Glasgow DIY Walking Tour

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 – at a very easy pace.

 Although 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, 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).

Theoretically, the Glasgow DIY Walking Tour can be made in either direction –  either by starting from the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art (GoMA), walking/rolling in a westward direction to the end at the Riverside Museum, and then taking a wheelchair accessible taxi to return to central Glasgow; 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 be the determing factor of which way you choose. 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, 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).