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The 10 unhealthiest London high streets (and the 10 best)

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26th Mar 15 11:50 am

Which trendy Tower Hamlets street tops the list?

How much does the make-up of shops on a local high street affect the health of its community?

Quite a lot, according to a new report called โ€˜Health on the High Streetโ€™ from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).

Itโ€™s ranked the relative health or unhealth of high streets in London and across the UK based on whether the businesses situated there boost customersโ€™ health or damage it.

So pharmacies, libraries, pubs and bars, leisure centres and art galleries are all good and health-giving, but tanning salons, fast-food joint, bookies and payday lenders are seen as unhealthy.

โ€œIn providing destinations for people to visit, [high streets] can encourage walking or cycling, which in itself can support active lifestyles,โ€ explains Shirley Cramer CBE, CEO of the RSPH. โ€œBut high streets can also be home to business activities which may undermine and potentially harm the publicโ€™s health.โ€

So which are the healthiest and unhealthiest high streets in London?

The research ranked almost 150 London high streets to find out (learn more about the methodology).

In essence: West London good, East London bad.

The 10 unhealthiest London high streets – in red on the image below

1 Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets

2 New Addington, Croydon

3 Camberwell, Southwark/Lambeth

4 Chrisp Street, Tower Hamlets

5 West Green Road/Seven Sisters, Haringey

6 Plumstead, Greenwich

7 New Cross, Lewisham

8 Finsbury Park, Hackney/Islington/Haringey

9 Bakers Arms, Waltham Forest

10 East Beckton, Newham

Unhealthy London high streets

The 10 healthiest London high streets – in green on the image above

1 Whetstone, Barnet

2 St. Johns Wood, City of Westminster

3 Stanmore, Harrow,

4 Pinner, Harrow

5 Temple Fortune, Barnet

6 Kingsbury Brent/Harrow

7 Muswell Hill, Haringey

8 East Finchley, Barnet

9 Hornchurch, Havering

10 Stockwell, Lambeth

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