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How walkable is Santa Cruz?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Santa Cruz has a walkability score of 99 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 most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Manila, which scores 89 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,377 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Santa Cruz. The nearest grocery is Puregold, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Robinsons Supermarket3 min
- Halal Spot & Halovers4 min
- KFC STA. CRUZ1 min
- Chowking1 min
- Mercury Drug Sta. Cruz Plaza1 min
- RL Jewelry Repair Shop1 min
- Dunkin'6 min
- Awi's Cafe & Restaurant7 min
- Philtrust Bank2 min
- Western Union2 min
- Arroceros Forest Park9 min
- Hidden Garden10 min
- Philippine Sun Yat Sen High School5 min
- San Vicente St. Binondo Manila5 min
- Cosmos Bazaar10 min
- FEU Library12 min
- Platinum Karaoke3 min
- Lords Theater4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Santa Cruz at 14.5999, 120.9803. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 162 street intersections per km², and blocks average 79 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Santa Cruz
- 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 Santa Cruz. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Manila
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Binondo | 700 m | 98 |
| San Miguel | 1.5 km | 94 |
| Tondo | 2.6 km | 88 |
| Paco | 2.8 km | 96 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Manila page.
Questions about walking in Santa Cruz
Is Santa Cruz walkable?
Yes. Santa Cruz in Manila has a walkability score of 99 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 Santa Cruz more walkable than the rest of Manila?
Santa Cruz is more walkable than Manila as a whole: it scores 99, against 89 for the 5 km around Manila's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Manila neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Manila?
Of the 5 Manila neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Santa Cruz (99), Binondo (98) and Paco (96).
How is the walkability score of Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz 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.