How walkable is Wadi Abu Jamil?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Wadi Abu Jamil has a walkability score of 93 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Beirut, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,072 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Wadi Abu Jamil. The nearest grocery is Al Rifai Roastery SAL - Downtown Beirut, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Urban Market13 min
- Archibon15 min
- Patisserie Noura3 min
- Al Sultan Brahim3 min
- BOSS Menswear Store4 min
- Zadig & Voltaire5 min
- Suz' Coffee Bar6 min
- GRID | Coffee Matrix7 min
- Fransabank Group5 min
- Bankmed5 min
- د. محمد خالد5 min
- جبران خليل جبران6 min
- Panda Playschool7 min
- Green lebanon school11 min
- Librairie Antoine9 min
- Furn el chebak12 min
- Beirut Souks Cinemacity10 min
- Beirut National Museum11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Wadi Abu Jamil at 33.8974, 35.4993. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 223 street intersections per km², and blocks average 61 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Wadi Abu Jamil
- 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 Wadi Abu Jamil. 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 | 500 m | 95 |
| Ras Beirut | 2.3 km | 94 |
| Karantina | 3.1 km | 79 |
| Dahyeh | 5.9 km | 68 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Beirut page.
Questions about walking in Wadi Abu Jamil
Is Wadi Abu Jamil walkable?
Yes. Wadi Abu Jamil in Beirut has a walkability score of 93 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 Wadi Abu Jamil more walkable than the rest of Beirut?
Wadi Abu Jamil is more walkable than Beirut as a whole: it scores 93, against 86 for the 5 km around Beirut's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Wadi Abu Jamil 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 Wadi Abu Jamil it is the average of 57 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.