The Lodge is situated on the Southeast side of Loch Linnhe, 2 miles south of Fort William town centre on the A82 southbound towards Glasgow and Oban.

GPS Coordinates for the Lodge are...

N 56° 47.623` W 5° 08.549` 

Contact Phone Numbers:

+44(0)1397 700079
+44(0)7788 413667

Local Directions...

Click here to get a general map of our location in the Lochaber area.

Click here to get a local map of our location in relation to Fort William area.

Click here to get a detailed map of our exact location on the A82.

Southbound (from Inverness, Skye and Mallaig)...

Through Fort William, take the A82 southbound (signposted ˜Oban/Glasgow”).

After one mile (1.6km) after the 40mph speed sign, Huntingtower Lodge is on your left (second driveway on the left after the small 'Druimarbin 1-22' sign at the road side, on the tight corner past the Clan MacDuff Hotel).

If you pass the Caledonian Hotel on your left you have missed us! 

Turn around and we are the third driveway past the Caledonian heading back into town (see Northbound directions below).

Northbound (from Glen Coe and Oban)...

Towards Fort William on the A82, Huntingtower Lodge is on the right, 0.5 miles (0.8km) north of the 40mph speed sign (third driveway on the right after the Caledonian Hotel).

Come up our drive and turn right into our parking area. Reception is to the rear of the building.

Please don’t park in front of the house on the left - it is a private house and has nothing to do with Huntingtower Lodge

Also a few advance warnings about the state of the place...!

The back garden IS intended to be overgrown - it’s been specially planted as a wild flower meadow to attract butterflies and bees. The most of the front lawn has moved to Fort William Golf Club so that we can do the same with it!

Suggestions - coming from South and dealing with Glasgow...

As far as negotiating Glasgow is concerned, the 'normal' route is to come up the M6/M74 and then take the M8 straight through Glasgow city centre. If you decide to come this way, then it’s important to ignore J17 signed 'A82 Loch Lomond/Crianlarich' (unless you want an 45 minute drive through Billy Connolly country!). Instead keep on the M8 past Glasgow Airport and take J30 signed Erskine Bridge/Loch Lomond (toll free). Keep in the left lane over the bridge and take the A82 slip road immediately after the bridge - 100 miles later you pass the end of the drive here. It's A82 all the way. 

There is actually a slightly longer 'avoid-Glasgow' route to get here from the M6 (it adds about 13 miles in distance but often nothing at all in terms of time). The route is to follow the normal M6/M74 until you get to J3 for the M73 (signed Stirling). This joins the A80 towards Stirling and shortly becomes the M80. Then at J9 follow the M9 towards Stirling and Perth. 

Leave the M9 at J10 joining the A84 signposted Crianlarich (Stirling Castle is on your right).  Follow the A84 which runs onto the A85 at Lochearnhead (signed Crianlarich). The A85 then joins the A82 which you would have been on if you had come the 'normal' way as above. 

From Crianlarich it's the same route as above, across Rannoch Moor and through Glencoe. 

One of the benefits of coming this way is that it not only avoids Glasgow but alson the very poor road up at the top end of Loch Lomond. It gives quite a bit more opportunity for eating on the way up (the Fort hasn’t a lot on offer after 9-9:30pm). Callander is a nice wee town in it's own right. Bannockburn, Stirling Castle and the Wallace Memorial are all (more-or-less) on the way! All the scenery up this way is nice and it is a LOT less stressful than the city centre, M8 and Loch Lomond. There are a selection of pubs and hotel bars on the way if you want food before you get here.

Alternative Suggestions for routes to Fort William…

From Edinburgh …

The normal route is to follow the M8 out of Edinburgh and join the M9 at J1. Follow the M9 until J10 joining the A84 signposted Crianlarich. At Crianlarich the A85 becomes the A82 as above.

Alternatively, you can come up over the Forth Road Bridge via Perth and Pitlochry. This is a good, fast alternative to the Stirling route and is a refreshing change if you have previously come via the M9. Follow the signs for the Forth Road Bridge (have your £1 ready – the toll booths are on the Northbound side only). Follow the signs to Perth and from there, look for the Inverness signs. Perth has a by-pass so you need to go “Town Centre” if you want to visit the city. Once on the A9 Northbound, it’s about 53 miles until you see the sign for the A889(A86) to Fort William. The A86 narrows for about 10 miles after joining from the A889 but apart from that it’s a good run. The Monarch of the Glen TV series was filmed all along this part of the country and you will see Glenbogle (Ardverikie House) on the far shore of Loch Laggan, on your left, as you drive along. 

From Glasgow …

The normal route is to come straight up the A82 by Loch Lomond, Crianlarich and Glencoe.

A quieter alternative is to head out on the M8 from Glasgow centre to the ferry terminal at Gourock (either Western Ferries at McInroy's Point or Calmac at Gourock Pier) and take the boat to Dunoon. From there take the A815 to Strachur and the A83 to Inverary round the top end of Loch Fyne. From Inverary take the A819 towards Fort William and Crianlarich. At the A85 junction go left towards Oban and under Connel Bridge take the A828 to Fort William. If you want to take in Oban just keep on the A85 for approximately another 7 miles. 

From Inverness …

The normal route is to come down the A82 by Loch Ness (there is no monster – unless, that is, you count all the plastic junk sold in every shop for 40 miles down the Loch).

However, a much better alternative to the nightmare A82, is to come down the south side of the loch to Fort Augustus and join the A82 there. The route out of Inverness is signposted Dores and Foyers on the B862.

Bits n’ Bobs…

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Map images produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
 

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