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How walkable is Waterkloof?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Waterkloof has a walkability score of 60 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 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Pretoria, which scores 52 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
249 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Waterkloof. The nearest grocery is Spar Waterkloof, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks and schools.
- Pick n Pay14 min
- Checkers Brooklyn14 min
- Piza e Vino10 min
- Hennie's Waterkloof11 min
- TOPS at SPAR Rosslyn9 min
- Arrie Nel Waterkloof Corner Pharmacy9 min
- Midstream Flowers and Gifts Co15 min
- Cafe Frescatti15 min
- TymeBank Kiosk Totalsports Brooklyn Mall Pta17 min
- Standard Bank18 min
- Niemeyer Square19 min
- Jan Cilliers23 min
- Waterkloof Pre-School & Aftercare5 min
- Rainbow Montessori Preschool11 min
- Bargain Books17 min
- CUM Books17 min
- Ster-Kinekor17 min
- SK Cinema Brooklyn Mall17 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Waterkloof at -25.7792, 28.2383. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 62 street intersections per km², and blocks average 107 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 Waterkloof
- 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 Waterkloof. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Pretoria
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Groenkloof | 2.1 km | 58 |
| Sunnyside | 3.6 km | 74 |
| Capital Park, Pretoria | 7.9 km | 34 |
| Pretoria North | 13.5 km | 57 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Pretoria page.
Questions about walking in Waterkloof
Is Waterkloof walkable?
Partly. Waterkloof in Pretoria has a walkability score of 60 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Waterkloof more walkable than the rest of Pretoria?
Waterkloof is more walkable than Pretoria as a whole: it scores 60, against 52 for the 5 km around Pretoria's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Waterkloof 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 Waterkloof it is the average of 61 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.