Guest house · near York Beach
Bowen House
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- 20minwalk to the beach
- 1mclimb from the beach
- 1minwalk to a bus stop
- 0bars within 150 m
- Mostly level walk
- Works without a car
- Quiet evenings
At a glance
The nearest beach (York Beach) is about 20 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
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
- Level walk back from the beach: climb about 1 m
- Quiet evenings: 0 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 20 min on foot
Each line rests on a number computed for this place.
How it compares
Compared with the 140 places we mapped in York. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.
- Walk to the beach 20 min Closer than 21% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 1 min Closer than 63% of places
- Walk to a supermarket 10 min Closer than 36% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 1 m Less climbing than 81% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beachYork Beach 20 min
- Bus stopGrove Terrace Lane 1 min
- SupermarketCo-op Food 10 min
- PharmacyMonkbar Pharmacy 9 min
- Cash machine 10 min
Sights and days out
- York Minster On foot: 13 min
- The Shambles On foot: 15 min
- York Castle and Clifford's Tower On foot: 22 min
- National Railway Museum On foot: 34 min
- Castle Howard By car: 25 min
- Harrogate By car: 33 min
- Fountains Abbey By car: 55 min
- Whitby By car: 83 min
- The Yorkshire Dales By car: 96 min
Getting here
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 14 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 1 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.1%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 0
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 0
Other places nearby
- Palm CourtGuest house · Beach 17 min walk 150 m away
- Foss BankGuest house · Beach 17 min walk 150 m away
- Monkgate Guest HouseGuest house · Beach 15 min walk 350 m away
- York Guest HouseGuest house · Beach 22 min walk 400 m away
- City Guest HouseGuest house · Beach 15 min walk 400 m away
- St Johns MewsHoliday apartments · Beach 16 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).
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