Leven beach is a long sandy beach with views towards Edinburgh over the Forth of Fife. Facilities at the beach include toilets, park, Leven Leisure Pool, seasonal lifeguards, amusement arcades and outdoor fitness area. Read more…
Ravenscraig Castle is built on a rock promontory in the Firth of Forth at Kirkcaldy at the east end of Pathhead Sands. This ruined castle dates back to the 1460’s and had natural steep cliffs on the three sea sides and then the main castle defences, two big D-shaped towers, built on the landward side. Read more…
Burntisland beach is a sandy beach with rock pools. An excellent family beach and at low tide you get a massive area nearly one mile wide of sand and mud flats which go all the way out to the Black Rocks and all the way east to Pettycur beach. Take care of the mud flats when walking out at low Read more…
Ruby Bay is a sandy beach in a sheltered bay to the east of the village of Elie that is backed by dunes and grass areas. The beach is also referred to as Wood Haven. The beach is known for “Elie rubies”, blood-red pyrope garnets embedded in the volcanic rock along the shoreline. On a sunny day, you can lie down Read more…
Step Rock Tidal Pool in St Andrews can’t be accessed as is now part of the Aquarium. The pool opened in 1902 although a bathing shelter was around in the late 1800s. The pool measured 300ft long by 100ft wide and the depth from 2ft 4ins to 8ft. There was also a small paddling pool. The pool was also known Read more…
Black Sands is a small sandy, shingle, quiet, tranquil and secluded stretch of sand with rocky outcrops nestling on the south side of the village of Aberdour next to the harbour. Well worth an explore of the rock caves. Facilities include toilets, parking. Read more…
The West Sands at St Andrews is a long stretch of sand backed by the famous Royal & Ancient Golf Club. You may also recognise it as the beach was used for the famous opening sequence of Chariots of Fire. The beach is sandy, stretches for 3 km (2 miles), is backed by large grass areas and sand dunes. Multiple options to park Read more…
Kirkcaldy Galleries has a collection of work by well-known artists from the eighteenth century to the present day. Includes a museum, showing the history, heritage, people and culture of the area through an array of artefacts from Fife’s collection, housed in Moments in Time, a permanent museum display. Read more…
One of the two beaches in Kinghorn, the other being Pettycur Bay. Kinhorn beach is a sheltered sandy bay within the town ideal for families with views out to Inchkeith Island. Read more…
