Location Based Surveys of Village Services
Village Pubs
Access to Services and Cost Differentials – General
Village Petrol Filling Stations
Village Shops
Fuel Supply to Rural Filling Stations – UKpia (2012)
Village Petrol Filling Stations This report provides graphs of petrol filling station closures, and describes changing patterns of site ownership. Throughput per supermarket site is shown to be markedly greater than for other sites. The report concludes that “intense competition in fuel retailing is the major influence on the viability of rural filling stations”. […]
UKpia Statistical Review 2011
This United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association publication provides information on petrol and diesel prices (sections 6 and 7 respectively) and details the decline in the number of petrol filling stations from 37500 in 1970 to 8787 in 2010. It shows that, whilst the majority of petrol filling stations are still independently owned, the number of […]
Diesel and Petrol Prices in Rural Areas of England (July 2011 to June 2012)
This Defra report (2012) notes differences in fuel prices between urban and rural areas (for example unleaded prices in sparse villages are approximately 2.3pence per litre more than the average). The report also includes information of differences in prices between supermarket and non-supermarket outlets and differences in rural fuel prices by area Rural Statistics […]
The State of the British Pub
This article by Juergen Uren, published by Tourism Insights (2009), explains some of the challenges and opportunities facing the industry. It describes “the British pub [as] a core component of the United Kingdom brand and tourism experience” as well as being “a vital Community resource”. The State of the British Pub
Research Focuses on Vital Community Role of Village Pubs
This short article from the University of York (2012) notes the important social, economic and community functions of pubs in maintaining village life. It also refers to other research claiming that each pub injects an average of £80,000 into its local economy. Research Focuses on Vital Community Role of Village Pubs
