Burmantofts is the best connected place in Leeds.
That's because it has schools and doctors' surgeries – plus food shops and transport links – within an easy reach.
People living in the neighbourhood around Beckett Street, Burmantofts, Leeds, are just minutes from schools - on average five minutes to a primary and seven minutes to a secondary on foot or by public transport, and seven and eight minutes respectively by car.
Getting to their GP will take four minutes on average by walking or public transport or six minutes by car and bike, while it’s nine minutes to hospital by foot or public transport or eight minutes in a car.
For those planning to head further afield, Leeds Bradford Airport is 54 minutes away by public transport or 31 minutes in the car, while the nearest hub station Leeds is 19 and 10 minutes travel respectively.
Meanwhile, East Keswick is the most isolated place in Leeds.
By foot or public transport, it’s an average 13 minute journey to a primary school and 36 minutes to a secondary school. By car, that’s cut to eight minutes and 17 minutes respectively.
A GP is 22 minutes away by walking or public transport, 20 minutes on a bike or 11 minutes in a car, while it takes 42 minutes to get to hospital on public transport.
It is likely to take 112 minutes to get to Leeds Bradford Airport and 53 minutes to Leeds station on public transport, although in the car you could be at the airport in 32 minutes and the station in 28 minutes.
These are the findings of a study based on official figures, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The study ranks every one of 32,844 neighbourhoods in England based on how long the ONS says it takes an average person to reach primary and secondary schools, GP surgeries and food shops, plus major railway stations and major airports.
Shadwell, in London, is the best connected neighbourhood in England.
The area – bounded by Watney Market to the west and St Marys Cable Street to the East – benefits from three schools, a wide variety of food shops, a connecting rail station, and a doctors surgery within just a few streets.
Its proximity to London City Airport means the average person living there is only 21 minutes away by car, or 35 minutes by public transport.
At the other end of the 'connectedness' scale is a sparsely-populated neighbourhood in Teignbridge, Devon – running from the villages of Poundsgate in the south to Moretonhampstead in the north.
According to the ONS data, the average resident of that area is 51 minutes away (on foot or on public transport) from the nearest primary school and nearly two hours from the nearest secondary school.
The nearest hospital takes at least two hours by public transport, and the nearest major airport or rail station (Bristol and Bristol Parkway respectively) are more than two hours away. By car you’re looking at over two hours to the airport, or 145 minutes to the station.
