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Outdoors in Fife

Every spot we hold in Fife — swim, paddle, walk, viewpoint and dark-sky places, with live conditions.

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West Sands, St Andrews

St Andrews

The famous Chariots of Fire beach: two miles of flat firm sand backed by the university towers and links courses, with Excellen…

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East Sands, St Andrews

St Andrews

A sheltered harbour-side beach beside St Andrews' leisure centre, gentler and less exposed than West Sands and with proper chan…

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Kingsbarns Beach

Kingsbarns

A quieter East Neuk beach favoured by surfers, reached through the golf course margin rather than a direct car park. The surf h…

Sunset 22:02
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Fife Coastal Path — Anstruther to Crail

East Neuk (Anstruther)

A stretch of the Fife Coastal Path linking Anstruther's harbour cafes to Crail's, past the Isle of May offshore and through the…

Sunset 22:01
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East Lomond Hill, Falkland

Falkland, Lomond Hills

Fife's highest hill above Falkland village, with a clear line to both the Tay and the Forth on a good day and doubling as one o…

Sunset 22:04
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Tentsmuir Forest & Beach

Tayport, North Fife

Forest tracks giving way to a wide dune beach with a genuinely dark sea horizon to the east, away from the Dundee glow inland. …

No true darkness
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Kirkcaldy Esplanade

Kirkcaldy

The 'lang toun' promenade runs the length of Kirkcaldy's beach, step-free the whole way and served by the town's rail station a…

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Fife Coastal Path — Dysart to West Wemyss

Dysart, Kirkcaldy

A coastal path from Dysart's restored harbour past the sea caves of the Wemyss coastline, one of Fife's less-visited stretches.…

Sunset 22:02