How walkable is Söğütözü?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Söğütözü has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 800 m 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 Ankara, which scores 91 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
977 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Söğütözü. The nearest grocery is Söğütözü Çankaya Ankara, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and banks.
- Çağdaş Market7 min
- Dumlupınar Çankaya Ankara7 min
- Simit Sarayı4 min
- Burger King6 min
- Macera Cumhuriyeti - Ankara Armada AVM4 min
- Vivense6 min
- The Picnic6 min
- Mint Garden Cafe Bistro6 min
- VakıfBank ATM2 min
- Vakıfbank2 min
- Unnamed park12 min
- Çansera Kent Bahçesi14 min
- Cebesoy İlkokulu8 min
- Lhü Kariyer10 min
- TOBB ETÜ Kütüphanesi16 min
- D&R19 min
- Atatürk kolibası15 min
- Çankaya Binicilik17 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Söğütözü at 39.9128, 32.7952. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 75 street intersections per km², and blocks average 119 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 Söğütözü
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 800 m around the centre of Söğütözü. Rings mark 400 m and 800 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Ankara
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bahçelievler | 3.2 km | 99 |
| Kızılay, Çankaya | 4.9 km | 100 |
| Ulus | 6 km | 96 |
| Gaziosmanpaşa | 6.3 km | 99 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Ankara page.
Questions about walking in Söğütözü
Is Söğütözü walkable?
Yes. Söğütözü in Ankara has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 800 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Söğütözü more walkable than the rest of Ankara?
Söğütözü is less walkable than Ankara as a whole: it scores 86, against 91 for the 5 km around Ankara's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Ankara neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Ankara?
Of the 5 Ankara neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Kızılay, Çankaya (100), Gaziosmanpaşa (99) and Bahçelievler (99).
How is the walkability score of Söğütözü 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 Söğütözü it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 800 m 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.