How walkable is Bonnie Doon?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Bonnie Doon has a walkability score of 76 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Edmonton, which scores 67 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
421 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Bonnie Doon. The nearest grocery is Coles, about 15 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Safeway16 min
- M&M Food Market16 min
- Duggan's Boundary Irish Pub2 min
- Café Bicyclette3 min
- Le Franco Newspaper3 min
- French Quarter Farmers Market4 min
- Brew Ville13 min
- Amandine Café13 min
- RBC Royal Bank13 min
- Servus Credit Union14 min
- Bonnie Doon Park7 min
- Mill Creek Ravine Park8 min
- École Maurice-Lavallée8 min
- Centre d'Expérience Prescolaire et Parascolaire12 min
- Edmonton Public Library11 min
- The Bookseller17 min
- Takecare Tv10 min
- Grindstone Theatre School17 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Bonnie Doon at 53.5243, -113.4668. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 62 street intersections per km², and blocks average 108 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Bonnie Doon
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the centre of Bonnie Doon. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Edmonton
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Allendale | 3.5 km | 71 |
| Alberta Avenue | 5.1 km | 88 |
| Crestwood | 6.9 km | 63 |
| Abbottsfield | 7.5 km | 63 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Edmonton page.
Questions about walking in Bonnie Doon
Is Bonnie Doon walkable?
Yes. Bonnie Doon in Edmonton has a walkability score of 76 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Bonnie Doon more walkable than the rest of Edmonton?
Bonnie Doon is more walkable than Edmonton as a whole: it scores 76, against 67 for the 5 km around Edmonton's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Edmonton neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Edmonton?
Of the 5 Edmonton neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Alberta Avenue (88), Bonnie Doon (76) and Allendale (71).
How is the walkability score of Bonnie Doon 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 Bonnie Doon it is the average of 56 points spread evenly across the 700 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.