How walkable is Wola?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Wola has a walkability score of 84 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Warsaw, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
605 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Wola. The nearest grocery is Biedronka, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and parks.
- simply Market8 min
- Auchan8 min
- Barek sympatyczny6 min
- Roger That Foods - BURGER TAKEAWAY6 min
- Sklephildegarda.pl3 min
- Atlantika4 min
- Bioculture Cafe6 min
- Alta Qualita7 min
- Kantor Centrum Warszawa Piotr Budziński15 min
- Bank Pekao S.A. Oddział16 min
- Park Moczydło6 min
- Unnamed park7 min
- Przedszkole Jaśminowy Gaj10 min
- Szkoła Podstawowa nr 23611 min
- Biblioteka na Wolskiej14 min
- Ekoteka na Żytniej14 min
- Amfiteatr Centrum Kultury Wolski Park14 min
- Grandessa20 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Wola at 52.2362, 20.9548. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 47 street intersections per km², and blocks average 141 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Wola
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Wola. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Warsaw
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ochota | 2.9 km | 84 |
| Żoliborz | 3.9 km | 89 |
| Warsaw Old Town | 4.2 km | 97 |
| Śródmieście | 4.4 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Warsaw page.
Questions about walking in Wola
Is Wola walkable?
Yes. Wola in Warsaw has a walkability score of 84 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Wola more walkable than the rest of Warsaw?
Wola is less walkable than Warsaw as a whole: it scores 84, against 87 for the 5 km around Warsaw's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Warsaw neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Warsaw?
Of the 5 Warsaw neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Warsaw Old Town (97), Śródmieście (93) and Żoliborz (89).
How is the walkability score of Wola 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 Wola it is the average of 51 points spread evenly across the 2 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.