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How walkable is Athlone, Durban?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Athlone, Durban has a walkability score of 57 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Durban, which scores 68 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
135 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Athlone, Durban. The nearest grocery is SPAR, about 13 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping and schools. It is weakest for coffee.
- SPAR Riverside14 min
- Pick n Pay Hyper14 min
- Chicken Licken5 min
- Horse N' Hound6 min
- Second Chance Golf Shop6 min
- Northway Centre6 min
- Caltex Lagoon23 min
- FNB Briardene28 min
- Japanese Gardens18 min
- Umgeni River Bird Park22 min
- Broad Acres Pre Primary School8 min
- Annies Busy Beez9 min
- Umgeni River Bird Park25 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Athlone, Durban at -29.8019, 31.0303. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 64 street intersections per km², and blocks average 106 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Athlone, Durban
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Athlone, Durban. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Durban
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Stamford Hill, Durban | 3.2 km | 71 |
| Avoca, Durban | 3.7 km | 37 |
| Sydenham | 4.5 km | 73 |
| Cato Manor | 10.1 km | 22 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Durban page.
Questions about walking in Athlone, Durban
Is Athlone, Durban walkable?
Partly. Athlone, Durban has a walkability score of 57 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Athlone, Durban more walkable than the rest of Durban?
Athlone, Durban is less walkable than Durban as a whole: it scores 57, against 68 for the 5 km around Durban's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Durban neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Durban?
Of the 5 Durban neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Sydenham (73), Stamford Hill, Durban (71) and Athlone, Durban (57).
How is the walkability score of Athlone, Durban 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 Athlone, Durban it is the average of 56 points spread evenly across the 1 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.