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How walkable is Peelamedu?

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Peelamedu has a walkability score of 62 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Coimbatore, which scores 52 as a whole.

62 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable
Some errands can be accomplished on foot.
#3 of 5
in Coimbatore
52
Coimbatore overall
66
at the centre
Open on the map

What's within walking distance

213 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Peelamedu. The nearest grocery is Seeragam, about 12 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, banks and schools. It is weakest for parks and books & libraries.

Groceries
Seeragam
12min1.8 of 3 points
  • Deyga Store - Coimbatore - Natural Skincare & Haircare Products Shop16 min
  • Cinepolis (Fun Cinemas)23 min
Restaurants & bars
Mexitoes
8min2.2 of 3 points
  • Cream Stone10 min
  • Subway Avinashi Road10 min
Shopping
Quadrasystems.net India Private Limited
4min1.9 of 2 points
  • Asian Paints Colourideas - Yamuna Stores6 min
  • Ammra - The Couture House7 min
Coffee
Cafe Coffee Day
10min1.5 of 2 points
  • Chai Kings10 min
  • Café Coffee Day15 min
Banks
DCB Bank Coimbatore
3min1.0 of 1 point
  • Punjab National Bank7 min
  • HDFC Bank7 min
Parks
Unnamed park
25min0.1 of 1 point
Schools
EuroKids Pre-School
6min0.9 of 1 point
  • Kidzee Ganapathy Coimbatore7 min
  • JuniorDPS Playschool10 min
Books & libraries
None within a 30 minute walk
–-0.0 of 1 point
Culture & entertainment
COINDIA Auditorium
13min0.6 of 1 point
  • Vazhuvoorar Natya Gurukulam19 min
  • Fun Cinemas22 min

Measured from the mapped centre of Peelamedu at 11.0278, 76.9986. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 174 street intersections per km², and blocks average 66 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

Walkability across Peelamedu

Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Peelamedu66777071615751778072605342837572684640787482797881606048443330837769773633738084465030757330328280738557653737777464813033N
  • 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 Peelamedu. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Nearby neighbourhoods in Coimbatore

NeighbourhoodDistanceScore
Gandhipuram3.5 km77
Rathina Sabapathi Puram5.7 km90
Thudiyalur8.5 km39
Vadavalli10.2 km40

See every neighbourhood ranked on the Coimbatore page.

Questions about walking in Peelamedu

Is Peelamedu walkable?

Partly. Peelamedu in Coimbatore has a walkability score of 62 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.

Is Peelamedu more walkable than the rest of Coimbatore?

Peelamedu is more walkable than Coimbatore as a whole: it scores 62, against 52 for the 5 km around Coimbatore's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Coimbatore neighbourhoods on How Walkable.

What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Coimbatore?

Of the 5 Coimbatore neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Rathina Sabapathi Puram (90), Gandhipuram (77) and Peelamedu (62).

How is the walkability score of Peelamedu 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 Peelamedu 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.