walking distance

English

Noun

walking distance (countable and uncountable, plural walking distances)

1. A distance that a person can reasonably walk.
   • 2017, Philip Langdon, Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All, Island Press, →ISBN, page 22:

     Measuring the Walkable Community The Charter of the New Urbanism states that “many activities of daily living should occur within walking distance,
     allowing independence to those who do not drive, especially the elderly and the young.[...”]

   • 2021 November 23, Charles Hugh Smith, When Risk and Opportunity Become Personal‎^[1]:

     The lower the population density, the lower the risk of herd mentality running amok.
     The greater the quantity of food grown within walking distance, the lower the risk of starvation.

   • 2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58:

     Today is match day, Grimsby Town are at home, and the ground is walking distance from New Clee station. So, visiting football supporters coming by train have to change at Grimsby Town [station]. That's a real pain.