How walkable is Poço da Panela?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Poço da Panela has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Recife, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,004 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Poço da Panela. The nearest grocery is Mercado Pescadero, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for banks.
- Supermercado Dois Irmaos8 min
- Mercearia Nossa Senhora de Lourdes14 min
- Pitaco2 min
- Esther Restaurante2 min
- SuperPet - Casa Forte4 min
- Empresarial Casa Forte4 min
- Espaço Sensorial do Café4 min
- Pure Café6 min
- Banco do Brasil19 min
- Banco Bradesco20 min
- Praça Virgilio de Oliveira4 min
- Jardim Secreto do Poço da Panela6 min
- Escola Arte de Crescer - @arte_de_crescer3 min
- Educandário Santa Cruz7 min
- Biblioteca Comunitária do Poço da Panela7 min
- CNA8 min
- Nove Filmes Produções Ltda.6 min
- Fundação Joaquim Nabuco8 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Poço da Panela at -8.0351, -34.9239. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 126 street intersections per km², and blocks average 72 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Poço da Panela
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 500 m around the centre of Poço da Panela. Rings mark 250 m and 500 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Recife
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Caxangá | 2.8 km | 62 |
| Santo Amaro | 5 km | 88 |
| Bairro do Recife | 6.5 km | 86 |
| Boa Viagem | 10.1 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Recife page.
Questions about walking in Poço da Panela
Is Poço da Panela walkable?
Yes. Poço da Panela in Recife has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Poço da Panela more walkable than the rest of Recife?
Poço da Panela is more walkable than Recife as a whole: it scores 93, against 82 for the 5 km around Recife's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Recife neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Recife?
Of the 5 Recife neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Poço da Panela (93), Boa Viagem (89) and Santo Amaro (88).
How is the walkability score of Poço da Panela calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Poço da Panela it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 500 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.