In this coursework I will be looking at the shopping centres in Hitchin and in Palmers Green.

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In this coursework I will be looking at the shopping centres in Hitchin and in Palmers Green.

Hitchin is located in the north of Hertfordshire. Its population in 1991 was recorded as thirty-four thousand. Hitchin was founded in Saxon times and grew up as a market town for surrounding villages. It has many historic buildings such as St. Mary’s Church, which was founded in Norman times. The town expanded in the 19th century as railways linked Hitchin to London and other towns.

   Today Hitchin still has market twice a week and is a shopping centre for the town and the surrounding area. Many people that live in Hitchin work in nearby towns and cities such as Luton, London and Bedford.

Palmers Green is located in the north of London. In 1867, Palmers Green was a tiny hamlet and consisted of a cluster of cottages. Things dramatically changed in 1902 when many houses and estates were built as well as shopping parades. A tramway was built to link Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill in 1907.

   Today Palmers Green is a small shopping centre for the people that live there and places nearby. It consists of big name superstores such as Safeway supermarket, Woolworth’s and Tesco.

  1. Where do you live?

Hitchin= 20     Luton= 4   Hatfield= 9 Other= 7

  1. How often do you come to Hitchin?

Less than once a week= 26     2-3 times a week= 9    4 or more times a week= 5

  1. How did you get to Hitchin?

Car= 16       Bus= 11      Walking= 9     Other= 4

  1. Why do you come to Hitchin?

Easy place to get to= 29  Wide range of shops= 6     Nice place to shop= 5

  1. What type of goods do you usually buy?

 Convenience goods= 36   Comparison Goods= 4

  1. How far have you travelled to get here?

Less than a mile= 20     2-3 miles= 14     4+ miles= 6

7) Bluewater= 3      Lakeside= 9          Harlequin= 21       Brent Cross= 7

8)  Do you recommend Hitchin as a good place to shop?

Yes= 24      No= 16

  1. On a scale of one to ten where would you put Hitchin?

  1) 0    2) 3     3) 6   4) 0    5) 9      6) 5                                              7) 8    8) 3    9) 5    10) 1    

Where Do You Live?

  How often do you come to Hitchin?

 

How do you get to Hitchin?

Why do you come to Hitchin?

What type of goods do you usually buy?

How far have you travelled?

Which other major shopping centres do you use?

Do you recommend Hitchin as a good place to shop?

We worked in groups of four to fill in the land use map. We split into pairs and one pair did the bottom half of Hitchin and the other pair did the top half. We numbered each part of the Key and put a number in each shop accordingly e.g. where all the banks were, we labelled them as number one on the map as it was number one on the key.

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We than coloured in he map when we got back to school, after I counted up all the shops in every category on the Key, I plotted these results on to a bar graph. I created the bar graph by using Microsoft Excel. This showed me the types of shops Hitchin had a lot of and the types of shops Hitchin had the least of.

   

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