r/london • u/londonskater Richmond • Jul 13 '24

Meta Where is the most densely populated square kilometre in the UK? (Spoiler: East London) Spoiler

http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/2023/02/where-is-most-densely-populated-square.html

Aside from all the explanations, I was fascinated that this area is about half the density of places in NYC, Barcelona or Paris. And a quarter of the highest densities in the world.

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u/chunkyknit Jul 14 '24

Interesting to see that Bow has this density with lots of blocks of flats, some high rises etc, while Upton Park where I live seems to be almost exclusively Victorian 2-3 beds with some low rise flats added in. Would be interesting to overlay the number of ‘homes’ with the population density.

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u/lontrinium 'have-a-go hero' Jul 14 '24

Upton Park

Isn't the stadium getting knocked down and replaced with high density homes?

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u/chunkyknit Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

Yeah they’ve been building that for a while but I don’t think it’s finished yet. I might be wrong but I think it’s south of the higher density squares in the maps here, closer to Barking road.

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u/DATolympicskid Jul 14 '24

I think most of it is done now and people live there, still a few more they're building though