How walkable is Tao Poon?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Tao Poon has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Bangkok, which scores 92 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
838 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Tao Poon. The nearest grocery is แม่เตือนใจ, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for parks.
- ตลาดเตาปูน4 min
- Tesco Lotus (เทสโก้ โลตัส)7 min
- KAWA Izakaya1 min
- Cake Happy B1 min
- โรงรับจำนำ ประชาราษฎร์1 min
- ห้างทองกนกพรรณ1 min
- Tao Poon Station Coffee1 min
- Zeroco Coffee -Taopoon1 min
- ธนาคารกรุงเทพ (Bangkok Bank)3 min
- TMB Bank3 min
- Unnamed park27 min
- สวนสาธารณะสะพานพระราม 730 min
- โรงเรียนสุวรรณสุทธารามวิทยา15 min
- Watwetawantammawas School18 min
- Se-ed โลตัสประชาชื่น6 min
- ห้องสมุดกรมโยธาธิการและผังเมือง16 min
- ดอลล่าร์ คาราโอเกะ5 min
- Bn ลำเพลิน คาราโอเกะ7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Tao Poon at 13.8064, 100.5307. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 170 street intersections per km², and blocks average 66 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Tao Poon
- 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 Tao Poon. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Bangkok
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Talat Nang Loeng | 5.6 km | 95 |
| Bang Lamphu | 6.1 km | 95 |
| Sampheng | 7.8 km | 95 |
| Kudi Chin | 8.5 km | 97 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Bangkok page.
Questions about walking in Tao Poon
Is Tao Poon walkable?
Yes. Tao Poon in Bangkok has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Tao Poon more walkable than the rest of Bangkok?
Tao Poon is less walkable than Bangkok as a whole: it scores 87, against 92 for the 5 km around Bangkok's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Bangkok neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Bangkok?
Of the 5 Bangkok neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Kudi Chin (97), Sampheng (95) and Talat Nang Loeng (95).
How is the walkability score of Tao Poon 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 Tao Poon 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.