How walkable is Nandambakkam?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Nandambakkam has a walkability score of 53 out of 100 across the 1.4 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Chennai, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
197 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Nandambakkam. The nearest grocery is Reliance SMART Bazaar, about 21 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for banks and parks. It is weakest for groceries, coffee, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- SREE Ramulu POOJA Stores25 min
- Shree Ganesh Stores26 min
- Domino's Pizza5 min
- Buhari Hotel6 min
- Mathi Garments4 min
- Citrus Café13 min
- Muthoot Finance Gold Loan5 min
- HDFC Bank ATM6 min
- Empty Plot18 min
- Babuji Memorial Ashram24 min
- Kidzee13 min
- St peter's Matriculation Hr sec school13 min
- Jothi Theatre28 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Nandambakkam at 13.0167, 80.1912. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 71 street intersections per km², and blocks average 86 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Nandambakkam
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.4 km around the centre of Nandambakkam. Rings mark 700 m and 1.4 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Chennai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kodambakkam | 5.1 km | 92 |
| Adyar | 7.3 km | 88 |
| Besant Nagar | 8.6 km | 88 |
| Mylapore | 8.7 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Chennai page.
Questions about walking in Nandambakkam
Is Nandambakkam walkable?
Partly. Nandambakkam in Chennai has a walkability score of 53 out of 100 across the 1.4 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Nandambakkam more walkable than the rest of Chennai?
Nandambakkam is less walkable than Chennai as a whole: it scores 53, against 83 for the 5 km around Chennai's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Nandambakkam 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 Nandambakkam it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 1.4 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.