Public Showers in Scotland

Scotland is an exciting place where you could spend weeks exploring, and luckly there is public showers facilities you can use for a small cost – which is better than smelling for days! Not everyone has a shower in their van, and even those who do sometimes want a nice hot, long shower… somthing you can’t do with a limited water supply!

Here are some locations in Scotland for public showers we have found whilst exploring or browsing the internet.

We cannot garantee the quality and availablity of these showers or costs, but it gives you a good idea where to look around and who to contact.

The Highlands

Fort William
Train Station, £5.00pp clean and includes a fresh towel

Glencoe
Glencoe Ski Centre has showers for £1 for 5 minutes

Mallaig

• Public toilets, fresh warm towel fab for £1
• Mallaig Marina Centre has toilet, shower and laundry facilities

Ardnamurchan Peninsula

• Kilchoan Visitor Shower and Toilet block
• Glenuig village hall has toilet and shower facilities available to the public year-round

Aviemore
Public toilets, next door to Tesco Metro. Attendant hires out fresh towels for a couple quid.

Kingussie
Badenoch Centre on Spey Street in Kingussie – leisure centre charges £3 for use of showers only.

Kyle of Lochalsh
Public toilet with showers (link)

Ullapool
West Argyle Street public showers

Torridon
Public toilets with showers

Achiltibuie
Village hall – open from 4pm during the summer when you can use the showers. Donations welcome – there is a phone number on the notice board to contact someone if you want to use the facilities outside of these times.

Loch Lomand & The Trossachs

Balloch, Loch Lomand
Duncan mills memorial slipway, Balloch, Loch Lomond, has use of toilets and showers they are free to use but there is a donation box at desk.

Callander
McLaren Leisure Centre has shower facilities for a small fee.

The Outer Hebrides

South Uist

• Lochboisdale – Public Toilets and Showers at the Marina and the Pier
• Eriskay Ferry Terminal has use of showers and toilets.

Isle of Harris

• Horgabost beach. showers were built in to a old container in the car park
• Leverburgh Ferry Terminal has toilets and shower facilities
• Tarbert Pier Marina Habour Office has toilets, showers and laundry for a small fee

Isle of Barra
Castlebay Ferry terminal has shower and toilet facilities

Isle of Lewis

• Stornoway – Lewis Sports Centre will let you use their showers for a small fee.
• Ardroil Sands has a coin operated facilities block with showers, toilets and laundry facilites.
• Ness – Use of Showers, Toilets and Chemical Disposal Point at Leisure Centre for a small fee.

The Inner Hebrides

Isle of Mull

• Tobermory Visitor Centre has toilets and lovely showers and laundry for a small fee (around £2)
• Craignure Bunkhouse – can use showers and toilets in summer between 4.30pm and 7.30pm, £3 for 20mins

Isle of Jura

• Craighouse on the Isle of Jura is in a brilliant setting and has free camping (they only ask for a donation to a charity) with showers and laundry around the back of the hotel.
• behind the Craighouse hotel, coin operated plus laundry facilities

Isle of Skye

• Glenelg and Arnisdale Community Hall – can use showers from 8am till 8pm between April and October for a small fee
• Portree – The Fingal Swimming Centre – can use showers for a small fee

Isle of Eigg
There are showers and toilets at the pier.

Scottish Borders

Peebles
Public showers at the Glentress Trail Centre £1 for ten minutes. Six showers available.

Gretna
Gretna motorway services have showers. They aren’t great and prone to flooding, can sometimes jamon and not very hot but it’s still a wash.

References:
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42513
https://passedplaces.wordpress.com/a-list-of-public-showers-for-use-by-walkers-and-campers/

Found any public shower facitilies in Scotland we havent got in our list?
Leave a comment and we will update the list for everyone!