The Glasgow DIY Walking Tour is a competely step-free and level walk of just 7.2 kilometres (just under 5 miles), and as “normal” walking speed is around 7km/h (or 4mph), then if you were to simply rush round, the route would take just 2 hours.

 Although with a 1-2 hour stop at each of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, the Riverside Museum, the Glasgow Science Centre, the Glasgow Clydeside Distillery and the, Glasgow Museum of Modern Art (GoMA), I would allow for a 5-8 hour walk (and even more time if you plan to stop at either the rooftop Sky Bar at the Radisson RED Glasgow Hotel, or at the riverside cafe of the Hilton Garden Inn Glasgow City Centre, as either will allow you to break your journey in two, and the views are sensational from both: the views over central Glasgow and the River Clyde from the Sky Bar; and the riverside views of the River Clyde from the Hilton).

Theoretically, the Glasgow DIY Walking Tour can be made in either direction – by taking a wheelchair accessible taxi either to the start, or at the end (to return to where you started). But I would definitely recommend starting at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, and heading west-to-east from there (as the Kelvingrove is slighly uphill from the river – and it is much easier going downhill at the start of the route, than it is going uphill at the end).

Also, I would only follow the route in an east-to-west direction in the morning, as this will prevent you walking directly into the sun [yes, we do see the sun up here sometimes].

And because it is indeed a DIY walking tour of Glasgow, you can take it at your very own pace; stopping for a coffee/snack/drink where, when, and for as long as you like; lingering at the attractions of central Glasgow that interest you (and speeding past those that don’t).

So if you were to simply rush round without stopping, you could easily complete the walk in 2 hours. However, I would recommend taking a full day to complete this route along the River Clyde in central Glasgow – as there’s just so much to see and do (and splitting the walk over two days would be even better).