Gleneagles Hotel
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.Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in Torquay that was the inspiration for British sitcom Fawlty Towers
- Also known as: “Gleneagles Hotel, Torquay”
- Address: Torquay, TQ1 2ER
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kents Cavern and Ilsham Church of England Academy.
Kents Cavern
Photo: Jcg2006, Public domain.
Kents Cavern is a cave system in Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable both for its archaeological and geological features. The cave system is open to the public and has been a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1952 and a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1957. Kents Cavern is situated 750 feet south of Gleneagles Hotel.
Ilsham Church of England Academy
School
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ilsham Church of England Academy is a school, which is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Gleneagles Hotel.
Babbacombe Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Babbacombe Theatre is a theatre in Babbacombe in Torquay, South Devon, England. Refurbished in 2009, the venue has been part of the Bay's tourism industry since the 1930s, and is known for staging variety shows, particularly since 1986 when Colin Matthews took over the venue. Babbacombe Theatre is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Gleneagles Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Quarry Point and Ellacombe.
Long Quarry Point
Locality
Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Long Quarry Point is a coastal promontory below Wall's Hill in Torquay, Devon, England. The site is part of the Hope's Nose to Wall's Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Ellacombe
Suburb
Photo: Chislopuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ellacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon. Ellacombe is home to Ellacombe Primary school, which is known to be the only place in Torquay that still has a fully standing World War II air raid shelter.
Torquay
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a town on the coast of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.
Gleneagles Hotel
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.46962° or 50° 28′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.50354° or 3° 30′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C2RFF9W+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 206519751OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelWikidata ID
Q15573130
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In Other Languages
From Cornish to Scots—“Gleneagles Hotel” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Gleneagles Hotel”
- French: “Gleneagles Hotel”
- Narom: “Gleneagles Hotel”
- Scots: “Gleneagles Hotel, Torquay”
- Scots: “Gleneagles Hotel”
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