How walkable is Carabanchel, Madrid?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Carabanchel has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 18th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Madrid, which scores 92 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,390 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Carabanchel. The nearest grocery is about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, parks and books & libraries.
Groceries
- Supermercados Dia, 5 min
- Ahorramás, 5 min
Restaurants & bars
- Asador De Pollos, 4 min
- Cervecería Bar Gredos, 4 min
Shopping
- Farmacia Online Envío Gratis | Farmacia Store Madrid, 3 min
- Taller Oficial MG Gamboa Mobility - Aguacate (Carabanchel), 3 min
Coffee
- Condesa de Teba, 19 min
- Cafeteria Urosa, 19 min
Banks
- Banco Santander, 9 min
- BBVA, 9 min
Parks
- Parque Chirivita, 3 min
- Parque Ayamonte, 3 min
Schools
- Escuela de Educación Infantil las Amapolas, 8 min
- Diventium, 8 min
Books & libraries
- Papeleria De Colores, 9 min
- Papelería Librería Duendes, 12 min
Culture & entertainment
- Sala Live, 17 min
- Circo Quirós, 19 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Carabanchel, Madrid at 40.3742, -3.7447. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 151 street intersections per km², and blocks average 76 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Carabanchel, Madrid
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Carabanchel, Madrid. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Madrid
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Usera | 3.4 km | 94 |
| Arganzuela | 4.7 km | 98 |
| Lavapiés | 5.3 km | 100 |
| Atocha | 6 km | 99 |
| Argüelles | 6.4 km | 100 |
| Universidad | 6.6 km | 100 |
| Chueca | 6.6 km | 100 |
| Retiro | 7.1 km | 98 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Madrid ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Carabanchel, Madrid
Is Carabanchel walkable?
Yes. Carabanchel in Madrid has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Carabanchel more walkable than the rest of Madrid?
Carabanchel is about as walkable as Madrid as a whole: it scores 90, against 92 for the 5 km around Madrid's centre. It is the 18th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Madrid on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Madrid?
Of the 20 Madrid neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Universidad (100), Argüelles (100), Chamberí (100), Chueca (100) and Lavapiés (100).
How is the walkability score of Carabanchel 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 Carabanchel it is the average of 53 points spread evenly across the 2 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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