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How walkable is Mayfair?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Mayfair has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in London, which scores 98 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
11,301 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Mayfair. The nearest grocery is Costcutter, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Holland & Barrett6 min
- Sainsbury's Local7 min
- Nikita1 min
- Cipriani London1 min
- Vivienne Westwood1 min
- Maison Goyard1 min
- Cafe L'Express1 min
- Lali2 min
- Bank of Ireland2 min
- QIB (U K) PLC3 min
- Mount Street Gardens3 min
- Grosvenor Square4 min
- Premier Tutors6 min
- King's InterHigh8 min
- Chappell of Bond Street4 min
- Cooking For Children4 min
- Castle Fine Art2 min
- Eiffla Tower Paris2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Mayfair at 51.5111, -0.1471. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 230 street intersections per km², and blocks average 61 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Mayfair
- 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 Mayfair. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in London
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Covent Garden | 1.7 km | 100 |
| Westminster | 1.9 km | 99 |
| Chelsea | 2.8 km | 97 |
| Notting Hill | 4.1 km | 98 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the London page.
Questions about walking in Mayfair
Is Mayfair walkable?
Yes. Mayfair in London has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Mayfair more walkable than the rest of London?
Mayfair is about as walkable as London as a whole: it scores 99, against 98 for the 5 km around London's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 London neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in London?
Of the 5 London neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Covent Garden (100), Mayfair (99) and Westminster (99).
How is the walkability score of Mayfair 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 Mayfair it is the average of 55 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.