Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ARRIVAL AND ACTIVITIES
GLEN COE AND AROUND
By bus
To get to the Glen Coe visitor centre or chairlift
station from Fort William's bus station, hop on one of the
Glasgow-bound Scottish Citylink coaches (up to 8 daily;
30-45min). Bus #44 from Fort William also stops at least
10 times a day (3 on Sun) at Glencoe village en route
to Kinlochleven.
ACCOMMODATION
Glencoe Independent Hostel
North of the river,
halfway between Glencoe Village and the Clachaig Inn
T
01855 811906,
W
glencoehostel.co.uk.
Cheap
independent hostel in rustic whitewashed buildings,
offerin
g fre
e wi-fi, hot showers and a laundry service.
Dorms
£17
Red Squirrel
150m south of the turn-off to Glencoe
Independent
W
redsquirrelcampsite.co.uk.
Sylvan year-round
campsite, just south of the SYHA hostel
on th
e road to
Clachaig Inn
. Campfires and pets permitted.
£19
/pitch
Scorry Breac
A short walk from the centre of Glencoe
Village, on the north side of the river
T
01855 811354,
W
scorrybreac.co.uk.
Secluded and friendly,
Scorry Breac
has five affordable en-suit
e roo
ms, the best of which have
views over the mountains.
£60
Hostel
T
01855
811256,
EATING AND DRINKING
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Clachaig Inn
Two and a half miles south of Glencoe
Village on the minor road off the A82
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01855 811252,
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clachaig.com.
The liveliest, best-known hotel in the
area is a great place to reward your exertions with
11
cask-conditioned ales and heaped platefuls of food (such as
venison casserole, £10.95); it's an easy stroll away from the
campsite and hostel also listed here.
Mon-Thurs & Sun
8am-11pm, Fri 8am-midnight, Sat 8am-11.30pm.
Kinlochleven
At the easternmost end of Loch Leven, the settlement of
KINLOCHLEVEN
is, thanks to
its location on the West Highland Way, steadily reviving its fortunes. For many years it
was a tourism backwater best known as the site of a huge, unsightly aluminium smelter
built in 1904. he tale of the area's industrial past is told in
The Aluminium Story
(same
hours as tourist information centre; free), a small series of displays in the same
corrugated metal building as the post o
ce and tourist information centre (see below).
As well as being close to Glen Coe, Kinlochleven stands at the foot of the Mamore
hills, popular with Munro-baggers; Fort William is a day's walk away.
The Ice Factor
Leven Rd •
Mon, Wed & Fri-Sun 9am-7pm, Tues & Thurs 9am-10pm • 2.5hr ice-climbing course £48 •
T
01855 831100,
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ice-factor.co.uk
Kinlochleven's disused aluminium smelter is now the home of an innovative indoor
mountaineering centre called
The Ice Factor
. he facility includes the world's largest
artificial ice-climbing wall (13.5m) as well as a range of more traditional climbing
walls, plus equipment rental, a steam room and sauna. here's a bar upstairs and food is
available too.
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
KINLOCHLEVEN
By bus
The hourly #44 bus from Fort William runs to the
centre of Kinlochleven (50min), passing Glencoe en route.
Destinations
Glencoe (hourly; 15min); Fort William
(hourly; 50min).
Tourist information
In the Aluminium Story building
on Linnhe Road, in the centre of the village (Mon, Tues,
Thurs & Fri 9am-12.30pm & 1.30-5.30pm, Wed & Sat
9am-1pm;
T
01855 831021). Staff at the combined post
o
ce, museum and information point can give tips on
local attractions. Look out for the useful leaflet, published
by Kinlochleven Community Trust, which details local
walking routes.
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Blackwater Hostel
Beside the river on Lab Rd
T
01855
831253,
W
blackwaterhostel.co.uk.
A decidedly upmarket
hostel, with en-suite dorms and Hobbit-sized two-bed
“micro
lodges”
available fo
r ren
t. You ca
n a
lso camp here.
Dorm
s
£16.50
; microlodge
£35
; camping
£7
/person
Edencoille Guest House
Garbhein Road
T
01855
831358,
W
kinlochlevenbedandbreakfast.co.uk.
There's
fine hospitality at this Edwardian-built house where, with
notice, they can organize
pac
ked lunches, evening meals
and guided walking trips.
£72
