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| Address: | Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5DR |
| Operated by: | Scottish & Southern Energy |
| Opening Hours: | Monday to Friday, April to October, 10 am to 5.30 pm. Weekends in July & August. |
| Admission: | Admission to the salmon viewing chamber is free. Admission to the visitor centre £ 4.00 adult, £ 3.00 senior, free for children |
| Parking: | Yes, within a short distance. |
| Languages: | English |
| Accessibility: | To most areas, but there are steps between the top and bottom of the Salmon Ladder. |
| Toilets: | Yes |
| Shop: | Yes, on west bank of the Dam |
| Cafe/Restaurant: | No |
Pitlochry is famous for its hydro-electric dam and salmon ladder. The ladder was specially constructed to enable salmon to by-pass the dam and make their way upstream to Loch Faskally above. The ladder is 310 metres long and consists of 34 chambers, linked together by tunnels that the salmon can swim through. It enables around 5,000 salmon to return to their spawning grounds each year - a journey of some 6,000 miles! However, chances of seeing a salmon are slim (Autumn is usually when they are most prolific).
The Visitor Centre at Pitlochry Power Station features some interactive exhibits and displays about the history of hydro-power generation in Scotland. There are also opportunities to design your own power station and find out how to help the environment by saving energy. Next to the Visitor Centre there is an observation chamber where you might see salmon swimming.
It’s an impressive structure (the dam and the ladder) and we highly recommend you take the short walk to it. You might be lucky and see a salmon swimming through the observation chamber, we eventually got lucky ourselves and took this photo in June 2006!
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