Land Use Survey - Rotherham Town Centre

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Aneesa Akbar

Land Use Survey

Aim

--I am doing this survey to see how the land is used in Rotherham Town centre.

--I will see which variety and types of buildings etc shops, offices, make up the main part of Rotherham and spot vacant shops and land use patterns of shops, offices etc.

Hypothesis

  • I think that there will be a small variety of different types of shops because I think Rotherham Town centre is very small.

  • I think that all the big brand high street chain shops e.g. W H Smiths, will be located in the pedestrianised  areas and this will be in a small area of the Town centre because there are only a few pedestrianised areas in town.

  • I think that because Rotherham Town centre is unpopular there will be many vacant shops and low order convenience stores.

Method

We carried out our transects, in groups for safety, in the most popular shopping areas and the routes into the Town centre as this is where the buildings etc that people use are found. These places were Wellgate, Effingham Street, College Street, Doncaster Gate and High Street.

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  1. We started our transects at 9:00 am for the reason that the Town centre will be less crowded.
  2. The first place we went to draw our transects was Wellgate, as it is nearest to school, at the bottom of Mansfield Road.
  3. The first transect went from Wellgate along College Street to Effingham Street to the library as this is a popular area.
  4. The second transect went from Ship Hill along High Street to Doncaster Gate Hospital.
  5. To complete the transects I used a key and noted down letters which symbolised the different types of services available.
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