--- title: "Athlone, Durban walkability score: 57/100 · How Walkable" description: "Athlone in Durban scores 57/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Durban." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/athlone updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [South Africa](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa) 3. [Durban](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban) 4. Athlone # How walkable is Athlone, Durban? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Athlone 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 joint 6th most walkable of the 16 neighbourhoods ranked in Durban, with 1 other, which scores 68 as a whole. 57 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * #6 of 16 tied, in Durban * 68 Durban overall * 63 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-29.80194&lon=31.03028&q=Athlone%2C%20Durban) ## 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. The nearest grocery is about 13 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping and schools. It is weakest for coffee. ### Groceries 1.6 of 3 points * SPAR, 13 min * SPAR Riverside, 14 min * Pick n Pay Hyper, 14 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.6 of 3 points * The Firehouse, 4 min * Chicken Licken, 5 min * Horse N' Hound, 6 min ### Shopping 1.9 of 2 points * Funky Pants HO Durban, 5 min * Second Chance Golf Shop, 6 min * Northway Centre, 6 min ### Coffee 0.5 of 2 points * vida e caffè, 16 min * Caltex Lagoon, 23 min ### Banks 0.5 of 1 point * Capitec Bank ATM, 14 min * FNB Briardene, 28 min ### Parks 0.4 of 1 point * Bridgevale Park, 16 min * Japanese Gardens, 18 min * Umgeni River Bird Park, 22 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Milestones Playschool, 4 min * Broad Acres Pre Primary School, 8 min * Annies Busy Beez, 9 min ### Books & libraries 0.6 of 1 point * Varsity College Durban Library, 12 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.5 of 1 point * Durban North Shopping Centre, 14 min * Umgeni River Bird Park, 25 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Athlone. 10% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 34, is 850 m to the north.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/south-africa/durban/athlone.svg?v=a405e2ed28bc) 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 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Broadway](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/neighbourhoods#broadway) | 1.9 km | 70 | | [Sea Cow Lake](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/neighbourhoods#sea-cow-lake) | 2.2 km | 33 | | [Kenville](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/neighbourhoods#kenville) | 2.8 km | 29 | | [Stamford Hill](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/stamford-hill) | 3.2 km | 71 | | [Avoca](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/avoca) | 3.7 km | 37 | | [Sydenham](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/sydenham) | 4.5 km | 73 | | [Overport](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/neighbourhoods#overport) | 4.6 km | 89 | | [Sherwood](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/neighbourhoods#sherwood) | 5.9 km | 61 | See [all 16 neighbourhoods of Durban ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/south-africa/durban/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Athlone, Durban ### Is Athlone walkable? Partly. Athlone in 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 more walkable than the rest of Durban? Athlone is less walkable than Durban as a whole: it scores 57, against 68 for the 5 km around Durban's centre. It is the joint 6th most walkable of the 16 neighbourhoods ranked in Durban, with 1 other on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Durban? Of the 16 Durban neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Overport (89), Sydenham (73) and Stamford Hill (71). ### How is the walkability score of Athlone 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 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. 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Athlone, Durban?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.