Card machines for UK Indian-heritage businesses

East Midlands · LE1 – LE5

Largest UK Gujarati community. Around a third of Leicester residents identified as Indian-heritage in the 2021 Census, the largest such share of any UK city, and Gujarati-heritage residents are the biggest single group within that. The Census does not publish a separate Gujarati count, so the Gujarati figure is indicative rather than an exact Census output.

North West London · HA0 and HA9

Brent has one of the largest Gujarati populations in London. Ealing Road in Wembley is a Gujarati commercial spine equivalent to Belgrave Road in Leicester.

North West London · HA1 – HA3

In the 2021 Census, 45% of Harrow residents identified as Asian or Asian British, and 29% as Indian, one of the highest Indian-heritage shares of any London borough. Harrow has a strong Gujarati professional community alongside a sizeable Sri Lankan Tamil community.

North West · M8 and M14

Greater Manchester has one of the largest South Asian populations in England outside London. Gujarati and Punjabi communities cluster in Cheetham Hill, and the Wilmslow Road Curry Mile in Rusholme is one of the best-known South Asian restaurant strips in the UK.

West London · UB1 – UB2

Southall is one of the best-known Punjabi Sikh centres in the UK, often called "Little Punjab", with the Broadway and South Road lined with South Asian retailers.

West Midlands · B19 – B21

Handsworth and Soho Road are the historical heart of the UK Punjabi community in Birmingham, established from the 1950s onwards. The area around Soho Road has one of the highest concentrations of Asian-heritage residents in Birmingham.

West Midlands · B66 – B67

In the 2021 Census, 11.5% of residents in Sandwell, the borough that includes Smethwick, identified as Sikh, one of the highest shares of any local authority in England. Smethwick is at the centre of that Punjabi Sikh community.

Berkshire · SL1 – SL3

In the 2021 Census, 47% of Slough residents identified as Asian or Asian British, with Pakistani and Indian-heritage residents the two largest groups, a far higher share than most towns in the South East.

West Midlands · CV1 and CV6

In the 2021 Census, around 9% of Coventry residents identified as Indian, with a long-established Punjabi community concentrated north and east of the city centre around Foleshill and Stoney Stanton Road.

West Midlands · WV1 – WV3

Wolverhampton, with neighbouring Bilston, has a large and long-established Punjabi Sikh community and a substantial Indian-heritage population.

West London · TW3 – TW4

In the 2021 Census, 37% of Hounslow residents identified as Asian or Asian British and 21% as Indian, a trading base distinct from neighbouring Southall. Heathrow nearby supports a large Punjabi-heritage private-hire and operator community.

East London · E6 – E12

Newham is one of the most ethnically diverse boroughs in England and Wales: in the 2021 Census, 42% of residents identified as Asian or Asian British, with Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani-heritage residents the largest groups. Green Street in East Ham is one of London's best-known South Asian retail strips, mixing Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali and Pakistani-heritage retailers.

Yorkshire · LS7 – LS9

Harehills is one of the most ethnically-diverse wards in Leeds. Strong mix of Punjabi Sikh, Pakistani-heritage and Bangladeshi-heritage communities.