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The 10 best streets to open an optician or eyewear shop in London (2026 data)

Opticians mix medical appointments with retail tickets: they need older, professional catchments and trust - and enough passing flow to fill the test room. These ten streets scored highest.

Format scored: An independent optician with retail frames: £180 average dispense, 1 test room, six days a week.

Computed 12 September 2026 over 2,480 London street segments. Every figure carries its label: OBSERVED, AREA CONTEXT or MODELLED.

  1. 1

    Mile End Road

    Tower Hamlets · Zone 2 · high street

    338,030 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 19 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £33 per person and modelled rent is £469 per m².

    Fit score 63/100MODELLED Est. revenue £75,079/mo (range £41,294-£120,127)MODELLED Weekly station flow 338,030OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 19 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £469/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 4,274AREA CONTEXT
  2. 2

    Newbury Park station area

    Redbridge · Zone 4 · transport hub

    64,583 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 1 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £27 per person and modelled rent is £282 per m².

    Fit score 63/100MODELLED Est. revenue £46,247/mo (range £25,436-£73,995)MODELLED Weekly station flow 64,583OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 1 (1 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £282/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,275AREA CONTEXT
  3. 3

    Redriff Road (Surrey Quays)

    Southwark · Zone 2 · side street

    181,809 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 15 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £37 per person and modelled rent is £311 per m².

    Fit score 60/100MODELLED Est. revenue £39,644/mo (range £21,804-£63,430)MODELLED Weekly station flow 181,809OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 15 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £311/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,601AREA CONTEXT
  4. 4

    Northcote Road, Battersea

    Wandsworth · Zone 2 · market street

    263,263 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 2 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £34 per person and modelled rent is £311 per m².

    Fit score 60/100MODELLED Est. revenue £103,790/mo (range £57,085-£166,065)MODELLED Weekly station flow 263,263OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 2 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £311/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,851AREA CONTEXT
  5. 5

    Battersea Park Road

    Wandsworth · Zone 2 · high street

    201,772 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 9 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £30 per person and modelled rent is £356 per m².

    Fit score 60/100MODELLED Est. revenue £53,658/mo (range £29,512-£85,852)MODELLED Weekly station flow 201,772OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 9 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £356/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,181AREA CONTEXT
  6. 6

    Broad Lane (South Tottenham)

    Haringey · Zone 3 · side street

    96,945 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 3 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £37 per person and modelled rent is £280 per m².

    Fit score 59/100MODELLED Est. revenue £47,258/mo (range £25,992-£75,613)MODELLED Weekly station flow 96,945OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 3 (1 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £280/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,236AREA CONTEXT
  7. 7

    Ponders End station area

    Enfield · Zone 5 · transport hub

    16,955 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £25 per person and modelled rent is £259 per m².

    Fit score 59/100MODELLED Est. revenue £33,358/mo (range £18,347-£53,373)MODELLED Weekly station flow 16,955OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £259/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,634AREA CONTEXT
  8. 8

    Sloane Street (Brompton Road, Knightsbridge)

    Kensington and Chelsea · Zone 1 · high street

    60,780 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 56 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £47 per person and modelled rent is £619 per m².

    Fit score 59/100MODELLED Est. revenue £6,782/mo (range £3,730-£10,851)MODELLED Weekly station flow 60,780OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 56 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £619/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,568AREA CONTEXT
  9. 9

    Lower Sydenham station area

    Bromley · Zone 4 · transport hub

    15,086 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £26 per person and modelled rent is £254 per m².

    Fit score 58/100MODELLED Est. revenue £28,389/mo (range £15,614-£45,423)MODELLED Weekly station flow 15,086OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £254/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,316AREA CONTEXT
  10. 10

    Ben Jonson Road (Mile End Road)

    Tower Hamlets · Zone 2 · side street

    10,141 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 2 recorded opticians competing within 500 m. Typical spend nearby is £33 per person and modelled rent is £370 per m².

    Fit score 58/100MODELLED Est. revenue £46,790/mo (range £25,734-£74,863)MODELLED Weekly station flow 10,141OBSERVED Competitors within 500 m 2 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £370/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 4,274AREA CONTEXT

How this ranking works

One fixed concept is scored against every one of the 2,480 London street segments in the Location Potential dataset: station entries and exits from TfL Annual Station Counts 2025 (National Rail: ORR 2024-25), recorded venues within the concept's competition radius (400 m to 1 km by type) from OpenStreetMap, Census 2021 residents for the local LSOA, business crime from data.police.uk, and rent context from Valuation Office Agency rateable values. Scores and revenue figures are MODELLED planning estimates with fixed, published rules, not observed takings. The full method, sources and limits are on the Method page.

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