How walkable is Ras Beirut?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Ras Beirut 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 Beirut, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
595 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ras Beirut. The nearest grocery is Shoppers, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and books & libraries.
- Orchards of Laila’s Boutique Shop7 min
- Shopping Bag Supermarket9 min
- Kalaa Chicken2 min
- Ground Zero3 min
- Compunational4 min
- مطعم كرم5 min
- Machrou3 Printing5 min
- B Hive Café Beirut5 min
- Bank Audi9 min
- Banque Libano-Française12 min
- heights private park12 min
- البيضاوي الأخضر13 min
- International College11 min
- Justkidinpreschool15 min
- مكتبة دار الرافدين/ بيروت - الحمرا8 min
- Book Bazar8 min
- ملعب الرئيس الشهيد رفيق الحريري - نادي النجمة الرياضي8 min
- Computer Parts lebanon9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Ras Beirut at 33.8936, 35.4752. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 147 street intersections per km², and blocks average 74 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Ras Beirut
- 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 Ras Beirut. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Beirut
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Zuqaq al-Blat | 2.1 km | 95 |
| Wadi Abu Jamil | 2.3 km | 93 |
| Karantina | 5.3 km | 79 |
| Dahyeh | 6.1 km | 68 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Beirut page.
Questions about walking in Ras Beirut
Is Ras Beirut walkable?
Yes. Ras Beirut 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 Ras Beirut more walkable than the rest of Beirut?
Ras Beirut is more walkable than Beirut as a whole: it scores 94, against 86 for the 5 km around Beirut's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Beirut neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Beirut?
Of the 5 Beirut neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Zuqaq al-Blat (95), Ras Beirut (94) and Wadi Abu Jamil (93).
How is the walkability score of Ras Beirut 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 Ras Beirut it is the average of 48 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.