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How walkable is Desa Petaling?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Desa Petaling has a walkability score of 80 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 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kuala Lumpur, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
482 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Desa Petaling. The nearest grocery is Giant, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, schools and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for banks, parks and books & libraries.
- Cowboy Cold Storage4 min
- Kk Supermart & Superstore Desa Petaling4 min
- Warung Mamak KK3 min
- JH Toast House • Desa Petaling3 min
- FamilyMart3 min
- S*PARK (Plaza Salak Park)3 min
- Flapdoodle Coffee5 min
- Hometown Hainan Coffee5 min
- Public Bank17 min
- Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad28 min
- Sri petaling Recreational Park28 min
- Taman Tasik Permaisuri29 min
- Think Tanker Preschool & Childcare Centre7 min
- SK Salak South13 min
- Pustaka KL @ Bandar Tun Razak22 min
- 丽星歌唱培训中心7 min
- Zoo Negara Kuala Lumpur Zoo18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Desa Petaling at 3.0842, 101.7036. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 72 street intersections per km², and blocks average 100 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Desa Petaling
- 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 Desa Petaling. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bandar Tasik Selatan | 1.6 km | 79 |
| Bukit Bintang | 7 km | 98 |
| Kuala Lumpur City Centre | 8.1 km | 95 |
| Chow Kit | 9 km | 96 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kuala Lumpur page.
Questions about walking in Desa Petaling
Is Desa Petaling walkable?
Yes. Desa Petaling in Kuala Lumpur has a walkability score of 80 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Desa Petaling more walkable than the rest of Kuala Lumpur?
Desa Petaling is about as walkable as Kuala Lumpur as a whole: it scores 80, against 79 for the 5 km around Kuala Lumpur's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Kuala Lumpur neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur?
Of the 5 Kuala Lumpur neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Bukit Bintang (98), Chow Kit (96) and Kuala Lumpur City Centre (95).
How is the walkability score of Desa Petaling 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 Desa Petaling 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.