Halifax BID footfall reports contain pedestrian counts recorded on Commercial Street and Corn Market in Halifax town centre. Data is aggregated by hour, day, week, and rolling 12-month periods, with comparisons to previous years. The dataset is provided by MRI OnLocation for the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.
Use Cases
- Analyze hourly footfall patterns on Commercial Street and Corn Market to model retail traffic peaks.
- Compare weekly and rolling 12-month footfall counts against previous years to assess town centre vitality trends.
- Build time-series models using day-level aggregation to forecast future pedestrian visits for urban planning.
Strengths
- Data includes comparisons to previous years, enabling longitudinal trend analysis.
- Metrics are aggregated at multiple temporal resolutions: hour, day, week, and rolling 12-month periods.
- Managed and published by the authoritative local government body, Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.
Limitations
- Specific sample sizes, row counts, and file formats are not provided, limiting assessment of data scale.
- The geographic scope is limited to two specific streets in Halifax town centre.
Provenance
- Source
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, data provided by MRI OnLocation (formerly Springboard).
- Collection Method
- Footfall recorded by sensors on Commercial Street and Corn Market in Halifax.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated on March 20, 2026.
- Geography
- Halifax town centre, specifically Commercial Street and Corn Market.