The Osteopath Network has more than 765 osteopath clinics located right around the UK. The table below lists the towns in each county.
County osteopath listings
Please click on the county links below to find the osteopathic practices in the UK counties. Call us now on 0845 680 0615 to make a fast appointment at one of our convenient locations. Calls will be charged at local rates.
Major Regions
London comprising of 83 centres including Chiswick and Kentish Town.
Scotland comprising of 12 locations for instance, Aberdeen and Achnasheen.
Wales with 7 towns such as Cardiff and Carmarthen.
East England
Bedfordshire which has 5 towns for example, Bedford and Dunstable.
Cambridgeshire with 3 centres including Cambridge and Peterborough.
Essex comprising of 19 centres such as Benfleet and Billericay.
Hertfordshire comprising of 24 towns viz Barnet and Berkhamsted.
Norfolk represented by 5 centres for instance, Attleborough and Dereham.
Suffolk represented by 6 localities for instance, Haverhill and Ipswich.
South West England
Avon comprising of 2 locations viz Bath and Bristol.
Cornwall comprising of 2 centres viz Falmouth.
Devon with 8 locations e.g. Exeter and Exmouth.
Dorset comprising of 7 locations viz Blandford Forum and Bournemouth.
Gloucestershire which has 7 towns for example, Cheltenham and Cirencester.
Somerset represented by 2 centres viz Taunton and Yeovil.
Wiltshire comprising of 6 locations e.g. Chippenham and Devizes.
South East England
Berkshire represented by 8 towns for instance, Ascot and Bracknell.
Buckinghamshire comprising of 11 towns viz Amersham and Aylesbury.
East Sussex comprising of 10 centres viz Brighton and Crowborough.
Hampshire comprising of 15 towns viz Andover and Eastleigh.
Kent which has 27 locations e.g. Ashford and Aylesford.
Middlesex represented by 14 locations such as Edgware and Enfield.
Oxfordshire represented by 4 towns for instance, Banbury and Chipping Norton.
Surrey represented by 29 centres e.g. Banstead and Camberley.
West Sussex comprising of 9 towns for instance, Bognor Regis and Chichester.
Eastern Midlands
Derbyshire which has 5 localities for instance, Belper and Derby.
Leicestershire represented by 2 locations for example, Leicester and Oakham.
Lincolnshire represented by 4 locations for example, Bourne and Grantham.
Northamptonshire represented by 2 destinations for instance, Kettering and Northampton.
Nottinghamshire which has 2 locations e.g. Nottingham and Worksop.
Western Midlands
Herefordshire which has 1 centre for example, Hereford.
Shropshire represented by 4 towns including Bridgnorth and Ludlow.
Staffordshire with 6 destinations for instance, Burton-on-trent and Cannock.
Warwickshire represented by 3 towns e.g. Kenilworth.
West Midlands comprising of 8 destinations viz Birmingham and Coventry.
Worcestershire represented by 4 locations e.g. Droitwich and Evesham.
North West England
Cheshire comprising of 11 destinations viz Alderley Edge and Chester.
Cumbria which has 1 town for instance, Kendal.
Lancashire with 4 centres such as Bolton and Lancaster.
Merseyside represented by 4 destinations e.g. Ellesmere Port and Liverpool.
Yorkshire
North Yorkshire comprising of 3 destinations for example, Harrogate and Knaresborough.
South Yorkshire represented by 1 centre viz Sheffield.
West Yorkshire represented by 5 locations viz Huddersfield and Leeds.
An analysis of the distribution of osteopaths around the UK counties shows that many more have chosen to practice in the South East and South West of the country. For example, towns in Kent have much higher numbers of osteopaths per capita than similar-sized towns in Tyne and Wear or County Durham. The reasons for this distribution appear to be primarily economic. It is observable that osteopaths tend to practice in more affluent communities in general, wherever they are around the country. The rationale is that osteopathy is overwhelmingly funded by patients privately. As a result patients with access to funds are more likely to seek early and thorough treatment of ailments than patients on a tight budget. Hence there is a strong correlation between income per capita and the density of osteopaths in a given community.
However, the average affluence of a community is not the sole determinant of the success or otherwise of an osteopathy practice. In less affluent communities with fewer osteopaths, those that do practice serve a larger population base and, perhaps, enjoy lower overheads. Thus the economics of the osteopath benefit from reduced competition. As a result there are many gifted osteopath in practice all over the UK. As in any other services sector, the success or otherwise of a business is determined by customer feedback and therefore the reputation of the osteopath is paramount, both in terms of their success in delivering effective treatment but also in the efficiency and courtesy of the way they conduct their practice.
Many of the larger counties have associations of osteopaths working in the county who meet regularly to discuss issues affecting the profession and to organize continuing education events on a regional basis.
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