Opening Hours
17 March 2008 to 31 October 2008
Seven days 9:30am to 5:30pm
(last entry to gardens and museum 5pm).
Winter Opening
Stables Gift Shop is open during the winter months from 11am to 3pm. (weekdays only)
The Library and Genealogy Centre is available by appointment only.
Gardens and holiday cottages are open all year.
Admission Prices for 2008
Adults £5.60
Concessions £4.00
Group Rate (8 people or more) £3.80
Family Tickets £16.00 (2 adults 4 children)
The admission ticket covers all Centre facilities:
Castle Gardens
Museum of the Isles
Exhibitions
Nature Trails & Walks
Virtual Tour
For a taste of what we have to offer, please take our virtual tour. Please be patient while the tour downloads. This should take approximately 20 seconds on a dial-up connection and approximately 5 seconds via broadband.
Welcome
Failtibh gu larach-lin Garraidhean a’ Chaisteal Armadail is Taigh-tasgaidh nan Eilean, air an Eilean Sgitheananch, ann an Alba.
Armadale Castle Gardens and Museum of the Isles is set in the heart of a 20,000 acre Highland estate.
This estate, once part of the traditional lands of Clan Donald, was purchased by the Clan Donald Lands Trust in 1971.
The Trust has restored the gardens and part of the Castle, created the Museum of the Isles, founded the Study Centre, built holiday accommodation and established a visitor centre that appeals to all age groups.
Armadale has in the stables a licensed restaurant and shop with mail order facilities. The centre also invites membership of the Clan Donald Lands Trust.
Disabled facilities are available at the centre.
Throughout the season we hold various events at the centre and dates and details can be found by following the Armadale Events link.
Weddings at Armadale
Armadale offers an exceptional setting for your wedding day on the romantic Isle of Skye.
Your Civil or Religious Wedding Ceremony can be solemnised in the Sculptured Ruin of Armadale Castle or in the Somerled Rooms, the original building at Armadale Castle, circa 1790, with the gardens as an outstanding backdrop for your photographs. Our licensed Stables Restaurant caters for seventy guests and a further forty evening guests. If you are planning a larger wedding we allow marquee. Your champagne reception after the ceremony can be held in the Somerled Rooms with an evening banquet in the Stables Restaurant.
Accessibility
All our facilities are on the ground floor and accessible to those with physical disabilities. Most of the gardens are also accessible. Reserved parking is available adjoining all our buildings. There is a disabled toilet in both the Stables & Museum buildings.
Two four-wheel electric wheelchairs are available for visitors to borrow - please ask when you buy your ticket or ring the Centre to book in advance. There is no entry charge for a carer accompanying a disabled individual.
There is an English language audio guide to the Museum for the visually impaired.
One of the self-catering cottages has a ramp and is suitable, with assistance, for people with wheelchairs.
How to contact us
Armadale Castle Gardens & Museum of the Isles
Armadale, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV45 8RS, Scotland.
Telephone: 01471 844305 or 01471 844227
Fax: 01471 844275
E-mail: office@clandonald.com
If telephoning from outside the UK the numbers are your international code +44 1471 844305 or 844227, or Fax +44 1471 844275.
The direct line to the Museum of the Isles is 01599 534454
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Audio Guide at the Museum of the Isles
A free Audio Guide to the museum is now available in the following languages: English, Gaelic, French, German, Italian and Spanish. There is also an English language tour for the visually impaired.
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The Centre is open from 17 March 2008 for the new Visitor Season, 9.30am to 5.30pm every day until 31st October 2008
If you have visited Armadale in previous years, we hope that you have enjoyed walking around the 40 acre garden and been amazed at the plants from around the world growing successfully here. If you have not visited and wish to do so, you could enjoy a stay in our self-catering cottages graded 4 star and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the area with entry into the gardens and Museum of the Isles included.
If you are planning your 2008 holidays in Scotland please include Armadale on your list of places to visit. We have a lot to offer!
There are will be a number of Highland Council Ranger children’s events (PDF document) taking place at the centre during the summer. (check the events listing)
Gardens, walks & trails
Forty acres of exotic trees, shrubs and flowers are remarkable for their beauty and their very existence.
The warm, generally frost-free, climate of the west coast of Scotland - a result of the Gulf Stream - and the work of our professional staff, allow the sheltered gardens to flourish.
Accommodation
Six log cottages, the traditional stone built Foresters Cottage and a luxury Suite in the Stables building are available for self-catering all year round. Late booking discounts available.
