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How walkable is Notting Hill?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Notting Hill has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in London, which scores 98 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,313 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Notting Hill. The nearest grocery is Tesco Express, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- The Grocer On Elgin7 min
- Holland & Barrett8 min
- Core by Clare Smyth4 min
- It's Bagels Notting Hill4 min
- Catherine Buckley Ltd.4 min
- Westend Flooring Masters4 min
- Morelli's Gelato Portobello6 min
- We Are Tea7 min
- RBS11 min
- Woolwich11 min
- Colville Square Gardens8 min
- Holland Park9 min
- The Acorn Nursery School1 min
- Bright Horizons Holland Park Day Nursery and Preschool3 min
- Daunt Books8 min
- The Notting Hill Bookshop9 min
- Notting Hill Film Locations6 min
- Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate8 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Notting Hill at 51.5110, -0.2055. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 159 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Notting Hill
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the centre of Notting Hill. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in London
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 3.7 km | 97 |
| Mayfair | 4.1 km | 99 |
| Westminster | 5.6 km | 99 |
| Covent Garden | 5.7 km | 100 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the London page.
Questions about walking in Notting Hill
Is Notting Hill walkable?
Yes. Notting Hill in London has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Notting Hill more walkable than the rest of London?
Notting Hill is about as walkable as London as a whole: it scores 98, against 98 for the 5 km around London's centre. It ranks 4th 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 Notting Hill 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 Notting Hill it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 700 m 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.