How walkable is Poll?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Poll has a walkability score of 60 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Köln, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
211 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Poll. The nearest grocery is REWE, about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Aldi Sud14 min
- Barilla25 min
- La Malizia Pizzeria2 min
- Flo Salento4 min
- Pap-i Papier-ideen Gmbh2 min
- Furryfit5 min
- Eiscafe Rialto10 min
- Cem Cafe19 min
- Volksbank Koln Bonn10 min
- R+V Versicherung11 min
- Hundefreilauffläche Westhoven24 min
- Äußerer Grüngürtel27 min
- Bildungsinstitut der Rheinischen Wirtschaft11 min
- DGBB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für berufliche Bildung11 min
- Theodor Wonja Michael Bibliothek Köln23 min
- Buchhandlung Goltsteinstraße28 min
- Dt. Zentrum Für Schauspiel & Film5 min
- Südbrücke Open Air18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Poll at 50.9121, 6.9889. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 48 street intersections per km², and blocks average 98 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Poll
- 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 Poll. 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 | 3 km | 90 |
| Zollstock | 3.3 km | 86 |
| Ostheim | 4.5 km | 63 |
| Bocklemünd/Mengenich | 11.5 km | 46 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Köln page.
Questions about walking in Poll
Is Poll walkable?
Partly. Poll in Köln has a walkability score of 60 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Poll more walkable than the rest of Köln?
Poll is less walkable than Köln as a whole: it scores 60, against 83 for the 5 km around Köln's centre. It ranks 4th 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 Poll 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 Poll it is the average of 41 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.