Shops and services Affecting House Prices

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GEOGRAPHY COURSEWORK YEAR 11

Contents

Introduction...................................................................Page 3

Hypothesis...................................................................Page 5

Methods......................................................................Page 6

Data Collection and Analysis.............................................Page 8

Results......................................................................Page 10

Conclusion and Evaluation...............................................Page 18

Bibliography...............................................................Page 19

Introduction

In this paper I will be investigating how house prices vary in a particular town. I have chosen to investigate Northwood. Northwood is a town situated in the London Borough of Hillingdon, northwest of central London. Below is a map of the area showing the exact site of Northwood and its situation in relation to other settlements.

Source: Multimap.co.uk

The Black outline on the map is the area covered by Northwood.

Central Business District: The functional centre around which the rest of a city is comparison shopping, office accommodation, leisure facilities, buildings for recreational use, public museums, art galleries and governmental functions. Generally this is the area of highest land values within a city.

Definition Source: http://narains.com/glossary.htm

Below is a map of Northwood with the CBD clearly presented on it.

All settlements inside the black circle on the map are in the Central Business District of Northwood.

Below is a map of Green Lane close-up and