WalkablyIs Northampton walkable?
This page covers Northampton: 225,000 people, including East Hunsbury and Kingsthorpe.
In Northampton, the walk to culture compares best with Europe: 8 minutes for the typical resident, better than most of Europe. The walk to shops compares least well with Europe: 6 minutes for the typical resident, about typical for Europe. Easiest to walk: St James' End (76). Hardest: Overstone Lodge (46).
The city at a glance
On the map, click any street to see its score and the walk to each need.
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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 | 5 min | Better than most | 99% |
| Food and drink | 5 min | About typical | 100% |
| Shops | 6 min | About typical | 98% |
| Health | 7 min | About typical | 98% |
| School | 6 min | About typical | 100% |
| Parks | 4 min | About typical | 100% |
| Culture | 8 min | Better than most | 98% |
| Public transport | 4 min | About typical | 100% |
Compared with the rest of the country
72% of the streets in Northampton are among the most walkable 20% in Great Britain (the United Kingdom without Northern Ireland, which the map scores together with Ireland).
| Streets ranked in Great Britain | Bar | Northampton |
|---|---|---|
| Most walkable 20% | 72% | |
| Above the middle | 23% | |
| Middle 20% | 4% | |
| Below the middle | under 1% | |
| Lowest-scoring 20% | 1% |
Most walkable and lowest-scoring areas
Click an area name to see it on the map.
Most walkable
| Area | Typical score |
|---|---|
| 76 | |
| 74 | |
| 71 | |
| 71 | |
| 69 |
Lowest overall score
| Area | Typical score |
|---|---|
| 46 | |
| 48 | |
| 48 | |
| 49 | |
| 50 |
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Cities like Northampton
Cities of similar size and score.
| City | Country | People | Typical score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon | United Kingdom | 245,000 | 57 |
| Tampere | Finland | 260,000 | 58 |
| Trondheim | Norway | 217,000 | 59 |
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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 Northampton as Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, draws it. Besides Northampton itself, it takes in East Hunsbury, Kingsthorpe and Upton. About 225,000 people live there (2018 figure). Inside it we scored 8,746 street cells with 24,383 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.