Shops, restaurants and entertainment venues in Barrow saw a boost in visitors following the reopening of indoor hospitality in May – but footfall remained below levels before the Covid pandemic, new figures reveal.
The data comes from Google which uses location data from phones and other personal devices to track trends in people's movement in different parts of their daily lives.
It compares footfall in areas where there is retail and recreation such as restaurants, cafes and shopping centres to a five week-baseline period recorded before the Covid-19 crisis.
The figures showed in Barrow, average activity across these areas was 25 per cent below normal levels across the two weekends – May 8-9 and May 15-16 – prior the lifting of restrictions on indoor hospitality on May 17.
On the Saturday and Sunday of the Spring Bank Holiday on May 31, increased activity meant it was 2 per cent below normal levels.
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