Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Pitlochry, from parking to pharmacies.
Accessibility
Station
National Rail lists step-free category B1 at Pitlochry, with step-free access to all platforms, accessible toilets and a Changing Places toilet.
Blair Athol Distillery
The main production building is not currently wheelchair accessible; disabled spaces and a step-free ramp route lead to the building, per Malts.
Enchanted Forest
An accessibility bus leaves from Blair Athol Distillery and must be booked in advance; on-site disabled parking is for wheelchair users only, per the organisers.
Old Mill Inn
Disabled toilets on the ground floor; rooms not suitable for guests with mobility difficulties, per the inn.
Emergency Services
General Emergency
999 or 112
Mountain Rescue
999, then ask for Police and then Mountain Rescue, for an emergency on Ben Vrackie or the hills.
Police Station
Police Scotland non-emergency number 101.
Perth Royal Infirmary, Taymount Terrace, Perth, PH1 1NX, which has an Accident and Emergency department (NHS Tayside premises page; Wikipedia). Pitlochry Community Hospital has no A&E.
01738 473734Pitlochry Community Hospital
Ferry Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5FG
01796 472052Community hospital; minor injury service by appointment only
NHS Tayside says there is no Accident and Emergency on this site and that the minor injury service is by appointment only: for a minor injury, call NHS 24 on 111 to be directed to the right service.
NHS 24 is on 111 for urgent care that is not an emergency. The hospital phone given is Perth Royal Infirmary's admissions and enquiries desk, per NHS Tayside; its main switchboard is 01382 660111.
Parking
Atholl Road car park
The closest car park to the Enchanted Forest shuttle at Fishers Hotel, about five minutes' walk, per the Enchanted Forest organisers. Check the machine for the tariff.
Rie-Achan Road and Ferry Road car parks
About seven and eight minutes' walk from Fishers Hotel respectively, per the Enchanted Forest organisers. Rie-Achan car park also takes the coach stops when Atholl Road is closed, per Perth and Kinross Council.
Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre car park
Capacity: Two-hour limit
Per the visitor centre, with long-stay parking at Pitlochry Business Centre.
Pet-Friendly Info
Old Mill Inn
Dogs are welcome in the courtyard, the beer tent and the indoor bar, but not in the restaurant or bedrooms, per the inn.
Port Na Craig
Port-na-Craig says it is dog friendly, with dogs in daily.
Blair Athol Distillery
Only assistance dogs on tours; other dogs on a short lead in the shop and bar, per Malts.
Blair Castle
Dogs on leads in the gardens and grounds, not in the castle or the Tullibardine Restaurant, per the estate.
Pharmacies
Davidsons Chemists, 65 Atholl Road
65 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5BL
Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (register entry 1120607, read 11 October 2026). A second Davidsons branch, The Atholl Pharmacy, is at 112 Atholl Road (register entry 1042843).
Davidsons Chemist, The Atholl Pharmacy
112 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5AB
Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (register entry 1042843, read 11 October 2026).