Best areas to open community day centre in East
44 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 community day centre in East?
In East, the best area to open a community day centre is Dacorum, with a Gera Business Location Score of 68.7/100: premises at £28/m²/yr and local median pay £18,675. Cambridge ranks lowest of 44 East authorities at 52.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
East ranked for community day centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dacorum | 68.7/100 | £28 | £18,675 | £1,210 |
| 2 | Maldon | 65.2/100 | £24 | £25,496 | £1,037 |
| 3 | North Norfolk | 64.8/100 | £28 | £26,296 | £1,210 |
| 4 | Fenland | 64.2/100 | £27 | £27,005 | £1,166 |
| 5 | Castle Point | 64.1/100 | £24 | £27,524 | £1,037 |
| 6 | Norwich | 63.7/100 | £29 | £28,457 | £1,253 |
| 7 | Brentwood | 63.5/100 | £28 | £30,607 | £1,210 |
| 8 | East Suffolk | 63.5/100 | £24 | £30,821 | £1,037 |
| 9 | Great Yarmouth | 63/100 | £30 | £26,484 | £1,296 |
| 10 | Rochford | 62.8/100 | £28 | £26,706 | £1,210 |
| 11 | Tendring | 62.8/100 | £31 | £27,067 | £1,339 |
| 12 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 62.8/100 | £24 | £30,544 | £1,037 |
| 13 | Southend-on-Sea | 62.4/100 | £36 | £26,955 | £1,555 |
| 14 | Colchester | 62.3/100 | £29 | £31,056 | £1,253 |
| 15 | Breckland | 62.3/100 | £29 | £28,303 | £1,253 |
| 16 | Epping Forest | 62.2/100 | £30 | £30,038 | £1,296 |
| 17 | South Norfolk | 62.2/100 | £32 | £29,114 | £1,382 |
| 18 | Ipswich | 62.2/100 | £30 | £30,605 | £1,296 |
| 19 | Harlow | 62.1/100 | £30 | £32,320 | £1,296 |
| 20 | West Suffolk | 62/100 | £30 | £29,613 | £1,296 |
| 21 | East Cambridgeshire | 61.5/100 | £28 | £30,232 | £1,210 |
| 22 | St Albans | 61.2/100 | £30 | £33,468 | £1,296 |
| 23 | Hertsmere | 61/100 | £31 | £36,000 | £1,339 |
| 24 | Luton | 60.9/100 | £32 | £29,640 | £1,382 |
| 25 | Bedford | 60.8/100 | £30 | £33,148 | £1,296 |
| 26 | Chelmsford | 60.7/100 | £31 | £32,010 | £1,339 |
| 27 | Peterborough | 60.6/100 | £33 | £31,062 | £1,426 |
| 28 | Braintree | 60.6/100 | £28 | £32,175 | £1,210 |
| 29 | Broadland | 60.5/100 | £30 | £32,576 | £1,296 |
| 30 | Basildon | 60.2/100 | £31 | £32,050 | £1,339 |
| 31 | Huntingdonshire | 60/100 | £30 | £32,441 | £1,296 |
| 32 | Broxbourne | 60/100 | £33 | £29,980 | £1,426 |
| 33 | North Hertfordshire | 60/100 | £30 | £33,409 | £1,296 |
| 34 | Watford | 60/100 | £35 | £31,833 | £1,512 |
| 35 | Central Bedfordshire | 59.6/100 | £32 | £30,963 | £1,382 |
| 36 | East Hertfordshire | 59.6/100 | £32 | £32,293 | £1,382 |
| 37 | Mid Suffolk | 58.3/100 | £36 | £32,413 | £1,555 |
| 38 | Uttlesford | 57.8/100 | £40 | £32,124 | £1,728 |
| 39 | Welwyn Hatfield | 57.5/100 | £28 | £39,794 | £1,210 |
| 40 | Stevenage | 57.1/100 | £26 | £41,224 | £1,123 |
| 41 | Thurrock | 56.2/100 | £39 | £34,388 | £1,685 |
| 42 | Three Rivers | 55.5/100 | £33 | £43,202 | £1,426 |
| 43 | South Cambridgeshire | 54.1/100 | £38 | £41,348 | £1,642 |
| 44 | Cambridge | 52.9/100 | £42 | £40,266 | £1,814 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for community day centre premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £24/m²/yr in Maldon. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Dacorum ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for community day centre in Dacorum?
- For a 100 m² unit in Dacorum, business rates are roughly £1,210/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,800/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).