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How walkable is Kings Norton?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Kings Norton has a walkability score of 79 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 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Birmingham, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
348 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Kings Norton. The nearest grocery is Martins, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, shopping, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Central Co-op Food1 min
- Michaels Supermarket10 min
- Moza Buns1 min
- Bulls Head1 min
- SPAR Kings Norton1 min
- Birmingham St Mary's Hospice Shop1 min
- Wild Bean Cafe10 min
- The Pit Stop Cafe14 min
- NatWest14 min
- Kings Norton Park4 min
- Unnamed park13 min
- Westhill House8 min
- Kings Norton Nursery School11 min
- Tower Of Song Music Venue10 min
- Great Park Cinema22 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Kings Norton at 52.4073, -1.9293. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 83 street intersections per km², and blocks average 79 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Kings Norton
- 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 Kings Norton. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Birmingham
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Selly Oak | 3.7 km | 87 |
| Edgbaston | 7.1 km | 92 |
| Aston | 11.5 km | 87 |
| Erdington | 14.3 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Birmingham page.
Questions about walking in Kings Norton
Is Kings Norton walkable?
Yes. Kings Norton in Birmingham has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Kings Norton more walkable than the rest of Birmingham?
Kings Norton is less walkable than Birmingham as a whole: it scores 79, against 82 for the 5 km around Birmingham's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Kings Norton 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 Kings Norton it is the average of 58 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.