How town centres have seen 2,000 more cafés, and 350 tattoo studios open in ... trends now
Since the Covid pandemic forced businesses to close in March 2020, Britain's High Streets have become increasingly dominated by hairdressers, tattoo parlours and cafés.
While the likes of department stores, clothes shops and banks have seen significant drops in numbers following the two years of lockdowns and trading restrictions.
The changing composition of Britain's High Street's has been revealed in analysis by the BBC based on data from Ordnance Survey.
Between March 2022 and March 2020 there was a decrease of 9,300 retail outlets as shoppers decided to use online stores.
The data also shows that Britain's High Streets are becoming places where people do things rather than buy things - as highlighted by a large rise in the number beauty salons and cafés.
The number of clothes shops operating in Britain is down 4,300 since March 2020 and there are more than 800 fewer High Street banks.
But there are 350 more tattoo studios, 700 more pubs and bars, 2,000 more cafés or tea rooms and 4,600 more fast-food outlets.
Data from Ordnance Survey shows how Britain's High Streets have changed since March 2020, with a massive decrease in the number of department stores and clothing shops
Since the Covid pandemic forced businesses to close in March 2020, Britain's High Streets have become increasingly dominated by hairdressers and cafés, data shows
The number of tattoo parlours and piercing studios on High Streets has increased significantly since the Covid-19 pandemic
Department stores used to be commonplace on High Streets but in recent years they have been moving away from the centres of towns and cities
BBC's analysis showed that the make-up of British cities has been changing dramatically - central Glasgow now has more beauty services than pubs, 224 to 215.
London saw an above average drop of 9.8 per cent decrease in the number of banks, a 4 per cent decrease in public toilets but rises in supermarket chains and beauty services.
Across Britain there was a 2.9 per cent decrease in retail, a 2.6 per cent drop in fish and chip shops but a 3.8 per cent increase in eating and drinking.
The tough economic times ahead may see the average British High Street change even more drastically.
Speaking last month, Lisa
