Places to Visit

If you’re looking for a day out, you’re spoiled for choice. Organised school trips are free to our Museum of Electricity in Christchurch, Dorset, Fiddler's Ferry Power Station in Cheshire and Pitlochry Hydro Eletric Dam and Power Station in Perthshire.

Museum of Electricity

Set in a genuine Edwardian power station in Christchurch, Dorset, we own and operate the UK's only museum dedicated to the history of electricity. There's fun and nostalgia for the whole family.

The museum is open from Easter to the end of September, Monday to Thursday, and also on Friday during local school holidays and half terms.

Opening times

Midday - 4.30pm with final entry at 4pm.

Guided tours for schools and community groups can be arranged by appointment throughout the year, please call for details.

School educational visits during normal hours are free.

Free car parking is available at the museum.

For more information about the museum 

The Museum of Electricity
The Old Power Station
Bargates
Christchurch
Dorset BH23 1QE

W:  Museum of Electricity
T: 01202 480467

Fiddler's Ferry Power Station is proud to support its local community with its free Educational Resource Centre. Our mission statement is to provide an educational resource to the local community showing how Fiddler's Ferry Power Station and other SSE sites produce electricity in a sustainable way. Contact Rawdon at rawdon.jones@sse.com for more information or examine our flier for Primary Schools and Frequently Asked Questions.

                                    Flier for Primary Schools
                                    FAQs

At the Scottish Hydro Electric Visitor Centre in Pitlochry, Perthshire, you can see how our hydro generation schemes were built and how we have developed these over the past 60 years. Learn about the working and living conditions endured by ‘The Hydro Boys’ who built the schemes, and how they changed the lives of the people living in northern Scotland as they brought them ‘Power from the Glens’.

Pitlochry Dam is home to the famous Salmon Ladder where the fish may be seen in the viewing chamber during their ascent past the dam. In the Visitor Centre, find out why and how the fish make their epic journey from their birthplace in Highland rivers, out to sea and back upstream to spawn.

Opening times
The Visitor Centre is open Monday to Friday April to October, 10am - 5.30pm.

Admission to the exhibition, salmon viewing chamber and shop is free. Children must be accompanied by an adult

More information
For more information, please contact the Visitor Centre.

T: 01796 473152