How walkable is Katwe?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Katwe has a walkability score of 46 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kampala, which scores 45 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
274 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Katwe. The nearest grocery is Kilembe Vanilla Exporters Ltd, about 25 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping. It is weakest for groceries, restaurants & bars, coffee and books & libraries.
- Nyanzi City Butchery26 min
- Capital Shoppers26 min
- HopesKitchen Restaurant and Bar14 min
- H&M Foods and Outside Catering16 min
- Mutiima electronics and fridges3 min
- Nansubuga And Brothers3 min
- Planet ice lugogo.25 min
- Café Javas30 min
- Equity Bank22 min
- DFCU Bank26 min
- Pan African Freedom Square15 min
- Villa Park24 min
- Katwe United Primary School8 min
- Kampala Junior Academy Makindye13 min
- Jenna Plaza ,Nkrumah Road29 min
- Shreeji Stationers30 min
- Uganda Islamic Museum and Research Centre14 min
- IB Gym and Dance Studio27 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Katwe at 0.2972, 32.5759. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 83 street intersections per km², and blocks average 85 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Katwe
- 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 Katwe. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kampala
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kololo | 4.5 km | 61 |
| Busega | 6.5 km | 20 |
| Ggaba | 7.4 km | 31 |
| Luzira | 8.6 km | 15 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kampala page.
Questions about walking in Katwe
Is Katwe walkable?
Not very. Katwe in Kampala has a walkability score of 46 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Katwe more walkable than the rest of Kampala?
Katwe is about as walkable as Kampala as a whole: it scores 46, against 45 for the 5 km around Kampala's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Kampala neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kampala?
Of the 5 Kampala neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Kololo (61), Katwe (46) and Ggaba (31).
How is the walkability score of Katwe 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 Katwe it is the average of 56 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.