Guest house · Scotland
Pillars House
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- 20minwalk to the beach
- 11mclimb from the beach
- 4minwalk to a bus stop
- 20minEdinburgh Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Works without a car
At a glance
The nearest beach is about 20 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
You have a bus stop about 4 minutes away and a supermarket about 4 minutes away, so it works without a car.
Good for
- Works without a car: bus stop 4 min, supermarket 4 min on foot
Think twice if
- Beach 20 min on foot
Each line rests on a number computed for this place.
How it compares
Compared with the 307 places we mapped in Edinburgh. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.
- Walk to the beach 20 min Closer than 92% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 4 min Closer than 5% of places
- Walk to a supermarket 4 min Closer than 86% of places
- Drive to Edinburgh Airport 20 min Closer than 8% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 11 m Less climbing than 91% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beach 20 min
- Bus stopSt Anthony Street 4 min
- Tram stopFoot of the Walk 2 min
- SupermarketLidl 4 min
- PharmacyEdinburgh Pharmacy 4 min
- Cash machine 3 min
Sights and days out
- Royal Yacht Britannia On foot: 20 min
- Palace of Holyroodhouse On foot: 31 min
- Edinburgh Castle By car: 4 min
- Royal Mile and the Old Town On foot: 38 min
- Arthur's Seat By car: 5 min
- Rosslyn Chapel (day trip) By car: 19 min
- Forth Bridge (day trip) By car: 20 min
- Stirling Castle (day trip) By car: 58 min
- St Andrews (day trip) By car: 90 min
Getting here
- Edinburgh AirportBy car: 20 min
- Glasgow AirportBy car: 76 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 11 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 11 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.7%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 1
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 11
Other places nearby
- Rooms at GPOHotel · Beach 18 min walk 250 m away
- Abbot's House HotelHotel · Beach 22 min walk 300 m away
- McNair HotelHotel · Beach 25 min walk 450 m away
- Culane House HotelHotel · Beach 27 min walk 450 m away
- Adelphi HotelHotel · Beach 25 min walk 450 m away
- Park View House HotelHotel · Beach 28 min walk 450 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).
Not yet spot-checked by our editors.