Guest house · Scotland

Alba House

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Skyline of Edinburgh — Photo of the area, not of this hotel Andrew Colin, CC BY 2.0

1min

walk to a bus stop
19min

Edinburgh Airport · drive
0

bars within 150 m
10min

walk to a supermarket

Works without a car
Quiet evenings

At a glance

There is no beach within an hour on foot, so plan on a car, taxi or bus for the coast.

You have a bus stop about 1 minute away and a supermarket about 10 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

Each line rests on a number computed for this place.

How it compares

Compared with the 483 places we mapped in Edinburgh. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.

Walk to a bus stop 1 min Closer than 54% of places
Walk to a supermarket 10 min Closer than 43% of places
Drive to Edinburgh Airport 19 min Closer than 14% of places

Contact and maps

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How far is everything

Nearest beach over an hour
Bus stopSuffolk Road 1 min
Tram stopSt Andrew Square 43 min
SupermarketSainsbury's 10 min
PharmacyBoots 5 min
Cash machineTSB 6 min

Sights and days out

Arthur's Seat On foot: 36 min
Royal Mile and the Old Town On foot: 36 min
Edinburgh Castle On foot: 45 min
Palace of Holyroodhouse On foot: 42 min
Royal Yacht Britannia By car: 7 min
Rosslyn Chapel (day trip) By car: 10 min
Forth Bridge (day trip) By car: 21 min
Stirling Castle (day trip) By car: 56 min
St Andrews (day trip) By car: 91 min

Getting here

Edinburgh AirportBy car: 19 min
Glasgow AirportBy car: 72 min

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Hills and evening noise

This place Bars and clubs: 0 within 150 m, 0 within 300 m Schematic, not to scale. Computed figures; the map link below shows the real streets.

Height above sea level: about 61 m
Climb from the nearest beach: not known
Average slope of that walk: not known
Bars and clubs within 150 m: 0
Bars and clubs within 300 m: 0

See the location on OpenStreetMap

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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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