How walkable is Parel?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Parel has a walkability score of 94 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 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Mumbai, which scores 76 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,085 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Parel. The nearest grocery is FarmCircle Marketing & Distributors, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Royalty Store10 min
- Sharma Dairy Farm13 min
- Modern Times Restaurant2 min
- Krishna's Cafe3 min
- Shree Parshwa Sarees1 min
- Rachna Creation2 min
- The Good Life4 min
- Chaos Control Cafe5 min
- Bank of Maharashtra - Mumbai-Bhoiwada Branch2 min
- ICICI Bank3 min
- Local Park9 min
- Unnamed park12 min
- Social Service League High School8 min
- My Chhota School11 min
- Seth G S Medical College11 min
- Mumbai Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya12 min
- Premiere Cinema4 min
- St.jerome Fort7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Parel at 19.0084, 72.8425. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 183 street intersections per km², and blocks average 60 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Parel
- 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 Parel. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Mumbai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dharavi | 4.4 km | 89 |
| Bandra | 5.7 km | 94 |
| Chembur | 7.8 km | 92 |
| Juhu | 11.1 km | 92 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Mumbai page.
Questions about walking in Parel
Is Parel walkable?
Yes. Parel in Mumbai has a walkability score of 94 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 Parel more walkable than the rest of Mumbai?
Parel is more walkable than Mumbai as a whole: it scores 94, against 76 for the 5 km around Mumbai's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Mumbai neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Mumbai?
Of the 5 Mumbai neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Bandra (94), Parel (94) and Chembur (92).
How is the walkability score of Parel 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 Parel 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.