{"id":3910,"date":"2018-11-02T07:36:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/uks-unhealthiest-high-streets-revealed\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T07:36:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:36:26","slug":"uks-unhealthiest-high-streets-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/uks-unhealthiest-high-streets-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s &#8216;unhealthiest&#8217; High Streets revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"A fast food shop in Blackpool\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/7DAD\/production\/_104137123_b3bfmj.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Alamy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Fast food outlets in Blackpool, which has the third most unhealthy High Street in the UK<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Britain&#8217;s High Streets are getting unhealthier, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsph.org.uk\/uploads\/assets\/uploaded\/dbdbb8e5-4375-4143-a3bb7c6455f398de.pdf\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">report analysing 70 major UK towns and cities.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) ranked High Streets with more payday lenders, bookmakers, tanning salons and fast food outlets the worst.<\/p>\n<p>There was a clear link between deprived areas and unhealthy High Streets.<\/p>\n<p>Grimsby led the unhealthy High Street list ahead of Walsall and Blackpool, while Edinburgh, Canterbury and Taunton had the healthiest outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Outlets that were considered good for people included leisure centres, health services, libraries and museums and art galleries. <\/p>\n<p>The report also considered pubs and bars as being good for people, because they are centres for social interaction.<\/p>\n<p>However, they are in decline and many people are using the UK&#8217;s 22,000 coffee shops as places to socialise, eat and drink instead. <\/p>\n<p>The number of fast-food outlets on UK streets rose by 4,000 between 2014 and 2017 and there was a clear link between deprived areas and unhealthy High Streets.<\/p>\n<p>London&#8217;s High Streets were not considered in the report, as they have been ranked separately in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Each business was scored on the basis of whether it encouraged healthy lifestyle choices, promoted social interaction and greater access to health services. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption body-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">The UK&#8217;s 10 unhealthiest High Streets are: <\/h2>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Grimsby<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Walsall<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Blackpool<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Stoke-on-Trent<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Sunderland<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Northampton<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Bolton<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Wolverhampton<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Huddersfield<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Bradford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">The UK&#8217;s 10 healthiest High Streets are: <\/h2>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Edinburgh<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Canterbury<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Taunton<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Shrewsbury<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Cheltenham<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">York<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Brighton &amp; Hove<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Eastbourne<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Exeter<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Cambridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report paints a picture of the rapidly changing British High Street dominated by cafes and coffee shops, convenience stores, off-licences, vape shops and boarded-up premises.<\/p>\n<p>Vape shops were counted as a &#8220;healthier&#8221; business, because of their role in discouraging smoking. However, the report added the &#8220;precise long-term effects of vaping are unknown&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Shirley Cramer, RSPH chief executive said: &#8220;When our time and money are converted into a loss at the bookmaker, a tan from a sunbed, a high-cost loan or a bucket of fried chicken, the High Street is enabling and supporting poor health behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our Health on the High Street rankings illustrate how unhealthy businesses concentrate in areas which already experience higher levels of deprivation, obesity and lower life expectancy. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reshaping these High Streets to be more health-promoting could serve as a tool to help redress this imbalance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">RCPH<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Canterbury has the second healthiest High Street in the country<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Empty businesses on Freeman Street in Grimsby, which used to be the town&#8217;s main shopping area<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The rise in online retail is linked to the growing numbers of empty premises, which have increased from 7% in 2007 to 11% in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This year the High Street has seen several big name closures including Toys R Us and Maplin and, in this week&#8217;s Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond cut the business rates for small retailers, and proposed a new tax on online retailers in an effort to boost physical shops.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">RSPH<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    An empty shop in Grimsby<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However industry bodies said the changes didn&#8217;t go far enough.<\/p>\n<p>The RSPH is calling for further measures including urging local authorities to make vacant properties publicly accessible for what is known as &#8220;meanwhile use&#8221; &#8211; pop-up art galleries or community centres. <\/p>\n<p>The London rankings showed that the borough of Haringey boasted both the most unhealthy street, West Green Road in Seven Sisters, and the healthiest one, in Muswell Hill.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-46059306\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Alamy Image caption Fast food outlets in Blackpool, which has the third most unhealthy High Street in the UK Britain&#8217;s High Streets are getting unhealthier, according to a report analysing 70 major UK towns and cities. 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