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How walkable is King Abdullah Financial District?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
King Abdullah Financial District has a walkability score of 68 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Riyadh, which scores 70 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
303 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of King Abdullah Financial District. The nearest grocery is Jones The Grocer, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, coffee and banks. It is weakest for parks and books & libraries.
- Carrefour Riyadh Park24 min
- Carrefour | كارفور25 min
- Mr Chow1 min
- Zuma Riyadh2 min
- شاليهات الرياض الفندقية9 min
- STC الاتصالات السعودية15 min
- Toby's Estate Coffee Roasters7 min
- Dunkin Donuts7 min
- SABB Bank ATM | بنك ساب27 min
- Emirates NBD ATM28 min
- مدارس الكون العالمية24 min
- Riyadh Winter Wonderland12 min
- Museum of Illusions - Riyadh25 min
Measured from the mapped centre of King Abdullah Financial District at 24.7657, 46.6407. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 67 street intersections per km², and blocks average 141 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across King Abdullah Financial District
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 850 m around the centre of King Abdullah Financial District. Rings mark 450 m and 850 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Riyadh
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh | 9.6 km | 48 |
| Al Rabwah | 14.4 km | 67 |
| Al Dubiyah | 17.5 km | 56 |
| Al Khaldiyeh neighborhood | 19.6 km | 38 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Riyadh page.
Questions about walking in King Abdullah Financial District
Is King Abdullah Financial District walkable?
Partly. King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh has a walkability score of 68 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is King Abdullah Financial District more walkable than the rest of Riyadh?
King Abdullah Financial District is about as walkable as Riyadh as a whole: it scores 68, against 70 for the 5 km around Riyadh's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Riyadh neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Riyadh?
Of the 5 Riyadh neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are King Abdullah Financial District (68), Al Rabwah (67) and Al Dubiyah (56).
How is the walkability score of King Abdullah Financial District 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 King Abdullah Financial District it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 850 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.