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How walkable is Selly Oak?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Selly Oak 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Birmingham, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
553 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Selly Oak. The nearest grocery is The Food Warehouse, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Sainsbury's6 min
- M&S Foodhall8 min
- Big Johns1 min
- Connie's Cultural Cuisine1 min
- Angel Aquatics of Birmingham Est. 20081 min
- Delta Aquarium1 min
- Sliced N Diced4 min
- Costa Coffee7 min
- NatWest7 min
- Lloyd's Bank21 min
- Selly Oak Park7 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- St Mary’s CE Primary School, Selly Oak, B296 min
- Foundations Day Nursery8 min
- WHSmith7 min
- Kirisw15 min
- Kevin's Community Circus3 min
- George Cadbury Hall13 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Selly Oak at 52.4402, -1.9383. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 93 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Selly Oak
- 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 Selly Oak. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Birmingham
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Edgbaston | 3.6 km | 92 |
| Kings Norton | 3.7 km | 79 |
| Aston | 8.3 km | 87 |
| Erdington | 11.4 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Birmingham page.
Questions about walking in Selly Oak
Is Selly Oak walkable?
Yes. Selly Oak 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 Selly Oak more walkable than the rest of Birmingham?
Selly Oak is more walkable than Birmingham as a whole: it scores 87, against 82 for the 5 km around Birmingham's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Selly Oak 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 Selly Oak it is the average of 61 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.