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How walkable is Braamfontein?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Braamfontein has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Johannesburg, which scores 61 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,100 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Braamfontein. The nearest grocery is Pick n Pay, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- T&G5 min
- KWIKSPAR Park Station14 min
- Burger King Braamfontein1 min
- The Omni1 min
- Footgear1 min
- PEP Cell1 min
- Vélo3 min
- Double Shot Tea & Coffee4 min
- ABSA1 min
- African Bank JHB Braamfontein1 min
- Queen Elizabeth Bridge Park10 min
- Atteell Gardens Park16 min
- Matlametlong Primary School2 min
- Leeds Primary and High School4 min
- BioPhy Library7 min
- Van Schaik Bookstore7 min
- The Alexander Theatre2 min
- UntitledBasement2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Braamfontein at -26.1923, 28.0361. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 77 street intersections per km², and blocks average 96 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 Braamfontein
- 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 Braamfontein. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Johannesburg
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Hillbrow | 1.3 km | 94 |
| Parktown | 1.4 km | 68 |
| Jeppestown | 3.6 km | 77 |
| Sophiatown | 6.3 km | 54 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Johannesburg page.
Questions about walking in Braamfontein
Is Braamfontein walkable?
Yes. Braamfontein in Johannesburg has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Braamfontein more walkable than the rest of Johannesburg?
Braamfontein is more walkable than Johannesburg as a whole: it scores 92, against 61 for the 5 km around Johannesburg's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Johannesburg neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Johannesburg?
Of the 5 Johannesburg neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Hillbrow (94), Braamfontein (92) and Jeppestown (77).
How is the walkability score of Braamfontein 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 Braamfontein it is the average of 60 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.