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| Address: | Dalmally, Argyll PA33 1AN |
| Operated by: | Scottish Power |
| Opening Hours: | April to October, 9.30 am to 4:45 pm For winter opening times, call 01866 822618 |
| Admission: | Exhibition centre is free Guided tour inside the mountain: £ 6 adult, £ 5 senior, £ 2.50 child |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Languages: | English |
| Accessibility: | Yes |
| Toilets: | Yes, also disabled toilets |
| Shop: | Yes |
| Cafe/Restaurant: | Yes |
Cruachan Power Station is an unusual “industrial” attraction, hidden below some of Scotland's most beautiful scenery. The turbines of this sub-terranean power station are driven by water that descends from a dam that is 360 metres above the main cavern.
Cruachan power station can respond within 2 minutes to sudden demands for electricity. It can also utilise surplus electricity to pump water from Loch Awe back up to the dam at Ben Cruachan, thereby ensuring that there is always water available for electricity generation.
At Cruachan Power Station there is a state of the art exhibition with touch screen technology, video graphics and interactive displays that explain the purpose of the Cruachan power station and how it generates electricity.
Electrically powered coaches transport visitors through the tunnel that leads to the football pitch sized cavern which houses the enormous electricity turbines. It all has the feel of a scene from a James Bond movie and you have to remind yourself that there is actually several 100metres of solid rock above you. Something a bit different.
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