Is Bracknell Forest walkable?

This page covers Bracknell Forest: 132,000 people, including Bracknell and Sandhurst.

51/100Updated 29 October 2026 · map data of 27 October 2026

Walking score where people live

39%of Europe lives in lower-scoring places

101stof 118 cities in the United Kingdom on the map, tied with another city

In Bracknell Forest, the walk to culture compares best with Europe: 9 minutes for the typical resident, about typical for Europe. The walk to shops compares least well with Europe: 8 minutes for the typical resident, worse than most of Europe. Easiest to walk: Crowthorne (61). Hardest: Chavey Down in Winkfield (37).

The city at a glance

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On the map, click any street to see its score and the walk to each need.

The walk to eight daily needs

Minutes on foot for a typical resident.

Need	Typical walk	Compared with Europe	People with one within 20 min
Groceries	8 min	Worse than most	96%
Food and drink	7 min	Worse than most	97%
Shops	8 min	Worse than most	97%
Health	9 min	About typical	90%
School	8 min	Worse than most	98%
Parks	4 min	About typical	98%
Culture	9 min	About typical	95%
Public transport	4 min	Worse than most	99%

Compared with the rest of the country

38% of the streets in Bracknell Forest are among the most walkable 20% in Great Britain (the United Kingdom without Northern Ireland, which the map scores together with Ireland).

Dashed line: the average in Great Britain (20%).
Streets ranked in Great Britain	Bar	Bracknell Forest
Most walkable 20%		38%
Above the middle		26%
Middle 20%		15%
Below the middle		7%
Lowest-scoring 20%		13%

Most walkable and lowest-scoring areas

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Most walkable

Numbers 1 to 5 on the map.
Area	Typical score
Crowthorne	61
Birch Hill in Bracknell	58
Martin's Heron in Winkfield	56
Easthampstead in Bracknell	54
College Town in Sandhurst	51

Lowest overall score

Letters A to E on the map.
Area	Typical score
Chavey Down in Winkfield	37
Newell Green in Warfield	42
Owlsmoor in Sandhurst	44
Temple Park in Binfield	45
Little Sandhurst	50

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Cities like Bracknell Forest

Cities of similar size and score.

City	Country	People	Typical score
East Staffordshire	United Kingdom	132,000	51
Örebro	Sweden	160,000	51
Middlesbrough	United Kingdom	153,000	51

More cities in the United Kingdom

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What this page covers

Walkably gives places in Europe a walking score from 0 to 100, based on the walk to eight daily needs and how pleasant the streets are.

This page uses the boundary of Bracknell Forest as Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, draws it. Besides Bracknell Forest itself, it takes in Bracknell, Sandhurst, Winkfield, Warfield and Binfield. About 132,000 people live there (2025 figure). Inside it we scored 8,152 street cells with 6,062 buildings in them.

Every number here comes from the same scores as the map. The score runs from 0 to 100. The walk to eight daily needs on real streets makes up 60% of it, and how pleasant the streets are makes up 40%. Each place counts by the people who live there, from census counts: the typical score is the score of where people live. The comparison with Europe counts 466.8 million people. The score uses no data about who lives anywhere: no income, age, origin or other personal data. How the score works.