How Walkable
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How walkable is Al Twar?

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Al Twar has a walkability score of 74 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Sharjah, which scores 61 as a whole.

74 out of 100: Very Walkable
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
#3 of 5
in Sharjah
61
Sharjah overall
80
at the centre
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What's within walking distance

220 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Al Twar. The nearest grocery is Madina Market, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for coffee and schools. It is weakest for culture & entertainment.

Groceries
Madina Market
8min2.5 of 3 points
  • Spinneys12 min
  • West Zone Fresh Supermarket12 min
Restaurants & bars
Krispy Kreme
6min2.5 of 3 points
  • Papa Johns - ENOC 1001 Al Twar7 min
  • arakkalpalace8 min
Shopping
Aster Pharmacy - Al Twar 2 (Medicom 11)
8min1.6 of 2 points
  • Abu Farees Trading LLC8 min
  • Executive Optics LLC9 min
Coffee
Starbucks
5min1.9 of 2 points
  • Mud Mug Cafe8 min
  • Costa Coffee8 min
Banks
Dubai Islamic Bank
8min0.8 of 1 point
  • مصرف الهلال8 min
  • Emirates NBD9 min
Parks
Unnamed park
10min0.7 of 1 point
  • Al Twar Park 110 min
  • Dubai Public Park30 min
Schools
Deira Montessori Nursery
6min0.9 of 1 point
  • British Orchard Nursery8 min
  • Star International School11 min
Books & libraries
Al Twar Library
9min0.8 of 1 point
  • Dubai Public Library9 min
  • Dubai Library Distributors10 min
Culture & entertainment
Kids Corner-Madina Mall
18min0.2 of 1 point
  • Kalamandalam Music and Dance Centre22 min
  • Asha Sharath Cultural Centre30 min

Measured from the mapped centre of Al Twar at 25.2624, 55.3795. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 107 street intersections per km², and blocks average 97 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

Walkability across Al Twar

Walkability scores across the 1.5 km around the centre of Al Twar80607091947887409662798291386196927787436493785679778496934479958091598064918544676369916129907162N
  • 90+
  • 70–89
  • 50–69
  • 25–49
  • 0–24

Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.5 km around the centre of Al Twar. Rings mark 750 m and 1.5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Nearby neighbourhoods in Sharjah

NeighbourhoodDistanceScore
Al Qusais1.1 km73
Muhaisnah4.1 km40
Abu Hail5.7 km83
Al Baraha6.4 km82

See every neighbourhood ranked on the Sharjah page.

Questions about walking in Al Twar

Is Al Twar walkable?

Yes. Al Twar in Sharjah has a walkability score of 74 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.

Is Al Twar more walkable than the rest of Sharjah?

Al Twar is more walkable than Sharjah as a whole: it scores 74, against 61 for the 5 km around Sharjah's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Sharjah neighbourhoods on How Walkable.

What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Sharjah?

Of the 5 Sharjah neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Abu Hail (83), Al Baraha (82) and Al Twar (74).

How is the walkability score of Al Twar 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 Al Twar it is the average of 49 points spread evenly across the 1.5 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.