How walkable is Mylapore?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Mylapore has a walkability score of 89 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 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Chennai, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
714 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Mylapore. The nearest grocery is DM Traders, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Shree Mahalakshmi Stores4 min
- Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam6 min
- Mami Tiffen Stall2 min
- Häagen-Dazs2 min
- Apollo Pharmacy Mylapore East Mada Street1 min
- Specsmakers -East Mada St Mylapore2 min
- SLVCoffeeHouse.Mylapore3 min
- Mylapore Filter Coffee4 min
- Indian Overseas Bank3 min
- Indian Overseas Bank - ATM3 min
- Alphonso Government play ground11 min
- Lazarus Church Road Park11 min
- Sri Chaitanya Techno School10 min
- Santhome High School10 min
- South Indian National Association Ranade Library13 min
- C Sitaraman and Company27 min
- Lakshmi Giri Convention Hall4 min
- Dakshinamurthy Auditorium5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Mylapore at 13.0317, 80.2700. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 215 street intersections per km², and blocks average 61 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Mylapore
- 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 Mylapore. 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 | 3.1 km | 88 |
| Besant Nagar | 3.6 km | 88 |
| Kodambakkam | 5.3 km | 92 |
| Nandambakkam | 8.7 km | 53 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chennai page.
Questions about walking in Mylapore
Is Mylapore walkable?
Yes. Mylapore in Chennai has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Mylapore more walkable than the rest of Chennai?
Mylapore is more walkable than Chennai as a whole: it scores 89, against 83 for the 5 km around Chennai's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Mylapore 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 Mylapore 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.