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How walkable is Oranjezicht, Cape Town?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Oranjezicht has a walkability score of 52 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 19th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Cape Town, which scores 74 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
516 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Oranjezicht. The nearest grocery is about 18 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks and schools. It is weakest for groceries, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Woolworths, 18 min
- The Store, 19 min
Restaurants & bars
- Ou meul, 5 min
- 19th At The Met, 9 min
Shopping
- 2cheap 49 Saint James Street, 13 min
- Giftime, 14 min
Coffee
- Shift Espresso Bar, 9 min
- Deer Park Cafe, 9 min
Banks
- Standard Bank, 17 min
- FNB Gardens, 18 min
Parks
- Van Riebeeck Park, 3 min
- Table Mountain National Park, 4 min
Schools
- St Cyprians School In The Woods, 4 min
- St Cyprian's School, 6 min
Books & libraries
- Kloof Street Public Library, 20 min
- Vredehoek Public Library, 21 min
Culture & entertainment
- Kind Regards, 23 min
- Bertram House, 24 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Oranjezicht, Cape Town at -33.9439, 18.4150. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 79 street intersections per km², and blocks average 85 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Oranjezicht, Cape Town
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 600 m around the centre of Oranjezicht, Cape Town. Rings mark 300 m and 600 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Cape Town
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vredehoek | 850 m | 70 |
| Gardens | 1.3 km | 93 |
| Tamboerskloof | 1.9 km | 87 |
| Zonnebloem | 2.2 km | 82 |
| Bo-Kaap | 2.6 km | 94 |
| Walmer Estate | 2.9 km | 70 |
| Foreshore | 3.2 km | 89 |
| De Waterkant | 3.2 km | 98 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Cape Town ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Oranjezicht, Cape Town
Is Oranjezicht walkable?
Partly. Oranjezicht in Cape Town has a walkability score of 52 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Oranjezicht more walkable than the rest of Cape Town?
Oranjezicht is less walkable than Cape Town as a whole: it scores 52, against 74 for the 5 km around Cape Town's centre. It is the 19th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Cape Town on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Cape Town?
Of the 20 Cape Town neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are De Waterkant (98), Bo-Kaap (94) and Gardens (93).
How is the walkability score of Oranjezicht 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 Oranjezicht it is the average of 54 points spread evenly across the 600 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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