Press & commissions
A pack you can publish — not a viral side-by-side.
The public app is free to explore. Commissioned packs are a done-for-you deliverable: a verified share link, paste-ready facts for your CMS, and the method caveats that keep the comparison honest.
Ideal for
Useful input for the evidence base behind:
- Town-centre action plans and high-street strategy documents.
- Levelling Up, Towns Fund and regeneration bids — a dated, inspectable baseline for the "before".
- BID proposals and renewal ballots — showing the trajectory of a trading area.
- Heritage and conservation-area statements — documenting streetscape change over time.
- Local journalism and features — a comparison that survives scrutiny, with the method attached.
Wayback Walk is an evidence aid, not a certified statistical instrument — cite it as one inspectable source among others.
What’s included
- Exact share link — pin, THEN/NOW capture dates, panorama IDs and camera angle restored for anyone who opens it.
- Paste-ready fact sheet — location, comparison window (“across N years”), government and council context for that window only, and the live/economic lines the app shows for the pin.
- Method note — colour is not evidence; politics is context not causation; archive gaps stated honestly. Stays with the pack.
- Suggested credit — short line for online or print.
- Turnaround — usually within one working day once the street (or brief) is agreed.
Packs
Single street pack
One pin, one THEN→NOW window, fact sheet + share link. Suited to a local or regional story that needs one inspectable comparison.
Rush (same working day)
As above, when you need it before evening conference. Subject to capacity — say so in your enquiry.
Town / multi-street pack
Three to five pins for one place, same method. Quote depends on how many streets and how tight the deadline is.
Desk retainer
Priority turnaround and a small annual allowance of packs for one title or newsletter. Enquire to scope.
All rates on enquiry — quoted for the brief and deadline, excluding VAT where applicable. Stills or print crops by arrangement. The free app and share links remain free for personal and exploratory use — commissions are for when you want the work done, checked, and delivered to deadline.
What we won’t do
No “decline” framing, no stripped-out method notes, and no politics strip rewritten as blame. Packs report who governed in the window and what the selected captures show — they do not sell a conclusion. If that does not fit the piece, this is the wrong tool.
How to commission
- Use the enquiry form below — street or postcode, preferred era (or “oldest usable THEN”), deadline, and outlet.
- Or open the app, find the spot yourself, Copy share link, and paste that URL into the form — fastest path to a precise pin.
- You’ll get a quote by reply, then the pack by email. Invoice on delivery (or retainer terms if agreed).
Commission a pack
Tell us the street, outlet and deadline — paste a share link if you already have the pin. You’ll get a quote by reply, usually the same working day.