Guest house · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Sgeir Mhaol

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Oban Harbour Promenade - geograph.org.uk - 7609707
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At a glance

The nearest beach is about 17 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.

You have a bus stop about 3 minutes away and a supermarket about 2 minutes away, so it works without a car.

There are few bars nearby, so evenings should be quiet.

Good for

  • Level walk back from the beach: climb about 5 m
  • Works without a car: bus stop 3 min, supermarket 2 min on foot
  • Quiet evenings: 0 bars or clubs within 300 m

Think twice if

  • Beach 17 min on foot

Each line rests on a number computed for this place.

How it compares

Compared with the 85 places we mapped in Oban. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.

  • Walk to the beach 17 min Closer than 12% of places
  • Walk to a bus stop 3 min Closer than 22% of places
  • Walk to a supermarket 2 min Closer than 99% of places
  • Drive to Oban Airport 8 min Closer than 11% of places
  • Climb back from the beach about 5 m Less climbing than 89% of places

Contact and maps

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How far is everything

  • Nearest beach 17 min
  • Bus stopOban at Job Centre Plus 3 min
  • SupermarketAldi 2 min
  • PharmacyM&D Green 11 min
  • Cash machine 6 min

Sights and days out

  • McCaig's Tower 18 min
  • Kilchurn Castle 32 min
  • Glen Coe 59 min
  • Inveraray Castle 62 min
  • Ben Nevis and Fort William 84 min
  • Glenfinnan Viaduct 91 min

Getting here

  • Oban Airport8 min
  • Glasgow Airport132 min

Hills and evening noise

Schematic of Sgeir Mhaol: the nearest beach, Nearest beach, is 17 minutes on foot (about 1360 m). 0 bars or clubs within 150 m and 0 within 300 m. 150 m 300 m 17 min · about 1360 m on foot Nearest beach This place
This place Nearest beach 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 5 m
Climb from the nearest beach
about 5 m
Average slope of that walk
about 0.4%
Bars and clubs within 150 m
0
Bars and clubs within 300 m
0

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Other places nearby

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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