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How walkable is Camps Bay?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Camps Bay has a walkability score of 48 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Cape Town, which scores 74 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
138 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Camps Bay. The nearest grocery is Pick n Pay Camps Bay, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks and schools. It is weakest for banks and books & libraries.
- Woolworths Café9 min
- Camps Bay10 min
- Camps Bay Social Club7 min
- Codfather Seafood & Sushi9 min
- The Vape Cafe9 min
- The Promenade9 min
- Starbucks10 min
- vida e caffè11 min
- Camps Bay Park6 min
- Unnamed park10 min
- Kidz Discovery6 min
- Moira's Pre- School8 min
- LAMTA9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Camps Bay at -33.9548, 18.3819. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 45 street intersections per km², and blocks average 148 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 4%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Camps Bay
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 950 m around the centre of Camps Bay. Rings mark 500 m and 950 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Cape Town
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton | 2.2 km | 12 |
| Sea Point | 4.3 km | 92 |
| Bo-Kaap | 4.8 km | 94 |
| Claremont | 8.2 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Cape Town page.
Questions about walking in Camps Bay
Is Camps Bay walkable?
Not very. Camps Bay in Cape Town has a walkability score of 48 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Camps Bay more walkable than the rest of Cape Town?
Camps Bay is less walkable than Cape Town as a whole: it scores 48, against 74 for the 5 km around Cape Town's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Cape Town neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Cape Town?
Of the 5 Cape Town neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Bo-Kaap (94), Sea Point (92) and Claremont (79).
How is the walkability score of Camps Bay 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 Camps Bay it is the average of 48 points spread evenly across the 950 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.