Best areas to open community day centre in London
33 London 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 London?
In London, the best area to open a community day centre is Redbridge, with a Gera Business Location Score of 60.3/100: premises at £41/m²/yr and local median pay £28,125. Westminster ranks lowest of 33 London authorities at 19.4/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top London area for community day centre: Redbridge.
How this is calculatedLondon ranked for community day centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redbridge | 60.3/100 | £41 | £28,125 | £1,771 |
| 2 | Haringey | 60.2/100 | £38 | £27,716 | £1,642 |
| 3 | Barnet | 58.3/100 | £46 | £30,926 | £1,987 |
| 4 | Croydon | 58/100 | £36 | £34,987 | £1,555 |
| 5 | Havering | 57.9/100 | £40 | £31,874 | £1,728 |
| 6 | Merton | 57.7/100 | £41 | £32,983 | £1,771 |
| 7 | Bromley | 57.6/100 | £40 | £33,520 | £1,728 |
| 8 | Enfield | 57.5/100 | £43 | £31,252 | £1,858 |
| 9 | Greenwich | 57.4/100 | £43 | £30,787 | £1,858 |
| 10 | Sutton | 57.4/100 | £37 | £35,113 | £1,598 |
| 11 | Harrow | 57.2/100 | £47 | £32,208 | £2,030 |
| 12 | Bexley | 56.9/100 | £49 | £27,441 | £2,117 |
| 13 | Waltham Forest | 56.7/100 | £46 | £28,880 | £1,987 |
| 14 | Barking and Dagenham | 56.3/100 | £43 | £32,433 | £1,858 |
| 15 | Ealing | 56/100 | £42 | £33,592 | £1,814 |
| 16 | Brent | 55.8/100 | £45 | £32,335 | £1,944 |
| 17 | Lewisham | 54.2/100 | £45 | £34,965 | £1,944 |
| 18 | Kingston upon Thames | 54.2/100 | £46 | £36,898 | £1,987 |
| 19 | Richmond upon Thames | 54/100 | £53 | £35,263 | £2,290 |
| 20 | City of London | 53.7/100 | £88 | £67,064 | £3,802 |
| 21 | Hounslow | 53.2/100 | £42 | £38,422 | £1,814 |
| 22 | Hillingdon | 53.1/100 | £44 | £37,941 | £1,901 |
| 23 | Wandsworth | 51.9/100 | £49 | £37,534 | £2,117 |
| 24 | Newham | 51.7/100 | £44 | £39,117 | £1,901 |
| 25 | Lambeth | 49/100 | £52 | £42,039 | £2,246 |
| 26 | Kensington and Chelsea | 48/100 | £70 | £38,541 | £3,024 |
| 27 | Southwark | 47.8/100 | £47 | £47,136 | £2,030 |
| 28 | Hackney | 46/100 | £73 | £37,736 | £3,154 |
| 29 | Camden | 45.9/100 | £69 | £48,822 | £2,981 |
| 30 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 42.9/100 | £70 | £44,042 | £3,024 |
| 31 | Islington | 39.8/100 | £76 | £49,624 | £3,283 |
| 32 | Tower Hamlets | 31.4/100 | £77 | £59,974 | £3,326 |
| 33 | Westminster | 19.4/100 | £166 | £49,973 | £7,171 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for community day centre premises in London?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in London is £36/m²/yr in Croydon. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Redbridge ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for community day centre in Redbridge?
- For a 100 m² unit in Redbridge, business rates are roughly £1,771/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £4,100/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).