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The Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service is part of Smart Data Research UK, the UK’s national programme for smart data research.

We utilise smart data to better understand and improve the health and sustainability of places.

Our objectives

Unlocking the power of smart data to improve places

We’re providing secure access to diverse and high-quality smart data to help researchers better understand and improve health, lifestyles, food and mobility patterns.

Forging data sharing partnerships and collaborations

Building on our culture of trust and collaboration across academia, industry, government and third sector we’re forging data sharing partnerships and collaborations to facilitate the use of smart data in place-based research.

Research and insights to reduce place-based inequalities

We’re producing high quality, equitable research and actionable insights that help policymakers to understand the factors driving place-based inequalities and what can be done to help reduce them.

Making smart data accessible to everyone

We produce visualisations, maps, dashboards and stories to make our data and insights accessible, helping everyone to understand the place they live a little better.

Building capacity in place-based research

We offer a range of training and support for researchers working with Smart Data with an interest in place-based research.  

Our Network

The Healthy and Sustainable Places Data Service is part of Smart Data Research UK, the UK’s national programme for smart data research. We are one of six data services in the SDR UK family.