Charleston, SC has a delightful and very walkable historic urban core, but the metro area also includes a few other neighborhoods where if you don’t feel like getting in your car to go somewhere, you might not have to. There’s a great website out there called WalkScore – just type in the address of a house you love or the place you live now, and get a score for the walkability of your neighborhood, plus a list of all the services, restaurants, schools and such nearby.
Click on the map to see the name of the neighborhood and see the list below.
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Charleston Peninsula
French Quarter – Walkscore of 98 (Walker’s Paradise)
Wraggborough – Walkscore of 95 (Walker’s Paradise)
Elliotborough/Cannonborough/Radcliffeborough – Walkscore of 94 (Walker’s Paradise)
South of Broad – Walkscore of 91 (Walker’s Paradise)
Harleston Village – Walkscore of 82 (Very Walkable)
Other Areas
I’On, Mount Pleasant – WalkScore of 66 (Somewhat Walkable)
Old Village, Mount Pleasant – Walkscore of 65 (Somewhat Walkable)
Byrnes Down, West Ashley – WalkScore of 65 (Somewhat Walkable)
Riverland Terrace, James Island – WalkScore of 62 (Somewhat Walkable)
Folly Beach, SC – Walkscore of 54 (Somewhat Walkable) – Folly Beach scores the highest out of all of Charleston’s Barrier islands. While living on either end of the island would make your walk much longer, the closer you live to Center St the more access you have to restaurants and shops.
Park Circle, North Charleston – Walkscore of 52 (Somewhat Walkable)
