Telfords famous canal completed in 1822. Joins various lochs together from Fort William to Inverness. Watch the boats go up and down the flight of locks from Loch Ness onto the Canal.
Beautiful set of locks on the Caledonian canal which lead through the swing bridge to Loch Ness. Absolutely fascinating... to watch. We ended the experience with a boat trip out onto Loch Ness. Fort Augustus is well worth a visit.read more
Stunning view! Lovely place to stop, take lunch, and use the facilities. If you happen to be boating through Loch... Ness, as I am, there are good restrooms and showers. Plan for several hours to get through the locks, especially at midday.read more
Great going through in the boat Fort Augustus was beautiful. Nice arrangement of shops, cafes the Red Box cafe was... awesome. Fish n chip shops especially a fish n chip shop by the petrol garage. Nom nom nom x good for the boat as we could use the shower/toilet facilities. Much easier than showering on the boat with kids ?.read more
A nice place to visit . There's gift shops and restaurants and you can walk along the locks . You can also take boats... trips here on Loch Ness.read more
The lock keepers that are working on it are fantastic very informative very knowledgeable and happy to answer any... questions top job lads,Thank you very much for your time and your knowledgeread more
The worst lock experience I have ever encountered.Tried calling on the radio from 12:45pm until 2pmWalked up to find... a lock keeper. Not a soul in sight.Tried again on the radio at 20min intervals. Zero response.Went to the toilet at 2pm to 2:07pmApparantly someone walked by my boat and sinc I wasn't there, they took every other boat in first and we had to wait another 2hours.Complete and utter B.S.Lock keepers here were very unhelpfulAll the other locks were great !Happy Jazz.read more
There's lot of interesting engineering in these locks if that's what you're interested in, and if you're not, there's... plenty of coffee shops. If you don't like coffee either, there's ice cream. And if you don't like that, then just sit still and enjoy the view. If you're still not happy, then go for a walk. If that fails, perhaps Fort Augustus is the not the best place for you to visit.read more
Fort Augustus locks or Neptune's staircase is quite a site to see I think there is six lock gates and it is amazing to... watch a boat come all the way from the top to the bottom it is a wonder of engineering Fort Augustus is a nice and clean place to have a rest and a bite to eat before you set off along the banks of Loch Ness on the A82read more
Nice place to visit especially in the summer when there is a lot of activity in the locks. I prefer this one over... Neptune’s staircase because it’s in the town surrounded by shops and pubs.read more
A beautiful place ..nice in the evening for a walk ..lots to watch and some nice gift shops ..a great place to pick up... a cruise on Loch Ness ..big car park close by ..read more
Amazing feat of engineering from years gone by. Hundreds of people were watching the yachts going up through the locks... 1 by 1. Well worth a visit but can get really busy at times.read more
Lovely place, well worth a visit. Very interesting watching the boats going up and down the locks. My only slight... criticism is there's a very smartly dressed piper near to the lock, take a picture of him at your risk, because if you don't pay him he will moan at you. I would have paid but didn't get chance before he had a moan, so l didn'tread more
Loved this beautiful place. The canal is more than 250 years old. Goes to show how technically advanced the Scots were... in the 18th century. Have a nice time with the bagpipers playing in the background of an idyllic beauty. Enough eateries around to please your palette.read more
I very nice central spot of the village, very nicely landscaped, nice place to relax. Great to watch the water levels... change as the boats come through. We enjoyed.read more
A nice stop. Different from others. Plenty parking space (don't forget to add money into the meter as we totally missed... that it was a paid spot. We were lucky and didn't get a ticket). We actually had some boats passing through so could see the locks in action. Some stores nearby (be warned as they aren't cheap)read more
Always busy at Fort Augustus with tour boats taking visitors on the loch. The Ribs go very fast on the loch and might... go down as far as Urquhart Castle,where as the other boat goes at a much slower pace, and slows down to show tourists interesting places on the loch. Well worth a trip especially on sunny,calm days.read more