Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Inverness, from parking to pharmacies.
Accessibility
Station
National Rail lists step-free category A at Inverness, with step-free access to all platforms, toilets and Changing Places toilets.
Castle
The Inverness Castle Experience says it is accessible to all visitors except one part of the Great Glen Roof Terrace; the main South Tower roof terrace is fully accessible.
Cathedral
The cathedral describes ramp access at the rear, an all-access toilet and a loop system for services.
Museum
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery warns that its passenger lift is out of order and there are steps at the entrance (read 11 October 2026).
Culloden
The Trust lends wheelchairs free of charge, has level access from the main entrance to the cafe, desk, accessible toilet and shop, designated disabled parking, display information in audio and a hearing loop in the visitor centre.
Emergency Services
General Emergency
999 or 112
Police Station
Inverness Burnett Road Police Station, Burnett Road, Inverness, IV1 1RL, per Police Scotland's station list. Non-emergency calls to Police Scotland on 101.
Raigmore Hospital, Old Perth Road, Inverness, IV2 3UJ, which NHS Highland lists with an accident and emergency department.
01463 704000Raigmore Hospital
Old Perth Road, Inverness, IV2 3UJ
01463 704000District general hospital with an accident and emergency department
NHS Highland describes Raigmore as the district general hospital serving the population of the Highlands and says it has an accident and emergency department. The phone number is the switchboard. For urgent care that is not an emergency, call NHS 24 on 111.
NHS Highland is the health board for Inverness. NHS 24 is on 111 for urgent care that is not an emergency.
Parking
Inverness station car park
Capacity: 60 spaces, including 4 accessible spaces, per National Rail
Beside the station on Academy Street. National Rail lists the spaces; check the tariff on site.
Culloden Battlefield car park
Rate: £5.00 for non-members; free for National Trust for Scotland members
Open daily from 08:00 to 18:00, per the Trust. Parking can be limited at peak times, and there are bays for motorcycles, coaches and motorhomes.
Pet-Friendly Info
Culloden
Dogs are welcome on the battlefield under close control, and well-behaved dogs may go into the visitor centre shop and cafe but not the museum, per the National Trust for Scotland.
Black Isle Bar
The Black Isle Brewery says its Church Street bar is family-friendly and dogs are welcome.
Pharmacies
Boots Pharmacy, Eastgate
11/1 Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness, IV2 3PP
Address from NHS Highland's own pharmacy listing (read 11 October 2026). Scottish-issued prescriptions dispensed in Scotland carry no charge; a prescription issued in England and dispensed in Scotland is charged, per the NHS Business Services Authority, so ask the pharmacist if yours came from outside Scotland.