--- title: "Most walkable neighbourhoods in Bengaluru (2026)" description: "8 neighbourhoods of Bengaluru ranked by walkability score, from Richmond Town (93) to Austin Town (76), with each one's distance from the centre." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/neighbourhoods updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [India](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india) 3. [Bengaluru](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru) 4. Neighbourhoods # The most walkable neighbourhoods in Bengaluru By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 8 neighbourhoods of Bengaluru ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Richmond Town leads with 93/100, then Milk Colony (92) and Cooke Town (84). All 8 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Austin Town (76). | # | Neighbourhood | From the centre | Area scoring 70+ | Score | | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | ----- | | 1 | Richmond Town | 1.3 km | 100% | 93 | | 2 | Milk Colony | 5.7 km | 98% | 92 | | 3 | [Cooke Town](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/cooke-town) | 4.8 km | 93% | 84 | | 3 | Hulimavu | 10.6 km | 89% | 84 | | 5 | [Rajarajeshwari Nagar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/rajarajeshwari-nagar) | 9.8 km | 84% | 80 | | 5 | [Ejipura](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/ejipura) | 4.7 km | 80% | 80 | | 7 | [Halasuru](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/halasuru) | 3.4 km | 77% | 79 | | 8 | [Austin Town](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/austin-town) | 2.6 km | 68% | 76 | "From the centre" is the distance from Bengaluru's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot. ## The top 5 up close ### Richmond Town Richmond Town is the most central of these five, 1.3 km south-east of Bengaluru's busiest point, and scores 93/100. It has the most libraries and bookshops of the five: 22 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Gangarams Book Bureau, about 6 minutes away. ### Milk Colony Milk Colony scores 92/100, 5.7 km north-west of Bengaluru's busiest point. None of the others has as many groceries, with 15 in a 30 minute walk; Simpli Namdharis is the nearest, about 6 minutes away. 98% of its area scores 70 or more. ### Cooke Town Cooke Town scores 84/100, 4.8 km north-east of Bengaluru's busiest point. 501 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 10 minutes away. It has the fewest parks of the five, 64. 93% of its area scores 70 or more. [More on Cooke Town](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/cooke-town). ### Hulimavu Hulimavu lies the furthest out of these five, 10.6 km south of Bengaluru's busiest point, and scores 84/100. It has the most parks of the five: 227 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Arekere Lake Park, about 9 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is cafés, with 15. 89% of its area scores 70 or more. ### Rajarajeshwari Nagar Rajarajeshwari Nagar scores 80/100, 9.8 km south-west of Bengaluru's busiest point. 436 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 5 minutes away. It has the fewest libraries and bookshops of the five, none. 84% of its area scores 70 or more. [More on Rajarajeshwari Nagar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru/rajarajeshwari-nagar). ## Centre and outskirts The 2 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Bengaluru's centre average 84, and the 6 further out average 83, so walkability holds up away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Richmond Town, 1.3 km away, scores 93, and the farthest, Hulimavu, 10.6 km out, scores 84. ![Map of Bengaluru's 8 ranked neighbourhoods around its centre, numbered by rank and coloured by score, with rings every 2 km. The most walkable is Richmond Town, 1.3 km to the south-east; the least, Austin Town, 2.6 km to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/india/bengaluru/neighbourhoods.svg?v=325d9ae08ded) Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Bengaluru. Bengaluru as a whole scores [84 out of 100](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/bengaluru) across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in India with ranked neighbourhoods: [Chennai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/chennai/neighbourhoods), [Kolkata](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/kolkata/neighbourhoods), [Hyderabad](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/hyderabad/neighbourhoods), [Mumbai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/mumbai/neighbourhoods), [Pune](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/pune/neighbourhoods), [Delhi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/delhi/neighbourhoods), [Visakhapatnam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/india/visakhapatnam/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about Bengaluru's neighbourhoods ### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Bengaluru? Richmond Town is the most walkable of the 8 neighbourhoods we rank in Bengaluru, with a walkability score of 93 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Milk Colony (92) and Cooke Town (84). ### How are Bengaluru's neighbourhoods ranked? Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Bengaluru scores 84 across the 5 km around its centre. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata. Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.