Best areas to open sports clubhouse in South West
23 South West 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 West?
In South West, the best area to open a sports clubhouse is Cotswold, with a Gera Business Location Score of 77.8/100: premises at £15/m²/yr and local median pay £29,655. Bristol, City of ranks lowest of 23 South West authorities at 37.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top South West area for sports clubhouse: Cotswold.
How this is calculatedSouth West ranked for sports clubhouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotswold | 77.8/100 | £15 | £29,655 | £648 |
| 2 | Forest of Dean | 62.6/100 | £15 | £25,387 | £648 |
| 3 | Stroud | 59.9/100 | £12 | £32,495 | £518 |
| 4 | South Hams | 59.2/100 | £23 | £28,329 | £994 |
| 5 | Teignbridge | 57.4/100 | £19 | £28,636 | £821 |
| 6 | Dorset | 57/100 | £24 | £29,292 | £1,037 |
| 7 | East Devon | 57/100 | £18 | £31,874 | £778 |
| 8 | Wiltshire | 56.5/100 | £20 | £30,000 | £864 |
| 9 | North Devon | 56.3/100 | £20 | £27,526 | £864 |
| 10 | West Devon | 56.2/100 | £23 | £28,161 | £994 |
| 11 | Somerset | 56/100 | £20 | £29,152 | £864 |
| 12 | Cornwall | 55.1/100 | £24 | £27,006 | £1,037 |
| 13 | North Somerset | 53.9/100 | £22 | £28,749 | £950 |
| 14 | Torbay | 53.9/100 | £20 | £28,066 | £864 |
| 15 | Tewkesbury | 51.4/100 | £14 | £37,088 | £605 |
| 16 | Bath and North East Somerset | 50.9/100 | £24 | £32,004 | £1,037 |
| 17 | Torridge | 49.1/100 | £30 | £26,745 | £1,296 |
| 18 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 44.3/100 | £32 | £31,121 | £1,382 |
| 19 | South Gloucestershire | 41.8/100 | £22 | £36,920 | £950 |
| 20 | Plymouth | 40.6/100 | £29 | £30,346 | £1,253 |
| 21 | Exeter | 39.8/100 | £36 | £30,138 | £1,555 |
| 22 | Gloucester | 39.6/100 | £34 | £30,796 | £1,469 |
| 23 | Bristol, City of | 37.9/100 | £31 | £36,652 | £1,339 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for sports clubhouse premises in South West?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in South West is £12/m²/yr in Stroud. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Cotswold ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for sports clubhouse in Cotswold?
- For a 100 m² unit in Cotswold, 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).