Initial classification has produced a set of areas with distinctive characteristics in line with what might be expected (e.g. London, London periphery, university towns, ex-industrial economically more depressed areas, rural periphery all forming distinct clusters).

• Initial classification has produced a set of areas with distinctive characteristics in line with what might be expected (e.g. London, London periphery, university towns, ex-industrial economically more depressed areas, rural periphery all forming distinct clusters).

• This suggests there is a sound base for further refining of this individual based classification to produce an optimum classification of this type.