How walkable is Gigiri?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Gigiri has a walkability score of 52 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 Nairobi, which scores 56 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
111 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Gigiri. The nearest grocery is Village Market, about 11 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, banks and parks. It is weakest for books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Organic Market11 min
- Zucchini Village Market12 min
- Josephine Carribbean BBQ1 min
- The Daily Cafe and Bistro1 min
- Homecare Ltd Hardware Superstore1 min
- Craft Centre3 min
- Mugg & Bean10 min
- Connect Coffee Gigiri14 min
- CfC Stanbic Bank Warwick13 min
- I&M Bank Gigiri13 min
- Karura Playground29 min
- Kedowa Girls' High School22 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Gigiri at -1.2325, 36.8073. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 31 street intersections per km², and blocks average 131 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 5%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Gigiri
- 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 Gigiri. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Nairobi
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh | 6.6 km | 67 |
| Pumwani | 6.9 km | 67 |
| Kibera | 9 km | 25 |
| Korogocho | 9.5 km | 26 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Nairobi page.
Questions about walking in Gigiri
Is Gigiri walkable?
Partly. Gigiri in Nairobi has a walkability score of 52 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Gigiri more walkable than the rest of Nairobi?
Gigiri is less walkable than Nairobi as a whole: it scores 52, against 56 for the 5 km around Nairobi's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Nairobi neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Nairobi?
Of the 5 Nairobi neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Eastleigh (67), Pumwani (67) and Gigiri (52).
How is the walkability score of Gigiri 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 Gigiri it is the average of 55 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.