Glasgow DIY Walking Tour
Glasgow DIY Walking Tour
Distance: 6.5 km (4 miles); Duration: 2-8 hours
The Glasgow DIY Walking Tour is a completely step-free and level walk of just 6.5 kilometres (just over 4 miles), and as “normal” walking speed is around 7km/h (or 4mph), then if you were to simply rush along, the route would take less than 2 hours – at a very easy pace, and allowing for a few photo stops.
With a 1 hour stop at each of the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art (GoMA), the Glasgow Clydeside Distillery, the Glasgow Science Centre and the Riverside Museum though, 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).
Eventually, the Glasgow DIY Walking Tour will start from George Square (at the eastern end of the route – the Glasgow City Centre end). However, there is currently work going on in George Square. So, for now, the route actually starts just before George Square – at the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art (GoMA) on Queen Street.
Start From Glasgow City Centre?
Theoretically, the Glasgow DIY Walking Tour can be made in either direction. Either by:
Starting from the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art (GoMA) in central Glasgow, walking/rolling in a westward direction to the end of the route at the Riverside Museum, and then taking a wheelchair accessible taxi to return to central Glasgow (this is the direction shown in the step-by-step video);
Or by taking a wheelchair accessible taxi TO the Riverside Museum, starting from there, and then just walking/rolling back to central Glasgow (in an eastward direction).
The time of day will determine which way you choose though:
In the mornings, I would definitely recommend starting from the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art (GoMA), and heading east-to-west from there (as the sun will be behind you);
And in the afternoons, do the reverse (starting from the Riverside Museum and walking/rolling back from there in a west-east direction).
Otherwise you will have the sun in your eyes almost continually [yes, as you will see from the step-by-step video, we do see the sun up here now and again].
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).
Glasgow DIY Walking Tour: Step-by-Step Walking Instructions
Detailed step-by-step walking instructions are based on Google StreetView (so include 360-degree photographs of every street-crossing and junction – and for other wheelchair users/stroller-pushers, the location of every dropped kerb).
These step-by-step walking instructions are also completely FREE.
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