Local Access and Walkability
Shops, healthcare and transport near this address
Local Access is a pair of Propbar scores, each running from 0 to 100. Walkability rates how easily everyday essentials are reached on foot; Transit rates the daily public transport nearby. Both are computed from the shops, hospital sites, bus stops and stations mapped around this address. Closer places, and more of them, score higher.
What This Means
A high Walkability score means shops and healthcare sit close enough to reach on foot. A low one means most errands from this property need a car. The scores are narrower than the words suggest: Walkability counts retail and hospital sites only. It does not count schools, GP surgeries, parks or pubs, so a genuinely convenient street can score modestly. Transit counts bus, rail and metro alone; airports and ferries are listed separately as wider travel. Where no footpath route exists, walking times are estimated in a straight line at 5 km per hour. That flatters a property cut off by a river or a railway.
Score Ranges
Excellent
81 to 100Essentials and transport are both close. Most daily journeys are possible without a car.
Good
61 to 80Several essentials or transport links sit within a short walk. A car is useful, not essential.
Moderate
41 to 60Some options within reach, but journeys are longer or the choice is thin.
Limited
21 to 40Few mapped places nearby. Most trips from this property need a car.
Poor
Under 21Almost nothing mapped within easy reach. Every journey depends on driving.
Practical Advice
- Open the access map in the card and check which named places produced the score.
- Time the walk to the closest essential yourself when you view the property, since the report may estimate it.
- Look up the nearest station and stop on a live timetable, since the score measures how close they are, not how often they run.
- Ask the selling agent whether the nearest supermarket or hospital site has moved or closed since the data was mapped.
Key Points
- A flat above a parade of shops, with a hospital site a ten-minute walk away, scores about 70 for Walkability. The same flat scores under 40 for Transit when the nearest station is a 25-minute walk.
- A station you would drive to still counts. Ten minutes by car earns a little over half the available rail points, so a rural property is not scored as though it had no railway.
Additional Information
The scores are computed from this property's own coordinates, not averaged over a neighbourhood. The single figure on the report row blends the two: 55 per cent Walkability, 45 per cent Transit. The linked Department for Transport tool measures connectivity on a similar travel-time basis, but only for starting points in England and Wales.