How walkable is Aram Bagh?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Aram Bagh has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Karachi, which scores 55 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
832 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Aram Bagh. The nearest grocery is Family Super Store & Pharmacy, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and books & libraries.
- Luqman Samosa House9 min
- Gold&Gold Super market9 min
- Haji Ahmed-uddin Kabab3 min
- Fresco Sweets3 min
- Abdul Kareem Furniture1 min
- Sohail Electricity1 min
- Mazi Speciality Coffee9 min
- Coffee Wagera9 min
- Habib Metropolitan Bank Main Branch11 min
- HBL Annexe12 min
- Tikon Park1 min
- Burns Garden7 min
- Kinder-Invictus School8 min
- Government Boys Lower Secondary School Nanakwara (408060183)8 min
- Al-Badar Study Centre4 min
- Mehran Book Bank5 min
- Bahria Fountain9 min
- The Cellar Space9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Aram Bagh at 24.8560, 67.0129. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 182 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Aram Bagh
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Aram Bagh. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Karachi
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bath Island | 2.8 km | 71 |
| Agra Taj Colony | 3.6 km | 37 |
| Nazimabad | 5.8 km | 61 |
| Bahadurabad | 6.2 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Karachi page.
Questions about walking in Aram Bagh
Is Aram Bagh walkable?
Yes. Aram Bagh in Karachi has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Aram Bagh more walkable than the rest of Karachi?
Aram Bagh is more walkable than Karachi as a whole: it scores 90, against 55 for the 5 km around Karachi's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Karachi neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Karachi?
Of the 5 Karachi neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Aram Bagh (90), Bahadurabad (88) and Bath Island (71).
How is the walkability score of Aram Bagh 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 Aram Bagh it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m 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.