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We are radically open, not for profit, independent, mission-led, small organisation. We use the web as it was intended - openly. open-innovations.org

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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 09/06/2026
Over the last couple of years we have been working closely with Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 to measure their impact - this is the first release of data dashboards - didn't they do well :) data.bradford2025.co.uk
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Data Dashboards
This is the data dashboard for the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. In line with our aims to be transparent about what's going on across the city. You'll…
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 14/04/2026
Blog post: It's goodbye from us open-innovations.org/blog/2026-04...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 05/11/2025
For anyone looking for a warm space in the UK this winter, our warm space search engine includes over 10,000 warm spaces from over 100 different directories: warm.open-innovations.org/find #WarmSpace #CostOfLiving #FuelPoverty
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Warm space finder
Get a simple list of warm spaces near you.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 26/08/2025
We have taken our constituency hex maps & created a view that showed a constituency with every dataset - a dashboard for every constituency - so you can compare and contrast. #Free for all to use - just give us an accreditation :) open-innovations.org/blog/2025-06...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 26/08/2025
If you've been following our work for a while you'll know that there are some topics we get very animated about. One of those is buses. As there is not an official archive of BODS data - we thought we would build one ourselves - see the results here open-innovations.org/blog/2025-07...
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OpenBenches @openbenches.org · 09/07/2025
The lovely people at @open-innovations.org have plotted OpenBenches data onto UK Parliament Constituencies. constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/socie...
Hex map of the UK.
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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Inspired by @owenboswarva.bsky.social here is a web viz of Houses sold that were over £1.5M each year by @open-innovations.org constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/econo...
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House prices (England & Wales) | Economy | UK Constituency D…
Constituency-level data on house prices. The house price figures used are the median price paid for properties over the twelve months to the date shown.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 26/08/2025
Full of tips, tools and updates - our summer newsletter is a short read and it might help you to shortcut a project. #Buses #Bins #Culture #HexMaps #DataLibrary open-innovations.org/blog/2025-08...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 05/06/2025
Check out the latest updates to our #Constituency Hex Maps website using Open Data. Compare your constituency to others, are there any areas outperforming others? constituencies.open-innovations.org
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 05/06/2025
We launched a project to create a hex map of UK wards, the aim to arrange 8,396 wards by local authority. At the end of last week we finally arranged the last hexagon; the map is now complete. Behold! #HexMaps #OpenData open-innovations.org/blog/2025-04...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 05/06/2025
We have mapped the latest Ofsted inspection data - Where are the most outstanding schools? Are they in your constituency? Is any region outperforming the rest of the country? Answers here ... constituencies.open-innovations.org
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 05/06/2025
Our data visualisation of Friends of the Earth and University of Leeds data shows how regional #Bus services outside of London have declined :( constituencies.open-innovations.org #Buses #Transport #Data
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 21/05/2025
We were invited by the RAC Foundation @racfoundation to talk about our latest innovation work on tracking the buses - you can read about it here and find out what we hope to do next. #Buses #Transport open-innovations.org/blog/2025-05...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 21/05/2025
Median house prices by UK Consituency over the last 12 months. constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/econo...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 21/05/2025
We have taken the latest ONS labour market stats to map unemployment by constituency. #Unemployment constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/econo...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 21/05/2025
We are becoming to go to space for mapping UK Constituency data. In May we have visualised data sets on #Health #Transport #Unemployment #Housing and more - how is your constituency performing? #Constituencies constituencies.open-innovations.org
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 06/05/2025
We've created a hex cartogram showing the number of NHS (or equivalent) dentists by constituency: constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/healt... Most NHS dentists: Cities of London and Westminster (36) Fewest NHS dentists: Stoke-on-Trent South, South Northamptonshire, and South Norfolk (5)
A hex cartogram of UK constituencies coloured by the number of NHS (or Public Health Scotland, or Health Social Care Northern Ireland) dentists. The colour scale goes from 0 to 30+. Parts of central and north west London, Northern Ireland, and Scotland have more dentists per constituency. The Cities of London and Westminster have 36 NHS dentists, Glasgow North has 33, Belfast South and Mid Down has 31. Stoke-on-Trent South, South Northamptonshir, and South Norfolk only have 5 dentists.
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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
@open-innovations.org doing stuff, being #radicallyoen and making a difference 👊🏼✊🏼👍🏼 open-innovations.org/blog/2025-04...
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Spring Newsletter 2025 | Open InnovationsRSSBluesky
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 30/04/2025
Check out our spring newsletter to see our updates on #Economy #Transport #Constituencies #DataLibrary open-innovations.org/blog/2025-04...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 24/04/2025
We've updated our UK councils homepage emissions rankings for April. See the best/worst councils: open-innovations.github.io/council-webs...
Best 3 homepages for emissions
* Torbay Council: A+
* Kent County Council: A+
* Brighton and Hove City Council: A+

Worst 3 homepages for emissions
* Tendring District Council: F
* Welwyn Hatfield Council: F
* London Borough of Newham: F

Each local authority has a screenshot of the homepage
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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Check this from @open-innovations.org open-innovations.org/blog/2025-04... The top 5 constituencies are: Blackpool South (75) Scarborough and Whitby (57) Clacton (52) Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley (46) Normanton and Hemsworth (43) and Herne Bay and Sandwich (43)
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All the fish and chip shops in the UK
We found the number of fish and chip shops by Parliamentary constituency
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 02/04/2025
If you have found our work on mapping open data on UK constituencies interesting and relevant - here is how we did it open-innovations.org/blog/2025-04...
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All the atms, post offices, and pubs in the UK | Open InnovationsRSSBluesky
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 02/04/2025
If you liked our #fish&chips map - you can find out how we made it here. open-innovations.org/blog/2025-04...
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All the fish and chip shops in the UK
We found the number of fish and chip shops by Parliamentary constituency
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 02/04/2025
You'll need an ATM to pay for the pub & the fish & chips so we've mapped those for you too :) constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/econo...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 02/04/2025
Post offices by constituency - up to date March 2025. constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/socie...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 02/04/2025
Where are all the #pubs? Using OpenStreetMaps data- we have plotted them on our HexMaps - the top 3 cities for pubs are- 1. London & Westminster 2. Liverpool Riverside 3. Bristol Central constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/socie...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 02/04/2025
Using #HexMaps we visualise lots of open data sets about #Society #Economy #Transport #Government #Environment which show interesting patterns across the country. Take a look and let us know what you think :) constituencies.open-innovations.org
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 01/04/2025
Important work by @OpenInnovates - number of fish & chip shops by constituency (as classified as such on Open Street Map). Top three, 1/ Blackpool South 2/ Boston and Skegness 3/ Bridlington and the Wolds constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/socie...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 01/04/2025
Which UK constituency has the most fish and chip shops? constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/socie... ^SL #HexMap #Cartogram
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 01/04/2025
How clean is our coast ? We have mapped data from the Environment Agency by parliamentary constituency to show every storm overflow event reported. constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/envir...
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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/trans... The relative underperformance of North England’s economy is a mystery…..
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 13/03/2025
What do we know about rail cancellations across the UK? Using #OpenData we have mapped rail cancellations by UK constituency - there is a North Vs South pattern :( constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/trans...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 11/03/2025
Power of Local - the results are in- our initial analysis of our research into local vs central government approaches is available to read now @LGAcomms open-innovations.org/blog/2025-03...
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Insights from the power of local
Initial findings from collecting examples of the power of local government.
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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We @open-innovations.org have loads of examples from all over Europe where high quality data infrastructure is created and used. Just this week we had a miserable call with DfT where it was clear that the UK just doesn’t want to build anything - so depressing.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 06/03/2025
Could we make our own very basic CSV viewer/editor using a lot fewer resources? The simple answer is: yes! You can use it here for free :) open-innovations.org/blog/2025-03...
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A CSV editor in 50kB
We've created a tiny, basic, CSV editor that works in your browser.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 19/02/2025
📢 Help us help the Local Government Association Do you have examples of: ✅ Local delivery making a real difference? ✅ Centralised approaches that have fallen short? ✅ Instances where centralisation has worked well? If its a yes - please fill out this form open-innovations.org/form/id/the-...
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The power of local: finding examples
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 12/02/2025
Do you believe in your region? Do you have any examples of local delivery working better than national? Then please spare a couple of minutes to get in touch or answer our survey. #PowerOfLocal open-innovations.org/form/id/the-...
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The power of local: finding examples
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 12/02/2025
We strongly believe in working openly on the web - which is why our annual review of is available on our website - it highlights our impact & shares work that others can use #RadicallyOpen open-innovations.org/services/spo...
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Open Innovations Review 2024
The 2024 summary of events, projects, and sponsors at Open Innovations.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 06/02/2025
Competition between places is a good thing: One place succeeding doesn’t mean another place has to fail. With centralisation, places can feel like they don’t have the autonomy to succeed on their own terms. Complete our survey to help #PowerOfLocal open-innovations.org/form/id/the-...
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The power of local: finding examples
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 05/02/2025
A thought? - Central government doesn’t necessarily see the impact of decisions they make locally. Local govt can be directly accountable for their decisions. Get involved with our work with the Local Government Association and share examples or insight. open-innovations.org/projects/lga...
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 05/02/2025
Thought? -In a centralised system, where places are competing for a share of the same pot of funding, what a place needs may not necessarily be aligned with what will win funding. What do you think - get involved with our @LGAcomms project here open-innovations.org/projects/lga...
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Power of Local
Open Innovations is working with the Local Government Association in a radically open way to demonstrate the power of local government.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 30/01/2025
Got a minute to spare ? help us to help @LGAcomms to use data to showcase the notion that local knowledge creates better outcomes by highlighting the effectiveness of locally-led initiatives. Read more and join in here. #poweroflocal #LocalGovernment local.gov.uk/about/news/p...
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The Power of Local
We are championing the "Power of Local" approach to national policy. The LGA wants to build an evidence base to showcase the notion that local knowledge creates better outcomes by highlighting the eff...
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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Tracking the Buses in England by @open-innovations.org open-innovations.org/blog/2025-01... We've got data for everywhere -2 weeks in September 2024- but the tool only works for The North West and Yorkshire & The Humber - hit us up if you want to do more with this data, infrastructure & tools.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 29/01/2025
Help us and the Local Government Association work openly to find examples of where local government works better than centralised approaches. Read our launch blog to find out more and join in. #PowerOfLocal open-innovations.org/blog/2025-01...
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The power of local
Launching our new project with the Local Government Association
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 15/01/2025
Our hex cartogram of UK wards is slowly progressing. We've now arranged the East Midlands. If you are from the East Midlands and don't like how we've arranged wards within local authorities, you can edit the layout and send us an update open-innovations.org/projects/hex... ^SL
A hex cartogram of the wards in the East Midlands
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 15/01/2025
Blog post: Tracking the buses open-innovations.org/blog/2025-01... We've collected live location data using the Bus Open Data Service. Then we've created a tool to compare the real bus journeys against timetabled journey times. #buses #BusOpenData
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Paul Connell @paulcconnell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Next week @tomforth.co.uk & I working with the @open-innovations.org team,will start an #OpenInnovation project with @The LGA, looking at how Government can use the powwer of our great Local Government Institutuions, to do Distributed and Develoved Delivery. Watch this space 👍👊✊
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 12/12/2024
We've arranged a hex map of wards for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, the north and south west of England. If you feel like lending a hand for the rest of England we'd appreciate the help github.com/open-innovat... The layout has an open licence and individual LADs could be extracted easily.
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Open Innovations @open-innovations.org · 12/12/2024
@codethecity.bsky.social This is our attempt to make a hex layout of wards in Scotland: open-innovations.org/projects/hex... What do you think? Notes on the UK-wide hex layout at github.com/open-innovat... ^SL
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Edit hex layouts
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