--- title: "Longbridge, Birmingham walkability score: 78/100" description: "Longbridge in Birmingham scores 78/100 for walkability (Very Walkable): what's within a walk and how it compares with Birmingham." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/longbridge updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [United Kingdom](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom) 3. [Birmingham](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham) 4. Longbridge # How walkable is Longbridge, Birmingham? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Longbridge has a walkability score of 78 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 19th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Birmingham, which scores 82 as a whole. 78 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #19 of 20 in Birmingham * 82 Birmingham overall * 88 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=52.39405&lon=-1.98075&q=Longbridge%2C%20Birmingham) ## What's within walking distance 343 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Longbridge. The nearest grocery is about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and parks. It is weakest for books & libraries. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * Marks & Spencer, 4 min * Sainsbury's, 4 min * Holland & Barrett, 6 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Greenlands Social Club, 2 min * M and A Fish Bar, 3 min * The Restaurant Hub, Longbridge, 4 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Hopwood Garden Centre, 1 min * Knights Pharmacy, 3 min * SPAR Longbridge, 3 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * M&S Café, 4 min * Costa Coffee, 5 min * The Old Tea Room On The Hill, 10 min ### Banks 0.7 of 1 point * Barclays, 10 min * TSB Bank, 10 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Austin Park, 6 min * Turves Green, 9 min * Cofton Park, 18 min ### Schools 0.7 of 1 point * St Columba's Catholic Primary School, 11 min * Turves Green Boys' School, 14 min * Cofton Primary School, 15 min ### Books & libraries 0.0 of 1 point * None within a 30 minute walk ### Culture & entertainment 0.8 of 1 point * Longbridge Innovation Centre, 8 min Measured from the mapped centre of Longbridge, Birmingham at 52.3941, -1.9808. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 102 street intersections per km², and blocks average 80 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Longbridge, Birmingham ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Longbridge. 81% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 46, is 900 m to the south.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/united-kingdom/birmingham/longbridge.svg?v=b82082e0b6bc) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Longbridge, Birmingham. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Birmingham | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Bournbrook](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/neighbourhoods#bournbrook) | 6.6 km | 85 | | [Harborne](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/harborne) | 7.6 km | 82 | | [Moseley](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/neighbourhoods#moseley) | 8.6 km | 79 | | [Bearwood](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/neighbourhoods#bearwood) | 9.2 km | 83 | | [Edgbaston](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/edgbaston) | 9.4 km | 92 | | [Springfield](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/neighbourhoods#springfield) | 9.9 km | 85 | | [Ladywood](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/ladywood) | 10.1 km | 94 | | [Chinese Quarter](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/neighbourhoods#chinese-quarter) | 10.6 km | 97 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Birmingham ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-kingdom/birmingham/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Longbridge, Birmingham ### Is Longbridge walkable? Yes. Longbridge in Birmingham has a walkability score of 78 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. ### Is Longbridge more walkable than the rest of Birmingham? Longbridge is less walkable than Birmingham as a whole: it scores 78, against 82 for the 5 km around Birmingham's centre. It is the 19th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Birmingham on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Birmingham? Of the 20 Birmingham neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are the Jewellery Quarter (98), the Chinese Quarter (97) and Digbeth (95). ### How is the walkability score of Longbridge 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 Longbridge 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. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Longbridge, Birmingham?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.