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How walkable is Westminster?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Westminster 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in London, which scores 98 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
8,540 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Westminster. The nearest grocery is Tesco Express, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- SimplyFresh8 min
- Costcutter - The Broadway, London8 min
- St Stephen's Tavern2 min
- Badgers Pub2 min
- Habitat1 min
- Jubilee Shop1 min
- Caffè Nero2 min
- Costa Coffee3 min
- Barclays Bank - Westminster4 min
- B P Marsh & Partners4 min
- College Green3 min
- Dean's Yard4 min
- LEYF - House of Commons Nursery & Pre-School2 min
- Westminster School4 min
- UK Parliamentary Archives1 min
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, The2 min
- Jewel Tower1 min
- Empire War Museum2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Westminster at 51.5004, -0.1265. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 108 street intersections per km², and blocks average 67 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Westminster
- 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 Westminster. 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 | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Mayfair | 1.9 km | 99 |
| Chelsea | 3 km | 97 |
| Notting Hill | 5.6 km | 98 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the London page.
Questions about walking in Westminster
Is Westminster walkable?
Yes. Westminster 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 Westminster more walkable than the rest of London?
Westminster is about as walkable as London as a whole: it scores 99, against 98 for the 5 km around London's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Westminster 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 Westminster 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.