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How walkable is Capital Park, Pretoria?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Capital Park, Pretoria has a walkability score of 34 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Pretoria, which scores 52 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
35 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Capital Park, Pretoria. The nearest grocery is SPAR Express, about 13 minutes away on foot. It is weakest for restaurants & bars, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Spar Express21 min
- RVN Beds16 min
- Time for Wine17 min
- Chubbies Grill13 min
- East Park12 min
- Zoo picnic spot27 min
- Capital Park Primary School11 min
- Jolly Jungle Pre Primary School11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Capital Park, Pretoria at -25.7242, 28.1878. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 28 street intersections per km², and blocks average 147 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 5%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Capital Park, Pretoria
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 850 m around the centre of Capital Park, Pretoria. Rings mark 450 m and 850 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Pretoria
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 4.4 km | 74 |
| Pretoria North | 5.9 km | 57 |
| Groenkloof | 6.5 km | 58 |
| Waterkloof | 7.9 km | 60 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Pretoria page.
Questions about walking in Capital Park, Pretoria
Is Capital Park, Pretoria walkable?
Not very. Capital Park, Pretoria has a walkability score of 34 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Capital Park, Pretoria more walkable than the rest of Pretoria?
Capital Park, Pretoria is less walkable than Pretoria as a whole: it scores 34, against 52 for the 5 km around Pretoria's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Pretoria neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Pretoria?
Of the 5 Pretoria neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Sunnyside (74), Waterkloof (60) and Groenkloof (58).
How is the walkability score of Capital Park, Pretoria 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 Capital Park, Pretoria it is the average of 47 points spread evenly across the 850 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.