How walkable is Lypky?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Lypky has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kyiv, which scores 72 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,336 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Lypky. The nearest grocery is ВК Експрес, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Велика Кишеня Експрес4 min
- Auchan Pick Up Point Липская, Киев5 min
- Ресторан NOW2 min
- Rezept Kitchen and Bar3 min
- ANGO. Авторская обувь и аксессуары.2 min
- anna bublik7 min
- Золотий дукат3 min
- Liberty-Cafe 5.104 min
- Ощадбанк3 min
- Аркада Банк8 min
- дендропарк Олександра Богомольця11 min
- Українського радіо20 min
- Baby Club16 min
- Дистанційний ліцей "Меридіан" м.Київ17 min
- Group of Companies Med Expert14 min
- Бібліотека Національної музичної академії України15 min
- Кортес / Відеопроєкт театру «Золоті ворота»3 min
- Особняк Графини Уваровой3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Lypky at 50.4449, 30.5331. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 42 street intersections per km², and blocks average 108 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Lypky
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Lypky. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kyiv
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Old Kyiv | 1.5 km | 94 |
| Pechersk | 1.6 km | 84 |
| Pecherskyi District | 2.1 km | 75 |
| Obolon | 7.6 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kyiv page.
Questions about walking in Lypky
Is Lypky walkable?
Yes. Lypky in Kyiv has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Lypky more walkable than the rest of Kyiv?
Lypky is more walkable than Kyiv as a whole: it scores 92, against 72 for the 5 km around Kyiv's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Kyiv neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kyiv?
Of the 5 Kyiv neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Old Kyiv (94), Lypky (92) and Pechersk (84).
How is the walkability score of Lypky 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 Lypky it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 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.