How walkable is Les Corts, Barcelona?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Les Corts has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 1.4 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the joint 14th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Barcelona, with 1 other, which scores 91 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,679 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Les Corts. The nearest grocery is about 7 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Caprabo, 7 min
- Condis, 10 min
Restaurants & bars
- Pool Bar, 4 min
- IMPAR Restaurant, 4 min
Shopping
- Farmàcia Marta Grau, 4 min
- CaixaBank, 5 min
Coffee
- Santagloria Coffee & Bakery, 4 min
- DUNKIN´, 4 min
Banks
- Cajero CaixaBank, 8 min
- Banco Mediolanum, 9 min
Parks
- Jardins de William Shakespeare, 5 min
- Jardins de Jaume Vicens i Vives, 5 min
Schools
- Liceo Francés de Barcelona, 10 min
- Institut d'educacion secundaria les corts, 13 min
Books & libraries
- UB CRAI Biblioteca de Farmacia i Ciencies de l'Alimentacio, 4 min
- CRAI Biblioteca de Ciencias de la Tierra, 6 min
Culture & entertainment
- Orfeó de Les Corts, 11 min
- Casal de Joves de les Corts, 11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Les Corts, Barcelona at 41.3873, 2.1205. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 97 street intersections per km², and blocks average 98 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Les Corts, Barcelona
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.4 km around the centre of Les Corts, Barcelona. Rings mark 700 m and 1.4 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Barcelona
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Pedralbes | 750 m | 89 |
| Sants | 1.8 km | 100 |
| Sarrià-Sant Gervasi | 1.9 km | 90 |
| L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | 2.9 km | 100 |
| Sant Antoni | 3.6 km | 100 |
| Montjuïc | 3.8 km | 75 |
| Gràcia | 3.8 km | 99 |
| El Raval | 4.1 km | 99 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Barcelona ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Les Corts, Barcelona
Is Les Corts walkable?
Yes. Les Corts in Barcelona has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 1.4 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Les Corts more walkable than the rest of Barcelona?
Les Corts is more walkable than Barcelona as a whole: it scores 96, against 91 for the 5 km around Barcelona's centre. It is the joint 14th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Barcelona, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Barcelona?
Of the 20 Barcelona neighbourhoods on How Walkable, 7 tie as the most walkable, each scoring 100: Sants, Sant Antoni, L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample and 4 others.
How is the walkability score of Les Corts 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 Les Corts it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.4 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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