Glentress

Opening hours

• The Gateway building is open daily from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. 

• The Glentress Forest Café is open daily 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (kitchen closes at 3:30pm).  

• The Alpine Bikes shop is open daily 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.  

Dogs are welcome in the visitor centre and café. There's water and sheltered tie-up points outside the café.

Accessibility

The turn-off for Glentress is well signposted on the north side of the A72 between Peebles and Innerleithen.

Using SatNav?

EH45 8NB is the nearest postcode.

An Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) car parking system is now in place at Glentress.

When you enter our car park, the camera will read your vehicle registration number and the entry barrier will raise to let you through.

The charges to park at Glentress are:

• Free for up to 30 minutes (the exit barrier will raise automatically)
• £3 for up to 1 hour
• £4 for up to 3 hours
• £6 for all day
• £24 for minibus or coach all day

The first 30 minutes of parking are free – and the exit barrier will raise automatically for you if you have stayed for less than 30 minutes.

If you are an annual parking pass holder, the exit barriers will raise automatically for you.

If you have stayed longer than 30 minutes, and are not an annual parking pass holder, please pay by card before you leave at any of the pay machines located in the car parks and outside the Gateway building. Please leave within 20 minutes of paying.

If the exit barrier does not raise, please press the ‘help’ button and someone will assist you.

Blue Badge holders

Blue Badge holders park for free. You can either:

• Have your vehicle registration added to our system (using the form below) so that it will recognise your car and allow you to come and go for free whenever you visit
• Or enter the last 7 digits of your Blue Badge number at the pay stations before you exit the car park

Glentress Blue Badge registration form

Annual parking passes are available for this site via the onsite parking machines. For other ways to purchase, please visit our parking page.

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