Travel to Fort William

Our advice for travelling to Fort William, suitable for our Open National Three Peaks Challenge events. Typically on Private events we will collect your team from Glasgow Airport.

Via Glasgow or Inverness

Best value to Fort William? Fly to Glasgow (from about £40 on Skyscanner), take the airport shuttle to Glasgow Queen Street (30-minutes), then train to Fort William (£34.50).

If flying, note that airlines may not allow walking poles in carry-on luggage.

Travel via Glasgow

Flights to Glasgow

If arriving from the south or overseas, we recommend flying into Glasgow (GLA), followed by a train to Fort William.

British Airways, easyJet and Flybe fly to Glasgow airport. Domestic flights cost from £40 per person.

Then by train to Fort William

Trains from Glasgow to Fort William take three hours 45 minutes, and there are three departures from Glasgow Queen Street each day.

This journey costs from £34.50, and can be booked up to three months in advance.

From Glasgow Airport, you'll need to take the airport shuttle to Glasgow Queen Street, taking 30 minutes.

Travel via Inverness

Flights to Inverness

Flying to Inverness is an alternative option.

British Airways and easyJet both fly direct to Inverness, variously from London Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Bristol.

To Fort William by coach

Several daily Citylink bus services (route 919) connect Inverness and Fort William, each way, taking two hours and costing £11.60. See the Citylink website for more details.

There are no train connections to Fort William from Inverness.

Caledonian Sleeper Train

There is a very fun sleeper train from London Euston with connections en route - it arrives into Fort William at 10am so you would need to take the Thursday night service and spend Friday in Fort William, for our Saturday start events.

Getting Around In Fort William

Once in Fort William, much of the accommodation is based around the central town. For places further afield, our preferred taxi firm are Greyhound Taxis on 01397 705050.