How walkable is Ballymun?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Ballymun has a walkability score of 85 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 Dublin, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
362 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ballymun. The nearest grocery is Tesco, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, shopping, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- SuperValu3 min
- Lidl3 min
- Firehouse Pizza1 min
- Eddies Dynasty2 min
- Shangan Road3 min
- Nan’s Centra4 min
- Insomnia Coffee Company16 min
- Coffee Run16 min
- An Post Glasnevin Avenue12 min
- Bank of Ireland17 min
- Unnamed park9 min
- Shangan Park9 min
- Virgin Mary Girls National School4 min
- Trinity Comprehensive School4 min
- Eason Omni Shopping Centre, Santry20 min
- DCU John and Aileen OReilly Library22 min
- The Helix16 min
- IMC Cinema Santry16 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Ballymun at 53.3949, -6.2652. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 108 street intersections per km², and blocks average 81 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Ballymun
- 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 Ballymun. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Dublin
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Drumcondra | 3 km | 90 |
| Temple Bar | 5.5 km | 100 |
| Clontarf | 5.9 km | 57 |
| Clonskeagh | 10.1 km | 76 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Dublin page.
Questions about walking in Ballymun
Is Ballymun walkable?
Yes. Ballymun in Dublin has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Ballymun more walkable than the rest of Dublin?
Ballymun is more walkable than Dublin as a whole: it scores 85, against 82 for the 5 km around Dublin's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Dublin neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Dublin?
Of the 5 Dublin neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Temple Bar (100), Drumcondra (90) and Ballymun (85).
How is the walkability score of Ballymun 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 Ballymun it is the average of 60 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.