How walkable is Besant Nagar?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Besant Nagar has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Chennai, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
520 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Besant Nagar. The nearest grocery is myTVS Car Service Adyar, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for books & libraries.
- Nuts N Spices4 min
- Patanjali Mega Store5 min
- The Kati Roll Shop3 min
- Haven Sampoorna3 min
- Threadz3 min
- Essensuals Hairdressing3 min
- Cakewalk3 min
- Nyra - cafe,cake shop in Besant Nagar3 min
- Indian Overseas Bank2 min
- Indian Overseas Bank - ATM2 min
- Government Park5 min
- R.B.S.Q school playground6 min
- Reserve Bank Staff Quarters School7 min
- Halona Preschool7 min
- Tara Books27 min
- Odyssey29 min
- Sahrdaya Creative Spaces9 min
- Ravi Varma tanjore museum11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Besant Nagar at 12.9997, 80.2682. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 137 street intersections per km², and blocks average 67 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Besant Nagar
- 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 Besant Nagar. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chennai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Adyar | 1.4 km | 88 |
| Mylapore | 3.6 km | 89 |
| Kodambakkam | 7.3 km | 92 |
| Nandambakkam | 8.6 km | 53 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chennai page.
Questions about walking in Besant Nagar
Is Besant Nagar walkable?
Yes. Besant Nagar in Chennai has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Besant Nagar more walkable than the rest of Chennai?
Besant Nagar is more walkable than Chennai as a whole: it scores 88, against 83 for the 5 km around Chennai's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Chennai neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Chennai?
Of the 5 Chennai neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Kodambakkam (92), Mylapore (89) and Adyar (88).
How is the walkability score of Besant Nagar 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 Besant Nagar it is the average of 51 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.