How walkable is Kololo?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Kololo has a walkability score of 61 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kampala, which scores 45 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
164 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Kololo. The nearest grocery is Jasmine Grocery Corner, about 18 minutes away on foot. It is weakest for groceries, coffee, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Woolworths Acacia20 min
- Ark Organics22 min
- Holy Crêpe3 min
- Miso Garden Uganda | Kampala14 min
- Kikaso Furniture Company Ltd12 min
- Acacia Place16 min
- Heights Bar and Cafe17 min
- Endiro Coffee19 min
- FINCA Uganda15 min
- Bank Of Africa Uganda18 min
- Independence Park17 min
- Seven Trees27 min
- Kitante Hill Secondary School22 min
- 7Hills International School22 min
- Makerere University Business School - Jinja28 min
- Electricity Regulatory Authority28 min
- AGASARO SAFARIS26 min
- Uganda Museum29 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Kololo at 0.3341, 32.5933. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 24 street intersections per km², and blocks average 238 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 9%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Kololo
- 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 Kololo. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kampala
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Katwe | 4.5 km | 46 |
| Luzira | 7.8 km | 15 |
| Busega | 8.7 km | 20 |
| Ggaba | 9.1 km | 31 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kampala page.
Questions about walking in Kololo
Is Kololo walkable?
Partly. Kololo in Kampala has a walkability score of 61 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Kololo more walkable than the rest of Kampala?
Kololo is more walkable than Kampala as a whole: it scores 61, against 45 for the 5 km around Kampala's centre. It ranks 1st 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 Kololo 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 Kololo 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.