How walkable is Bocklemünd/Mengenich?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Bocklemünd/Mengenich has a walkability score of 46 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Köln, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
131 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Bocklemünd/Mengenich. The nearest grocery is Euromarkt Senol Polat, about 12 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks and schools. It is weakest for coffee and culture & entertainment.
- REWE13 min
- Penny Zentrallager Koln Bocklemund Venloer Strasse28 min
- Bäckerei Becher GmbH10 min
- Imbissstube Bei Dimi11 min
- AMCOR Product Service10 min
- Clean Klimt Steinreinigung11 min
- About Tea And Coffee Shop23 min
- Dinger's Palmencafe30 min
- Sparkasse KölnBonn - mobile Sparkasse14 min
- Sparda-Bank West eG14 min
- Unnamed park5 min
- Hundefreilauffläche Nüssenberger Str.6 min
- MyDagis9 min
- Kath. Kindertagesstätte des SKM-Zentrums Bocklemünd12 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Bocklemünd/Mengenich at 50.9762, 6.8612. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 35 street intersections per km², and blocks average 126 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 4%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Bocklemünd/Mengenich
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.3 km around the centre of Bocklemünd/Mengenich. Rings mark 650 m and 1.3 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Köln
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Deutz | 9 km | 90 |
| Zollstock | 9.3 km | 86 |
| Poll | 11.5 km | 60 |
| Ostheim | 13.9 km | 63 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Köln page.
Questions about walking in Bocklemünd/Mengenich
Is Bocklemünd/Mengenich walkable?
Not very. Bocklemünd/Mengenich in Köln has a walkability score of 46 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Bocklemünd/Mengenich more walkable than the rest of Köln?
Bocklemünd/Mengenich is less walkable than Köln as a whole: it scores 46, against 83 for the 5 km around Köln's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Köln neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Köln?
Of the 5 Köln neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Deutz (90), Zollstock (86) and Ostheim (63).
How is the walkability score of Bocklemünd/Mengenich 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 Bocklemünd/Mengenich it is the average of 43 points spread evenly across the 1.3 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.