How walkable is Esplanade?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Esplanade 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kolkata, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,628 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Esplanade. The nearest grocery is Big Bazaar, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Daylis8 min
- New Tea Company9 min
- Metro Restaurant2 min
- Anadi Cabin2 min
- ANISH ENTERPRISES-Camera shop2 min
- Chowringhee Camera Stores2 min
- CCD4 min
- Barista5 min
- ICICI Bank Chowringhee Road, Kolkata-Branch & ATM3 min
- State Bank Of India4 min
- Curzon Park1 min
- Chaplin Park4 min
- Utpal Pawn School - U.P.S5 min
- St. Anthony's High School10 min
- All India Institute Of Hygiene & Public Health9 min
- Indian Statistical Inst17 min
- Metro Cinema3 min
- Smaranika Tram Museum4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Esplanade at 22.5633, 88.3504. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 123 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Esplanade
- 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 Esplanade. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kolkata
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| B. B. D. Bagh | 950 m | 94 |
| Alipore | 4.5 km | 83 |
| Tollygunge | 7.2 km | 86 |
| Jadavpur | 7.8 km | 91 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kolkata page.
Questions about walking in Esplanade
Is Esplanade walkable?
Yes. Esplanade in Kolkata 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 Esplanade more walkable than the rest of Kolkata?
Esplanade is more walkable than Kolkata as a whole: it scores 88, against 81 for the 5 km around Kolkata's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Kolkata neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kolkata?
Of the 5 Kolkata neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are B. B. D. Bagh (94), Jadavpur (91) and Esplanade (88).
How is the walkability score of Esplanade 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 Esplanade it is the average of 58 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.