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How walkable is Aston?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Aston has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Birmingham, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
677 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Aston. The nearest grocery is Costcutter, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Witton Post Office10 min
- Bangla Bazar11 min
- The Lions Lounge5 min
- Aston Villa FC Heineken Lounge6 min
- Birmingham7 min
- Skirting UK7 min
- Caspian Pizza (Aston)17 min
- Montys Cafe18 min
- Bank of East Asia20 min
- TSB Bank21 min
- Aston Park2 min
- Unnamed park2 min
- Manor Park Primary Academy6 min
- King Edward VI Aston School7 min
- NHS Information Authority16 min
- Usmani Book Centre16 min
- Town & County Leisure9 min
- Aston Manor Road Transport Museum10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Aston at 52.5066, -1.8813. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 96 street intersections per km², and blocks average 82 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Aston
- 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 Aston. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Birmingham
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Erdington | 3.4 km | 88 |
| Edgbaston | 4.9 km | 92 |
| Selly Oak | 8.3 km | 87 |
| Kings Norton | 11.5 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Birmingham page.
Questions about walking in Aston
Is Aston walkable?
Yes. Aston in Birmingham has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Aston more walkable than the rest of Birmingham?
Aston is more walkable than Birmingham as a whole: it scores 87, against 82 for the 5 km around Birmingham's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Birmingham neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Birmingham?
Of the 5 Birmingham neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Edgbaston (92), Erdington (88) and Selly Oak (87).
How is the walkability score of Aston 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 Aston it is the average of 60 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.