The visitor centre, Viaduct View Café and toilet facilities at Glenfinnan are open daily. Visits to the monument need to be booked in advance. Please see the Planning Your Visit section for more information.
Getting here
Glenfinnan Visitor Centre can be reached by car following the A830 from Fort William or Mallaig.
Buses and trains from Fort William run daily and stop in the village.
ScotRail provide a reliable service to Glenfinnan railway station – a short walk will then take you to the visitor centre, located at the edge of the village.
Opening times
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Visitor Centre and Viaduct View Café
A takeaway offering from the café will be available from 2 April.
- 1 Jan–29 Apr, closed 30 Apr–16 May, Mon & Thurs–Sun, 10.00–17.00 Current period17 May–31 Oct, daily, 10.00–17.00 1 Nov–30 Dec, daily, 09.30–16.00
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Monument
Tickets to climb the Monument are available from the visitor centre or online (see below, under Planning Your Visit). Please book in advance to avoid disappointment.
- 1 Jan–29 Apr, closed 30 Apr–9 May, Mon & Thurs–Sun, 10.00–17.00, pre-booking required 12 May–30 Jun, Wed–Sun, 10.00–17.00, pre-booking required Current period1 Jul–30 Dec, Sun–Fri, 14.00–15.00; Sat, 11.00–12.00
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Grounds
- Current period1 Jan–31 Dec, open daily
Entry prices
- Adult
- £5.00
- Concession
- £4.00
- Child
- £3.00
- Family
- £12.00
- One adult family
- £7.00
- Adult
- Free
- Child
- Free
- Car park
- £3.50
- Car park
- £6.00
Planning your visit
We want you to enjoy your visit – your safety is our priority. This means we’ve had to make some changes so that we can keep everyone safe. Please read our Guide on what to expect before you set off as well as our Top 10 tips for visiting countryside places.
This property is part of the ‘We’re Good to Go’ scheme, which means we have carried out an official COVID-19 risk assessment to check we have everything in place to reopen safely.
Please be aware that for the health and safety of visitors, volunteers and employees in our hospitality venues, we will record the name and contact details of everyone who enters in order to support NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect. This information will be used to enable NHS Scotland to contact you should you have been in the venue around the same time as someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. We are obliged to process this data to comply with The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 11) Regulations 2020. Please see our Data Protection page for further information.
Further to this, in National Trust for Scotland non-hospitality settings, where there is either a pre-booking system in place or there is the potential for close contact (eg in some of our smaller properties), we will ask visitors to provide limited contact information. This is for the purposes of managing the number of visitors and also to support NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect. For further information, please see our Data Protection page.
Pre-booking for Glenfinnan Monument
Step back in time for a unique, exhilarating experience as you climb up the 200-year-old Glenfinnan Monument and emerge into the light, 60ft above the shoreline of Loch Shiel. The effort is rewarded with one of the most breath-taking views in the Highlands: a 360° panorama across water, mountains and the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct (or Harry Potter Bridge!).
If you plan to see the Jacobite ‘Hogwarts Express’ steam train, we recommend allowing plenty of time to get parked to avoid disappointment – the car park is closed when full, for safety reasons.
Please note that under-18s must be accompanied by an adult if climbing the monument.
View some of the terrain at Glenfinnan Monument in advance of your visit using this Google Street View.
Please see our drop-down Facilities below for helpful information about planning your visit. For more information about planning your visit please see our frequently asked questions.
If you’d like to speak to us we can be contacted by email: glenfinnan@nts.org.uk or telephone 01397 722250.
Facilities & access
We have an ongoing programme of accessible content development. Detailed accessibility guides for the most visited Trust places are available on our Accessibility pages as well as links to useful resources.
We’d love you to visit the Euan’s Guide website to review the accessibility of Trust places and tell us (and others) what’s good and where we need to do better.
Disabled parking bays are available beside the main entrance to the visitor centre.
Our café at the visitor centre has a takeaway offering this year, selling hot drinks along with delicious soup, sandwiches and cakes. New this season, the Viaduct View Café is available for drinks and snacks and is located in the car park.
Parking is available for coaches close to the visitor centre. The number of camper vans will be limited at busy times due to space restrictions in the main area of the car park.
Dogs are welcome in the grounds but please keep them on a lead. Only assistance dogs are permitted in the visitor centre.
There’s an audio commentary (7–8 minutes) about the 1745 Jacobite Rising in the exhibition, which has an induction loop.
Car parking is available for cars close to the visitor centre. It costs £3.50 (free for members). Motorhomes cost £6, and the number of camper vans will be limited at busy times due to space restrictions in the main area of the car park.
Browse our well-stocked gift shop and find the perfect Scottish gift to take home. You’ll also have the chance to buy from our Harry Potter range of products.
The exhibition, café, shop and toilets in the visitor centre are accessible for wheelchair users.
A wheelchair is available at the visitor centre.