Scotland · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Fort William
Fort William is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom, home to about 10,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Fort William, with about 66 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- INV103 km · Inverness Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Fort William
Fort William is a town in the Lochaber region of the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland Council of Scotland.
The Great Glen is a long fault line slicing diagonally across the Highlands. Inland along its valley are a string of freshwater lakes: Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and Loch Ness. The southwest end of the valley is flooded by the sea to create a fjord, Loch Linnhe. The glen has always been a natural transport route, which nervous London rulers sought to control by a series of fortresses: Fort George and Inverness Castle at the northeast end, Fort Augustus in the middle, and Fort William at the southwest end.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Fort William
See
- The Fort
- West Highland Museum
- Inverlochy Castle
- Neptune's Staircase
- Treasures of the Earth
Do
- Highland Cinema
- Three Wise Monkeys Climbing Wall
- Nevis Range
- Steall Falls
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Fort William
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Fort William hotel | 66 | 3.9/5 1,541 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Fort William
16 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kingshouse Hotel | 24.6 km | |
| Clachaig Inn | 17.2 km | |
| Inverlochy Castle Hotel | 4.6 km | |
| Ballachulish Hotel, South Ballachulish | 15.1 km | |
| Glenfinnan House | 21.2 km | |
| Highland Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Loch Leven Hotel | 14.8 km | |
| Ardrhu House Fort William | 14.9 km | |
| Blackwater Hostel | 14.6 km | |
| Braeburn Guest House / B&B | 3.2 km | |
| Corran Bunkhouse | 13.1 km | |
| Glencoe House Hotel | 14.4 km | |
| Highland Getaway | 14.6 km | |
| Hollytree Hotel and Swimming Pool | 17.8 km | |
| Nevis Bank Inn | 1.0 km | |
| Ossians | 0.2 km |
All 17 hotels in Fort William, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Fort William
Fort William has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 17 °C; December is the wettest, with about 337 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Fort William: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Inverness Airport (INV), about 103 km from the city centre in a straight line; Glasgow Airport (GLA, 113 km) and Tiree Airport (TRE, 113 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
The centre of Fort William is small enough to get around on foot. Shiel Bus N41 runs between Fort William and Roy Bridge, via Torlundy, Nevis Range Ski Centre and Spean Bridge. It runs 7 times a day M-Sa. Twice a day (at around 9AM and 17:00) year round, it extends from Fort William to Glen Nevis Youth Hostel. May to Oct it's supplemented by Bus N42, which run 6 times daily to the Youth Hostel, with three buses extending to the Lower Falls. Bike is ideal for exploring along the glens and Caledonian Canal.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
INV · Inverness Airport
GLA · Glasgow Airport
TRE · Tiree Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Fort William
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Fort William: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Fort William?
By published guest score: Travelodge Fort William (3.9 / 5 · 1,541 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Fort William?
Fort William has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 17 °C; December is the wettest, with about 337 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Fort William?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Inverness Airport (INV), about 103 km from the city centre in a straight line; Glasgow Airport (GLA, 113 km) and Tiree Airport (TRE, 113 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Fort William?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Fort William
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.