What kind of culture

London has more theatres than anything else it calls cultural infrastructure.

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SeriesPeriod or categoryValueUnit
ValueTheatre260venues
ValueArtist workspaces202venues
ValueCreative workspace174venues
ValueJewellery design138venues
ValueMusic recording studios133venues
ValueDance rehearsal98venues
ValueTheatre rehearsal76venues
ValueProp and costume making69venues
ValueMakerspace69venues
ValueMaking and manufacturing58venues
ValueSet and exhibition building52venues
ValueFashion and design49venues
ValueMusic rehearsal studios43venues
ValueCreative coworking deskspace42venues
ValueDance performance41venues
ValueArts centres25venues

Methodology

The sixteen commonest typologies on the GLA's Cultural Infrastructure Map. The categories are the GLA's own; a borough thick with commercial galleries and thin on rehearsal space is a different place from the reverse, which only the breakdown shows.

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