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How walkable is Nottingham?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Nottingham has a walkability score of 81 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 6th most walkable of the 20 cities ranked in the United Kingdom, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the centre
2,409 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Nottingham. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Fresh Asian Food Mart, 8 min
- 1212 Afro-Caribbean Food shop, 10 min
Restaurants & bars
- Naughty But Nice Too, 5 min
- The Landing, 6 min
Shopping
- Trendco Nottingham, 5 min
- Students Union Express, 6 min
Coffee
- Punch Coffee, 8 min
- Dotty's, 8 min
Banks
- NatWest, 9 min
- RBS, 12 min
Parks
- Heskey Park & Play Area, 10 min
- Independent Street Park, 13 min
Schools
- Nottingham Girls' High School, 3 min
- Hollygirt School, 11 min
Books & libraries
- Boots Library, 7 min
- Blackwell's, 7 min
Culture & entertainment
- Squire Performing Arts Centre, 4 min
- The Level, 7 min
Measured from the centre at 52.9614, -1.1579, the point near Nottingham's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 138 street intersections per km², and blocks average 67 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Nottingham's score of 81 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 96 within 1 km of the centre, 88 from 1 to 3 km out and 75 from 3 to 5 km out. 83% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Nottingham. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 95 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 96 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 88 | 100% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 75 | 70% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester, United Kingdom | 35 km | 75 |
| Sheffield, United Kingdom | 52 km | 75 |
| Coventry, United Kingdom | 66 km | 73 |
| Birmingham, United Kingdom | 73 km | 82 |
| Manchester, United Kingdom | 93 km | 86 |
Questions about walking in Nottingham
Is Nottingham a walkable city?
Around its centre, yes. Nottingham has a walkability score of 81 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 95. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 6th of 20 cities in the United Kingdom and joint 115th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in the United Kingdom?
London is the most walkable of the 20 cities ranked in the United Kingdom, with a score of 98. Nottingham ranks joint 6th with 81.
How does Nottingham compare with nearby cities?
Nottingham is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 81, against Leicester (75, 35 km away), Sheffield (75, 52 km away) and Coventry (73, 66 km away).
Which part of Nottingham is most walkable?
The streets just around Nottingham's centre are its most walkable, averaging 96 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 95. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-west (averaging 83) and falls most to the south (72).
How is Nottingham's walkability score calculated?
For Nottingham it is the average of 83 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 69 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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