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How walkable is Groenkloof?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Groenkloof has a walkability score of 58 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 Pretoria, which scores 52 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
118 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Groenkloof. The nearest grocery is Kwikspar, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks. It is weakest for banks and culture & entertainment.
- Checkers11 min
- Woolworths Food23 min
- Kauai8 min
- BIRD & CO.9 min
- Step Shoes7 min
- Vienna Jewellers8 min
- Motherland Coffee Company9 min
- Wiesenhof Coffee Shop10 min
- Jan Cilliers11 min
- Niew Muckleneuk Trim Park14 min
- Opti-Baby & Kids Brooklyn11 min
- Busy Bee Playschool22 min
- Saint John Vianney Seminary14 min
- Sabs18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Groenkloof at -25.7753, 28.2183. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 47 street intersections per km², and blocks average 117 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Groenkloof
- 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 Groenkloof. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Pretoria
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Waterkloof | 2.1 km | 60 |
| Sunnyside | 2.1 km | 74 |
| Capital Park, Pretoria | 6.5 km | 34 |
| Pretoria North | 12.3 km | 57 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Pretoria page.
Questions about walking in Groenkloof
Is Groenkloof walkable?
Partly. Groenkloof in Pretoria has a walkability score of 58 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Groenkloof more walkable than the rest of Pretoria?
Groenkloof is more walkable than Pretoria as a whole: it scores 58, against 52 for the 5 km around Pretoria's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Groenkloof 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 Groenkloof it is the average of 52 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.