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Allt Mor Café

The community-owned café in the Glenmore Visitor Centre by Loch Morlich, for coffee, soup and cake before or after the hill.

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The Allt Mor Café is the café in the Glenmore Visitor Centre, in Glenmore Forest Park close to Loch Morlich, and since November 2024 it has belonged to the community, bought by the Aviemore and Glenmore Community Trust.

It is a stop before or after a walk, a bike ride, a ski or a run, serving coffee, cake, breakfast rolls, homemade soup and lunches, seven days a week.

The centre is made for people on the move: there is a bike tool station, bike parking and e-bike charging, free Wi-Fi with live bus times, toilets and disabled access, and dogs are welcome inside, with plenty of seating outdoors too. It is six miles by road from Aviemore, or forty-five minutes by bike on the Old Logging Way, and the number 30 bus stops at the foot of the car park. Parts of the forest park stay closed after the wildfire of July 2026. The café opens daily from 9am to 4pm.

Round the cornerAn Lochan UaineThe green lochan of the Ryvoan Pass above Glenmore, its water a startling green among the pines, said to be the fairies' washing place.2 min by roadSee itAerial view of a dark blue lochan surrounded by pine trees and patchy snow
Before you go

The café opens every day from 9am to 4pm.

There is parking on site, and the number 30 Aviemore Adventurer bus stops at the foot of the car park.

Hours
Daily 09:00 to 16:00.
Where
Glenmore, Aviemore, PH22 1QU.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9am–4pm
Tuesday
9am–4pm
Wednesday
9am–4pm
Thursday
9am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
9am–4pm
Where it is

Glenmore Visitor Centre, Glenmore Forest Park.

Close byIn Glenmore.
  1. Loch MorlichLoch MorlichThe highest beach in Britain, golden sand on a loch of the Glenmore pinewoods.Under a mile2 min by road
  2. Cairngorm Reindeer CentreCairngorm Reindeer CentreBritain's only free-ranging reindeer, on the Cairngorm slopes above Glenmore.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. Reindeer with antlers walking along a wooden boardwalk through moorlandCairngorm Reindeer CentreUnder a mile1 min by road
  4. Ryvoan BothyRyvoan BothyA one-room stone bothy on the old Thieves' Road at the head of the Ryvoan Pass, a farm until 1877, kept by the Mountain Bothies Association.Under a mile3 min by road
  5. Glenmore Lodge among the pines from above, the hills behind.Glenmore LodgeScotland's National Outdoor Training Centre, beyond Loch Morlich, teaching courses at every level in more than ten outdoor sports.Under a mile4 min by road
Directions
Aerial view of a dark blue lochan surrounded by pine trees and patchy snowAttractionsAn Lochan Uaine0.2 miles
Skier in a green jacket jumps mid-air as another checks his phoneAttractionsSkiing and Snowboarding in the Cairngorms3.9 miles
The funicular climbing the mountainside above Glenmore.AttractionsCairngorm Mountain4.0 miles
A walker resting on granite boulders above the corries.AttractionsBraeriach4.0 miles
Coylumbridge Aviemore Hotel entrance lit up at dusk, surrounded by pine treesWalksFun House at Hilton Coylumbridge4.8 miles
A red squirrel on the trunk of a pine.AttractionsLoch Garten Nature Reserve5.0 miles over the water
Pine trees line a rocky loch shore with an exposed root bankAttractionsRothiemurchus5.2 miles
A handler in tweed raising a gloved hand as a golden eagle lands beside him, CairngormsShoppingRothiemurchus Farm Shop5.2 miles
Falconer in a field flying a bird of prey towards his gloved handAttractionsRothiemurchus Falconry5.3 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the café, and when each is next free.

A landscape view of Park Cottage in the snow, its windows lit, forest and a white hill behind.Park Cottage
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  • In Kincraig
  • 9 miles from the Allt Mor Café
Free 23–25 OctA whitewashed cottage sends a thread of smoke from its chimney, framed between pine trunks with a dog bounding through the grass.Coire Domhain Cottage
  • Sleeps 10
  • In Cairngorms
  • 13 miles from the Allt Mor Café
Check datesKennels Cottage, CairngormsKennels Cottage
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Cairngorms
  • 13 miles from the Allt Mor Café
Check datesA row of stone cottages with a slated roof and four chimneys sits behind a gravel courtyard, hills visible in the distance.Killiehuntly Bothy
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Cairngorms
  • 13 miles from the Allt Mor Café
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