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How walkable is Clifton?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Clifton has a walkability score of 12 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: almost all errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Cape Town, which scores 74 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
46 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Clifton. There is no grocery store within a 30 minute walk. It earns full or nearly full points for parks. It is weakest for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Lievita Cape Town20 min
- The Bungalow24 min
- Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Clifton at -33.9353, 18.3791. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 6 street intersections per km², and blocks average 359 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 15%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Clifton
- 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 Clifton. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Cape Town
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Camps Bay | 2.2 km | 48 |
| Sea Point | 2.3 km | 92 |
| Bo-Kaap | 3.5 km | 94 |
| Claremont | 9.5 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Cape Town page.
Questions about walking in Clifton
Is Clifton walkable?
Not very. Clifton in Cape Town has a walkability score of 12 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: almost all errands require a car.
Is Clifton more walkable than the rest of Cape Town?
Clifton is less walkable than Cape Town as a whole: it scores 12, against 74 for the 5 km around Cape Town's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Clifton 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 Clifton it is the average of 34 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.