Elmbridge, with a Gera Business Location Score of 71.9/100: premises at £15/m²/yr and local median pay £30,000. Crawley ranks lowest of 51 South East authorities at 34.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top South East area for sports clubhouse: Elmbridge.
How this is calculatedSouth East ranked for sports clubhouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elmbridge | 71.9/100 | £15 | £30,000 | £648 |
| 2 | Waverley | 65.7/100 | £20 | £31,083 | £864 |
| 3 | Tandridge | 65.2/100 | £17 | £29,925 | £734 |
| 4 | Isle of Wight | 63.3/100 | £17 | £26,185 | £734 |
| 5 | West Oxfordshire | 62.1/100 | £12 | £34,006 | £518 |
| 6 | Wealden | 61.7/100 | £21 | £27,639 | £907 |
| 7 | Eastbourne | 60.4/100 | £19 | £26,893 | £821 |
| 8 | Mole Valley | 60.4/100 | £13 | £39,893 | £562 |
| 9 | Chichester | 60.2/100 | £27 | £28,547 | £1,166 |
| 10 | West Berkshire | 57/100 | £19 | £35,806 | £821 |
| 11 | New Forest | 57/100 | £24 | £30,071 | £1,037 |
| 12 | Rother | 56.8/100 | £26 | £27,732 | £1,123 |
| 13 | Lewes | 55.1/100 | £24 | £32,287 | £1,037 |
| 14 | Sevenoaks | 55/100 | £29 | £28,537 | £1,253 |
| 15 | Epsom and Ewell | 53.9/100 | £19 | £33,824 | £821 |
| 16 | Mid Sussex | 53.6/100 | £24 | £31,401 | £1,037 |
| 17 | Ashford | 52.9/100 | £23 | £29,118 | £994 |
| 18 | Guildford | 52.6/100 | £16 | £38,027 | £691 |
| 19 | Arun | 52.2/100 | £26 | £27,461 | £1,123 |
| 20 | Tunbridge Wells | 52.1/100 | £29 | £30,296 | £1,253 |
| 21 | Medway | 51.4/100 | £16 | £30,784 | £691 |
| 22 | Horsham | 51.4/100 | £28 | £32,334 | £1,210 |
| 23 | Buckinghamshire | 50.8/100 | £28 | £33,367 | £1,210 |
| 24 | Hastings | 50.7/100 | £25 | £29,383 | £1,080 |
| 25 | Winchester | 50.6/100 | £26 | £34,568 | £1,123 |
| 26 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 50.3/100 | £32 | £34,570 | £1,382 |
| 27 | Surrey Heath | 50.3/100 | £25 | £36,632 | £1,080 |
| 28 | Fareham | 50/100 | £25 | £32,895 | £1,080 |
| 29 | Thanet | 49.6/100 | £33 | £27,076 | £1,426 |
| 30 | Woking | 49.2/100 | £24 | £35,258 | £1,037 |
| 31 | Brighton and Hove | 49.1/100 | £33 | £33,649 | £1,426 |
| 32 | Reigate and Banstead | 48.6/100 | £18 | £39,073 | £778 |
| 33 | Worthing | 47.8/100 | £32 | £29,044 | £1,382 |
| 34 | Adur | 47.4/100 | £34 | £28,238 | £1,469 |
| 35 | Canterbury | 47.3/100 | £31 | £29,337 | £1,339 |
| 36 | Runnymede | 46.6/100 | £19 | £40,000 | £821 |
| 37 | Test Valley | 45.8/100 | £26 | £33,566 | £1,123 |
| 38 | East Hampshire | 45.4/100 | £39 | £30,143 | £1,685 |
| 39 | Havant | 45/100 | £31 | £30,573 | £1,339 |
| 40 | Cherwell | 43.3/100 | £31 | £33,207 | £1,339 |
| 41 | Vale of White Horse | 43/100 | £27 | £38,134 | £1,166 |
| 42 | Wokingham | 41.4/100 | £23 | £38,552 | £994 |
| 43 | Southampton | 40.6/100 | £25 | £33,878 | £1,080 |
| 44 | Folkestone and Hythe | 39.7/100 | £36 | £31,907 | £1,555 |
| 45 | Maidstone | 39.1/100 | £36 | £31,986 | £1,555 |
| 46 | Milton Keynes | 38.1/100 | £31 | £36,521 | £1,339 |
| 47 | Portsmouth | 37.5/100 | £34 | £33,015 | £1,469 |
| 48 | South Oxfordshire | 36.8/100 | £44 | £36,315 | £1,901 |
| 49 | Oxford | 36.3/100 | £28 | £38,779 | £1,210 |
| 50 | Swale | 35.4/100 | £39 | £29,831 | £1,685 |
| 51 | Crawley | 34.7/100 | £29 | £36,053 | £1,253 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for sports clubhouse premises in South East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in South East is £12/m²/yr in West Oxfordshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Elmbridge ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for sports clubhouse in Elmbridge?
- For a 100 m² unit in Elmbridge, business rates are roughly £648/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £1,500/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).