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How walkable is Muhaisnah?

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Muhaisnah has a walkability score of 40 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Sharjah, which scores 61 as a whole.

40 out of 100: Car-Dependent
Most errands require a car.
#5 of 5
in Sharjah
61
Sharjah overall
51
at the centre
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What's within walking distance

57 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Muhaisnah. The nearest grocery is Deyar Al Madina Supermarket, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for banks. It is weakest for coffee, parks and books & libraries.

Groceries
Deyar Al Madina Supermarket
7min2.6 of 3 points
  • Maafi Supermarket11 min
  • Al Madina Hypermarket-Sonapur Medical Centre12 min
Restaurants & bars
Mirza Muhammad Restaurant
7min1.3 of 3 points
  • The Elite Edition Restaurant9 min
  • Burger King16 min
Shopping
Aster Pharmacy Muhaisnah 2
6min1.1 of 2 points
  • Muhaisna Star Pharmacy8 min
  • جمعية دبي الخيرية15 min
Coffee
Costa Coffee
27min0.0 of 2 points
Banks
CBD ATM Saleh Construction Sonapur
4min1.0 of 1 point
  • Emirates NBD ATM9 min
  • Cbd Atm Mohap19 min
Parks
Muhaisnah 1 Park 2
17min0.3 of 1 point
  • Dubai Public Park20 min
  • Muhaisnah 1 Park 125 min
Schools
Beginnings Montessori Nursery
15min0.4 of 1 point
  • Beginnings Early Childhood Centre15 min
  • Greenwood International School30 min
Books & libraries
None within a 30 minute walk
–-0.0 of 1 point
Culture & entertainment
Fox Cinema Dubai
9min0.8 of 1 point

Measured from the mapped centre of Muhaisnah at 25.2607, 55.4197. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 89 street intersections per km², and blocks average 77 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

Walkability across Muhaisnah

Walkability scores across the 2 km around the centre of Muhaisnah5141544158445037385141503735383652422925423446394745423832432239454634414436354433413653184821394534424340472135475424N
  • 90+
  • 70–89
  • 50–69
  • 25–49
  • 0–24

Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Muhaisnah. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Nearby neighbourhoods in Sharjah

NeighbourhoodDistanceScore
Al Qusais3.6 km73
Al Twar4.1 km74
Abu Hail9.6 km83
Al Baraha10.3 km82

See every neighbourhood ranked on the Sharjah page.

Questions about walking in Muhaisnah

Is Muhaisnah walkable?

Not very. Muhaisnah in Sharjah has a walkability score of 40 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.

Is Muhaisnah more walkable than the rest of Sharjah?

Muhaisnah is less walkable than Sharjah as a whole: it scores 40, against 61 for the 5 km around Sharjah's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Muhaisnah 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 Muhaisnah it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 2 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.