How walkable is Kodambakkam?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Kodambakkam has a walkability score of 92 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 Chennai, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,142 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Kodambakkam. The nearest grocery is Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam - Kodambakkam, Nagarjuna Nagar, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam6 min
- Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam - Kodambakkam, Chennai7 min
- Amutham Juice Shop4 min
- Smoke Barbeque5 min
- Citi Services4 min
- Innovate Me4 min
- Saravana Coffee Kodambakkam9 min
- Attee10 min
- Axis Bank5 min
- HDFC Bank ATM5 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Somasundaram ground17 min
- P.C.K.G govt. hr. sec. school4 min
- Jack and Jill play school8 min
- Kalaimagal Stores7 min
- New Bavaani Book Centre20 min
- SingKaro Voice Culture and Singing Training Lounge8 min
- Bioskop Film Institute13 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Kodambakkam at 13.0492, 80.2243. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 247 street intersections per km², and blocks average 59 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Kodambakkam
- 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 Kodambakkam. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chennai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nandambakkam | 5.1 km | 53 |
| Mylapore | 5.3 km | 89 |
| Adyar | 6 km | 88 |
| Besant Nagar | 7.3 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chennai page.
Questions about walking in Kodambakkam
Is Kodambakkam walkable?
Yes. Kodambakkam in Chennai has a walkability score of 92 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 Kodambakkam more walkable than the rest of Chennai?
Kodambakkam is more walkable than Chennai as a whole: it scores 92, against 83 for the 5 km around Chennai's centre. It ranks 1st 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 Kodambakkam 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 Kodambakkam it is the average of 61 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.