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How walkable is Derb Ghallef?

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Derb Ghallef has a walkability score of 79 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 Casablanca, which scores 68 as a whole.

79 out of 100: Very Walkable
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
#3 of 5
in Casablanca
68
Casablanca overall
78
at the centre
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What's within walking distance

671 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Derb Ghallef. The nearest grocery is Carrefour Market Abdelmoumen, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping and schools. It is weakest for banks.

Groceries
Carrefour Market Abdelmoumen
9min2.3 of 3 points
  • Wewul19 min
  • Mijhar20 min
Restaurants & bars
Decalaminage Moteur H2 Clean
3min2.7 of 3 points
  • Alo Beyrouth6 min
  • ALICE Fast Food7 min
Shopping
HiteckLAND s.a.r.l
3min2.0 of 2 points
  • Adya Store4 min
  • Derb Ghallef5 min
Coffee
Espace soraya
9min1.6 of 2 points
  • Le Massylia Café9 min
  • Boost Coffee Abdelmoumen11 min
Banks
Bank Of Africa
22min0.1 of 1 point
  • BMCI22 min
  • CIH BANK23 min
Parks
Jardins des Hopitaux
9min0.7 of 1 point
  • Jardin des Hopitaux10 min
  • Bonnat Square11 min
Schools
Lycée Collège En-Nour1
6min0.9 of 1 point
  • Kipina Kids Casablanca9 min
  • Crèche Okarina11 min
Books & libraries
Union 2S
8min0.8 of 1 point
  • Maarif Culture Bookstore23 min
  • Librairie Le Carrefour des Livres23 min
Culture & entertainment
Placebo Studio
12min0.6 of 1 point
  • Les p'tits solistes Centre Artistique22 min
  • CINEDEA - Cinema & Design academies23 min

Measured from the mapped centre of Derb Ghallef at 33.5736, -7.6296. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 186 street intersections per km², and blocks average 70 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

Walkability across Derb Ghallef

Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Derb Ghallef78778280817777808082837781738183788677728072798277887290728783688090739177717974926788687692836977887389699170687593709178N
  • 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 Derb Ghallef. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Nearby neighbourhoods in Casablanca

NeighbourhoodDistanceScore
Bourgogne3 km84
Medina of Casablanca3.1 km86
Ain Diab5.2 km42
Aïn Sebaâ9.2 km62

See every neighbourhood ranked on the Casablanca page.

Questions about walking in Derb Ghallef

Is Derb Ghallef walkable?

Yes. Derb Ghallef in Casablanca has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.

Is Derb Ghallef more walkable than the rest of Casablanca?

Derb Ghallef is more walkable than Casablanca as a whole: it scores 79, against 68 for the 5 km around Casablanca's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Casablanca neighbourhoods on How Walkable.

What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Casablanca?

Of the 5 Casablanca neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Medina of Casablanca (86), Bourgogne (84) and Derb Ghallef (79).

How is the walkability score of Derb Ghallef 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 Derb Ghallef it is the average of 61 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.