How walkable is New Town?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
New Town has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 1 km 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 Prague, which scores 85 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
7,274 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of New Town. The nearest grocery is Amana, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Potraviny Kolobok3 min
- CoffeeTearia Vodičkova3 min
- Craft House Prague1 min
- Šohajka - folklórní hostinec s pivovarem1 min
- Brand store1 min
- Trenýrkárna.cz1 min
- Meetea2 min
- Kafe Komedie2 min
- Sberbank CZ, a.s.2 min
- Banka Creditas3 min
- Františkánská zahrada5 min
- Čelakovského sady7 min
- ZŠ Vodičkova2 min
- Kroužky v MŠ2 min
- Talpress2 min
- Librairie francophone2 min
- Kino 352 min
- Divadlo Minor2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of New Town at 50.0790, 14.4233. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 120 street intersections per km², and blocks average 87 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across New Town
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of New Town. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Prague
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 700 m | 100 |
| Josefov | 1.3 km | 98 |
| Malá Strana | 1.6 km | 97 |
| Hradčany | 2.4 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Prague page.
Questions about walking in New Town
Is New Town walkable?
Yes. New Town in Prague has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is New Town more walkable than the rest of Prague?
New Town is more walkable than Prague as a whole: it scores 100, against 85 for the 5 km around Prague's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Prague neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Prague?
Of the 5 Prague neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are New Town (100), Old Town (100) and Josefov (98).
How is the walkability score of New Town 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 New Town it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 1 km 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.