Inchmahome Priory

PricingHalf price in your first year of English Heritage membership, then freeEH memberHalf, then freeNon-member£11

EH members: half price, then freeInfo

Half price, then free, for English Heritage members

This place is cared for by Historic Environment Scotland. First-year English Heritage members get 50% off the ticket price; members who have renewed get in free. Bring your valid membership card, and any pre-booked tickets, to ensure entry.

Pre-booking is recommended at Edinburgh Castle, Skara Brae, Stirling Castle, Blackness Castle, Urquhart Castle, Doune Castle and Maeshowe. Bookings are limited to six people per membership.
Bring the card itself: joint and family memberships admit the named holders only.
Historic Scotland does not offer reciprocal admission to National Trust properties, and a National Trust card is not accepted here.

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Entry

Non-member prices

Adult (aged 16 to 64)£11.00

Child (aged 7 to 15)£5.50

Concession (aged 65 and over)£9.00

Pricing details

In-person price, including Historic Scotland's boat trip to the island; £10 booked online, and booking a sailing in advance is strongly recommended as seats are limited. One undated price table is published for the April to October season; recheck in spring 2027. Children under 7 free but need a ticket; up to two carers free per transaction; Young Scot card holders pay £1 online. Explorer Pass accepted in summer. No separate boat fare, family ticket, joint ticket or audio guide. English Heritage members: half price in your first membership year and free after your first renewal, on showing a valid card; bookings capped at six people per membership. Historic Scotland members free.

In-person price including the boat; £5 booked online (the webstore shows up to £6); under-7s free with a ticket. English Heritage members: half price in your first membership year and free after your first renewal, on showing a valid card; bookings capped at six people per membership. Historic Scotland members free.

In-person price including the boat; £8 booked online. English Heritage members: half price in your first membership year and free after your first renewal, on showing a valid card; bookings capped at six people per membership. Historic Scotland members free.

ParkingParking not known

The Trust's page does not say how parking is charged.

Parking details

Historic Scotland says the boat leaves from the pier by the boat shed at Port of Menteith, approximately 15 miles west of Stirling, that parking is available, and that there is a rough tarmac car park with 16 bays for general use. No charge or free statement is published, so the status is recorded as unknown; Google's listing suggests a paid car park.

Driving pin: Google's Inchmahome Priory Car Park listing by the boat shed, 9 m from HES's pin and about 1 km from the priory on its island. Historic Scotland names only its journey planners for public transport.

About

Inchmahome Priory stands on the largest of three islands in the Lake of Menteith, reached by Historic Scotland's small motor boat from the boat shed at Port of Menteith, 15 miles west of Stirling. Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, founded it for a small community of Augustinian canons around 1238, and the church's processional doorway is so like Dunblane Cathedral's that the same masons may have worked on both. Robert the Bruce sought solace here, and in 1547, after the Battle of Pinkie, the four-year-old Mary Queen of Scots was hidden here for three weeks; a boxwood bower still bears her name, near sweet chestnuts thought to date from the 1500s. The chapter house became the earls' mausoleum and holds the double effigy of Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith, and his countess in a last embrace, and the gaucho writer Robert Cunninghame Graham is buried in the ruins. Visitors love the boat trip, the picnic spots, the children's squirrel hunt and ospreys over the lake.

ClosedPick a day for times and prices

Until 31 Oct: Daily 10:00–15:00
1 Nov–31 Mar: Closed
From 1 Apr: Daily 10:00–16:30

Today, Saturday 24 October

Inchmahome Priory10:00 – 15:00

Prices, non-members

Ticket	On the day	Online
Adult	£11.00	£10.00
Concession	£9.00	£8.00
Child	£5.50	£5.00

Book tickets

Opening times may change at short notice.

1 April to 30 September daily 10am to 4.30pm, boats at 10.15am, 11am, 11.45am, 12.30pm, 1.15pm, 2pm and 2.45pm; 1 to 31 October daily 10am to 3pm, boats at 10am, 10.45am, 11.30am, 12.15pm, 1pm and 1.45pm; closed 1 November to 31 March. The ticket includes Historic Scotland's 12-seat boat; seats are limited, so book in advance (online until midnight the day before) and choose a sailing; walk-up seats are sold if any remain. Notice on 18 October 2026: 'We are currently carrying out essential conservation works at the priory which means fencing and equipment is visible in some areas.'

Visitors must be able to climb into and out of the boat; the boat shed has a low wooden threshold, the piers have uneven stone paving and the ticket office and shop are up two shallow steps. The island is fairly level but its paths are rough and uneven with tree roots and stones, and the priory routes are grass and gravel; visitors with limited mobility can see about half of the church, cloister and refectory. Toilets by reception up five earthen steps; an accessible toilet on the mainland at the Lake of Menteith Hotel; no drinking water on the island; shop, picnic spots, no cafe or audio guide. Dogs on leads outdoors.

Dogs: Dogs are welcome in the outdoor areas; HES's general guidance keeps them on a lead and out of visitor centres and roofed areas. HES does not say whether dogs travel on the boat; a 2026 visitor's small dog was welcome. The island's outdoor areas, on a lead, in the April to October season.

Photo: Inchmahome Priory's ruined church and cloister among the trees of its island in the Lake of Menteith, seen from the air. Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scotland-2016-Aerial-Inchmahome_Priory_03.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.