The McDonald’s capital has been revealed after data found a total of 15 branches in the area. McDonald’s is the world’s largest restaurant chain in the world, with over 40,000 branches across the globe.
Despite this though, there are currently just over a million people in the UK who live in a local authority which doesn’t have a McDonald’s restaurant within their boundary.
But for other towns and cities, it’s a different story, with dozens of brances in the local vicinity. Westminster in London has been named as the McDonald’s capital in the UK, with 15 branches in the borough.
The London borough is famously home to the UK government, as well as some of the country’s top tourist destinations such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Soho.
That may explain why there are a total of 15 McDonald’s restaurants located there, according to the Food Standards Agency data.
That works out as 7.3 for every 100,000 Westminster residents, the highest ratio per person of any local authority in the UK.
Cannock Chase – an area between Wolverhampton and Stafford – and Bolsover in Derbyshire have the joint next highest ratio in the country.
Cannock Chase is home to five McDonald’s restaurants, while Bolsover has four, both of which work out as 5.0 for every 100,000 residents.
West Dunbartonshire also has four branches, which works out as 4.6 for every 100,000 people.
Newport is next on the list with its seven McDonald’s branches, or the equivalent of 4.4 for every 100,000 people. Harlow also has four branches which works out as 4.3 per 100,000, Boston has three or 4.2 per 100,000, and Crawley has five, which works out as 4.2 per 100,000.
Local authority: McDonalds per 100k
Westminster: 7.3
Cannock Chase: 5
Bolsover: 5
West Dunbartonshire: 4.6
Newport: 4.4
Harlow: 4.3
Boston: 4.2
Crawley: 4.2
Rushmoor: 4
Lincoln: 3.9
Watford: 3.9
Flintshire: 3.9
North East Lincolnshire: 3.8
Camden: 3.8
Warrington: 3.8
Glasgow City: 3.8
Basildon: 3.7
Hertsmere: 3.7
Peterborough: 3.7
Manchester: 3.6
Mansfield: 3.6
Ipswich: 3.6
Aberdeen City: 3.5
Liverpool: 3.5
Kensington and Chelsea: 3.5
Oadby and Wigston: 3.5
Redditch: 3.4
Dartford: 3.4
Merthyr Tydfil: 3.4
Preston: 3.4
Portsmouth: 3.4
Bassetlaw: 3.4
Castle Point: 3.3
Wigan: 3.3
Chelmsford: 3.3
Hartlepool: 3.2
Bedford: 3.2
Knowsley: 3.2
East Staffordshire: 3.2
Stirling: 3.2
Barking and Dagenham: 3.2
Burnley: 3.2
Slough: 3.2
Nottingham: 3.1
Winchester: 3.1
Milton Keynes: 3.1
Halton: 3.1
Stoke-On-Trent: 3.1
Adur: 3.1
Derby: 3.1
North Northamptonshire: 3.1
Test Valley: 3
West Northamptonshire: 3
Broadland: 3
Gloucester: 3
Great Yarmouth: 3
North Hertfordshire: 3
Blaenau Gwent: 3
Somerset: 3
Sunderland: 2.9
Doncaster: 2.9
Spelthorne: 2.9
Worcester: 2.9
Chesterfield: 2.9
Woking: 2.9
Reading: 2.9
Vale of White Horse: 2.9
North West Leicestershire: 2.9
Thanet: 2.8
Thurrock: 2.8
Blackpool: 2.8
Neath Port Talbot: 2.8
Rossendale: 2.8
Breckland: 2.8
Lichfield: 2.8
Norwich: 2.8
Middlesbrough: 2.8
South Kesteven: 2.8
Dudley: 2.8
Islington: 2.8
Greenwich: 2.8
Folkestone and Hythe: 2.7
Warwick: 2.7
Tendring: 2.7
Lisburn and Castlereagh: 2.7
Derry City and Strabane: 2.7
Wolverhampton: 2.7
North Lanarkshire: 2.6
Telford and Wrekin: 2.6
Swale: 2.6
Kingston upon Hull, City of: 2.6
Hillingdon: 2.6
Conwy: 2.6
Rugby: 2.6
Inverclyde: 2.6
Colchester: 2.6
Angus: 2.6
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk: 2.6
Blackburn with Darwen: 2.6
Bury: 2.6
Dacorum: 2.6
Swindon: 2.6
Newham: 2.6
Gateshead: 2.5
Trafford: 2.5
Stockton-on-Tees: 2.5
Tamworth: 2.5
Swansea: 2.5
Welwyn Hatfield: 2.5
Cardiff: 2.5
Sefton: 2.5
Malvern Hills: 2.5
Northumberland: 2.5
York: 2.5
Cherwell: 2.5
City of Edinburgh: 2.5
East Ayrshire: 2.5
Ealing: 2.5
Fylde: 2.4
Bromley: 2.4
Rutland: 2.4
Havant: 2.4
Mid Devon: 2.4
Sutton: 2.4
Kingston upon Thames: 2.4
Ashfield: 2.4
Amber Valley: 2.4
Bolton: 2.4
Newcastle Upon Tyne: 2.3
Sandwell: 2.3
Coventry: 2.3
Barnet: 2.3
Croydon: 2.3
Tandridge: 2.3
Plymouth: 2.3
Tonbridge and Malling: 2.3
Maidstone: 2.3
Rotherham: 2.3
Wychavon: 2.3
Ashford: 2.3
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 2.2
Stevenage: 2.2
Nuneaton and Bedworth: 2.2
Leeds: 2.2
Renfrewshire: 2.2
Salford: 2.2
Southend-On-Sea: 2.2
Stratford-on-Avon: 2.2
Surrey Heath: 2.2
Westmorland and Furness: 2.2
Huntingdonshire: 2.2
Hastings: 2.2
Redcar and Cleveland: 2.2
Eastleigh: 2.2
Charnwood: 2.2
Stafford: 2.2
Hammersmith and Fulham: 2.2
St. Helens: 2.2
Torfaen: 2.2
Tameside: 2.2
Mid and East Antrim: 2.2
West Lothian: 2.2
Basingstoke and Deane: 2.2
Torbay: 2.2
Monmouthshire: 2.1
Medway: 2.1
Fife: 2.1
Wandsworth: 2.1
Carmarthenshire: 2.1
Enfield: 2.1
Midlothian: 2.1
Walsall: 2.1
Lancaster: 2.1
Cumberland: 2.1
South Norfolk: 2.1
South Holland: 2.1
Pendle: 2.1
Denbighshire: 2.1
East Renfrewshire: 2.1
South Gloucestershire: 2.1
Bridgend: 2.1
Antrim and Newtownabbey: 2.1
Barnsley: 2
Dundee City: 2
Belfast: 2
South Tyneside: 2
Bexley: 2
Southampton: 2
Birmingham: 2
North Devon: 2
Eastbourne: 2
Wyre Forest: 2
Southwark: 2
Cheshire West and Chester: 2
Clackmannanshire: 1.9
North Yorkshire: 1.9
North Norfolk: 1.9
Blaby: 1.9
Calderdale: 1.9
Melton: 1.9
Cornwall: 1.9
County Durham: 1.9
Canterbury: 1.9
North Tyneside: 1.9
Havering: 1.9
Gravesham: 1.9
Wirral: 1.9
Falkirk: 1.9
Wealden: 1.9
West Berkshire: 1.9
Darlington: 1.8
Solihull: 1.8
South Cambridgeshire: 1.8
North Somerset: 1.8
East Dunbartonshire: 1.8
Bradford: 1.8
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon: 1.8
Brighton and Hove: 1.8
Sheffield: 1.8
South Ribble: 1.8
Luton: 1.8
Wyre: 1.8
Brent: 1.8
Erewash: 1.8
North Lincolnshire: 1.8
Hinckley and Bosworth: 1.8
Cheshire East: 1.7
Fareham: 1.7
Hounslow: 1.7
Dover: 1.7
Fermanagh and Omagh: 1.7
Gwynedd: 1.7
West Lancashire: 1.7
Gedling: 1.7
Caerphilly: 1.7
Bristol, City of: 1.7
Chorley: 1.7
Stockport: 1.7
North Kesteven: 1.7
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 1.7
Cheltenham: 1.7
Highland: 1.7
Rushcliffe: 1.7
Lewisham: 1.7
West Suffolk: 1.7
Oldham: 1.7
Leicester: 1.6
Newcastle-Under-Lyme: 1.6
Newark and Sherwood: 1.6
Buckinghamshire: 1.6
East Suffolk: 1.6
Pembrokeshire: 1.6
Ribble Valley: 1.6
Redbridge: 1.6
Chichester: 1.6
Tower Hamlets: 1.6
Bracknell Forest: 1.6
East Hampshire: 1.6
Lambeth: 1.6
South Lanarkshire: 1.5
Exeter: 1.5
Shropshire: 1.5
Harrow: 1.5
North Warwickshire: 1.5
Haringey: 1.5
Vale of Glamorgan: 1.5
Maldon: 1.5
Powys: 1.5
North Ayrshire: 1.5
Wrexham: 1.5
Teignbridge: 1.5
Torridge: 1.5
East Riding of Yorkshire: 1.5
Isle of Anglesey: 1.5
Elmbridge: 1.4
Isle of Wight: 1.4
Ceredigion: 1.4
Wakefield: 1.4
Derbyshire Dales: 1.4
Merton: 1.4
Guildford: 1.4
Kirklees: 1.4
Cambridge: 1.4
Central Bedfordshire: 1.4
Dumfries and Galloway: 1.3
Rochdale: 1.3
South Oxfordshire: 1.3
Mid Ulster: 1.3
Reigate and Banstead: 1.3
Mid Sussex: 1.3
Perth and Kinross: 1.3
Windsor and Maidenhead: 1.3
Oxford: 1.2
Epsom and Ewell: 1.2
Ards and North Down: 1.2
Gosport: 1.2
Hyndburn: 1.2
Arun: 1.2
Hackney: 1.2
Aberdeenshire: 1.1
New Forest: 1.1
East Cambridgeshire: 1.1
High Peak: 1.1
Cotswold: 1.1
Newry, Mourne and Down: 1.1
Uttlesford: 1.1
Waltham Forest: 1.1
Babergh: 1.1
Herefordshire, County of: 1.1
Dorset: 1
West Lindsey: 1
Staffordshire Moorlands: 1
Bath and North East Somerset: 1
Moray: 1
Richmond upon Thames: 1
Harborough: 1
Lewes: 1
Hart: 1
North East Derbyshire: 1
Wiltshire: 1
Fenland: 1
Mid Suffolk: 1
South Derbyshire: 0.9
East Lothian: 0.9
South Staffordshire: 0.9
Broxtowe: 0.9
Worthing: 0.9
South Ayrshire: 0.9
West Oxfordshire: 0.9
Tunbridge Wells: 0.9
Scottish Borders: 0.9
Sevenoaks: 0.8
Stroud: 0.8
Epping Forest: 0.7
Causeway Coast and Glens: 0.7
East Lindsey: 0.7
Horsham: 0.7
St Albans: 0.7
East Hertfordshire: 0.7
East Devon: 0.7
Braintree: 0.6
