Footfall on this year’s Boxing Day was 38.8% higher than in 2021 despite the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and train strikes.
According to retail specialist Springboard, the number of visits to shopping destinations was up 50.1% on last year by 12pm but the rise tapered off as the day progressed.
Whereas high streets and shopping centres saw respective increases across the day of 44.1% and 40.4%, the uplift in retail parks was lower at 25.9%.
Central London was much busier than last year with an increase of 139.2% up to 12pm and 66% across the whole day. Furthermore, footfall in the capital was down just 7.8% on pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
The results meant that UK footfall as a whole was 18.2% lower than on Boxing Day three years ago.
