Iona Abbey
Museums & Science Centres · Isle of Mull, Hebrides, Orkney & Shetland
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Closed — opens 9.30am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor5–88–12Booking requiredEducationalMemberships available
What’s there
- Limited parking
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Cars can go onto Iona only with a permit from the local authority office in Oban. Blue Badge holders can take vehicles on the public ferry, but parking on the island is very limited. Most visitors park on Mull and take the 5-minute foot ferry from Fionnphort.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Iona Abbey, on the Isle of Iona off Mull, is one of Scotland's most important historic sites. Managed by Historic Environment Scotland, it includes the restored abbey church, cloisters and a museum of early Christian carved stones. Reach it by the 5-minute ferry from Fionnphort on Mull, then a 10-minute walk (600m uphill) from the pier. Entry is by timed ticket - book online in advance; under-7s go free. There is a shop on site and dogs are welcome in outdoor areas. There are no toilets on site; the nearest are at the Iona Community shop just north of the ticket office. The adjacent Iona Community Abbey Centre has a cafe and further facilities.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Gloves
- I-spy book
- Umbrella
- Plasters
- Lunch boxes
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