Stamford Footfall 2005

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StamfordFootfall 2005

• 29th September 2005

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Agenda

• Why are footfall counts important?
• Where do we count?
• What were the results this year?
• What are the trends?
• Conclusions and Next Steps

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Why are footfall counts important?

• What is a footfall count?
• Where are footfall counts used?
• What can footfall counts tell us?

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Where do we count?

• Red Lion Square
• High Street West
• High Street East
• Ironmonger Street
• St. Marys Street
• St. Marys Hill
• Broad Street
• Horseshoe Lane
• Sheep Market

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What were the results this year? - Spring

• Both days were cool, dry and overcast
• On Wednesday the busiest street was High Street
  West with an average of 1006 people per hour
• On Friday the busiest street was Broad Street
  with an average of 1,884 people per hour.
  However, as was noted in the spring the High
  Street data looks suspect
• On average, across all locations there are twice
  as many people in the town on Friday as Wednesday
  

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What were the results this year? - Summer

• Friday was cool and overcast but Wednesday was
  warm and sunny
• On Wednesday the busiest street was High Street
  West with an average of 1,626 people per hour
  (across the three hours), just ahead of High
  Street East by 18 people
• On Friday the busiest street was High Street West
  an average of 3,284 per hour the busiest Friday
  since records began!
• On average, across all locations there were just
  more than twice as many people in the town on
  Friday as Wednesday

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What were the results this year? - Summer

• For the first time this year a short count was
  carried out every Friday morning in High Street
  West from early July to late August.
• Two 10 minute counts between 10am and 11am.
• Average footfall across all counts of 2,650 per
  hour.

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What are the trends?
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Conclusions and Next Steps

• The town is as vibrant today as it was three
  years ago
• Summer is busier than Spring by 50 on a
  Wednesday but not so significant on a Friday
• The market is a major drawirrespective of time
  of year
• We will be able to use this data to benchmark
  with the 11 Welland Market Towns and Grantham to
  develop a view of relative town centre prosperity
• SKDC are looking into automatic counters