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the bookshop map

Brighton's shop units, scored for one romance bookshop. Yours, Kerry.

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01 · every shop unit
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rated retail units

Every unit in your five quarters, pulled from the official rating list, on the market or not.

Most will never be advertised. Next: what your brief does to them.

02 · your brief becomes a score

Around 600 sq ft, rent a start-up loan carries, indie buzz, your areas first

Every unit is scored against those four things. The redder the dot, the closer the fit.

strong fit possible not for you
03 · the one you found

40 Trafalgar Street

Match100 out of 100 — perfect on all four counts
Rent£15,000 a year, whole building, 594 sq ft
Rates£0 — rateable value £9,000, under the relief threshold

Your instinct found the best unit on the map. There are more like it.

04 · what's actually for rent
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on the market now

Live listings, with asking rents, from £8,500 a year upwards. Five are on Trafalgar Street alone.

The rest of the map is what could come up. Now look west.

05 · the other quarters

Church Road runs second, with a live unit at £22,000. Kemptown is the value pick, already bookish. Seven Dials has nothing listed today; the map will catch it when it does.

06 · your turn

The map is live and updates as listings land. Tap any dot for its score, rateable value and the listing.

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