How walkable is Rockcliffe?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Rockcliffe has a walkability score of 36 out of 100 across the 750 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Ottawa, which scores 70 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
202 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Rockcliffe. The nearest grocery is Metro, about 23 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks, schools and books & libraries. It is weakest for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks and culture & entertainment.
- The Soca Kitchen19 min
- Sundae School19 min
- Munchiescannaco20 min
- Muckleston and Brockwell20 min
- Café Fwanest19 min
- Café Miracle20 min
- Rockcliffe Park9 min
- Rideau Hall11 min
- Rockcliffe Park Public School2 min
- Ashbury College6 min
- City of Ottawa1 min
- Books on Beechwood23 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Rockcliffe at 45.4510, -75.6790. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 66 street intersections per km², and blocks average 103 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 Rockcliffe
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 750 m around the centre of Rockcliffe. Rings mark 350 m and 750 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Ottawa
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| New Edinburgh | 1.3 km | 63 |
| Vanier | 2.1 km | 86 |
| Centretown | 4 km | 98 |
| LeBreton Flats | 4.8 km | 62 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Ottawa page.
Questions about walking in Rockcliffe
Is Rockcliffe walkable?
Not very. Rockcliffe in Ottawa has a walkability score of 36 out of 100 across the 750 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Rockcliffe more walkable than the rest of Ottawa?
Rockcliffe is less walkable than Ottawa as a whole: it scores 36, against 70 for the 5 km around Ottawa's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Ottawa neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Ottawa?
Of the 5 Ottawa neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Centretown (98), Vanier (86) and New Edinburgh (63).
How is the walkability score of Rockcliffe 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 Rockcliffe it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 750 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.