Hotel · near Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot)
The Torrance Hotel
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- 38minwalk to the beach
- 26mclimb from the beach
- 1minwalk to a bus stop
- 24minGlasgow Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Works without a car
- Quiet evenings
At a glance
The nearest beach (Sandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot)) is about 38 minutes on foot, with a climb of about 26 m on the way back.
You have a bus stop about 1 minute away and a supermarket about 8 minutes away, so it works without a car.
There are few bars nearby, so evenings should be quiet.
Good for
- Quiet evenings: 0 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 38 min on foot
Each line rests on a number computed for this place.
How it compares
Compared with the 156 places we mapped in Glasgow. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.
- Walk to a bus stop 1 min Closer than 61% of places
- Walk to a supermarket 8 min Closer than 36% of places
- Drive to Glasgow Airport 24 min Closer than 5% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beachSandy Cove (Old Picnic Spot) 38 min
- Bus stopSouth Lanarkshire College 1 min
- SupermarketLidl 8 min
- PharmacyRowlands Pharmacy 21 min
- Cash machine 14 min
Sights and days out
- Glasgow's big football stadiums By car: 13 min
- Glasgow Necropolis By car: 16 min
- Glasgow Cathedral By car: 17 min
- George Square By car: 17 min
- Glasgow School of Art By car: 18 min
- Burrell Collection By car: 18 min
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum By car: 20 min
- Riverside Museum By car: 20 min
- The Hunterian By car: 21 min
Getting here
- Glasgow AirportBy car: 24 min
- Glasgow Prestwick AirportBy car: 41 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 164 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 26 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.9%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 0
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 0
Other places nearby
- Bruce HotelHotel · Beach 39 min walk 800 m away
How we worked this out
These figures are computed, not measured on foot. Walking times use the mapped streets and paths at about 4.8 km/h, with steps counted slower. Driving times use typical road speeds plus time for junctions and parking, so allow extra at busy times. The slope compares the height of the hotel with the nearest beach. "Steep" means an average of 8% or more. Noise counts mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs in a straight line.
Computed 30 Oct 2026. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (NASA SRTM 30 m and national datasets such as USGS 3DEP).
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