Gleneagles Hotel
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About
Set in Torquay, Gleneagles Hotel is a hotel. The hotel is close to Kents Cavern and Redgate Beach, about 3 km from Torquay. The most comfortable time to visit Torquay is generally July to September.
Notable stay
The Gleneagles Hotel was a hotel in Torquay, Devon, England. The 41-bed establishment, which opened in the 1960s, was the inspiration for Fawlty Towers, a British situation comedy first broadcast in the mid-1970s. John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth were inspired to write the series after they had stayed at the hotel, where they witnessed the eccentric behaviour of its co-owner, Donald Sinclair, who ran the hotel with his wife Beatrice until they sold it in 1973. The hotel was later managed by Best Western. It closed in February 2015 and was replaced by retirement apartments. (via Wikipedia)
Best for
no bars or nightlife within 250 m · no transit stop within 150 m · airport more than 5 km away
Location
What's nearby
- Kents Cavern0.2 km
- Redgate Beach0.4 km
- Babbacombe Beach1.2 km
- Meadfoot Beach1.3 km
- Torquay Museum1.3 km
- Oddicombe Beach1.7 km
Straight-line distances.
Within a short walk
Everyday amenities within about 1 km, from OpenStreetMap.
Getting there & essentials
- Nearest airport
- Halwell — 18.5 km
- Nearest station
- Torquay — 3.0 km
- Nearest beach
- Redgate Beach — 0.4 km
- Sea temperature
- Sea temperature about 18.2 °C in September (Open-Meteo Marine, measured 2026-09-01)
- Driving
- Drives on the left
- Currency
- GBP
- Power
- Type G plugs · 230 V · 50 Hz
- Tap water
- Generally safe to drink
Straight-line distances.
Street view
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