A Scenic Walk from Crail to Anstruther. The East Neuk of Fife, with its rugged coastline, picturesque fishing villages, and serene landscapes, offers some of Scotland’s most charming walks.
Read moreA Scenic Walk from Crail to Anstruther

Photographs and information about walking the Scottish Long Distance pathway, the Fife Coastal Path which stretches for 117 miles from Kincardine to Newburgh
A Scenic Walk from Crail to Anstruther. The East Neuk of Fife, with its rugged coastline, picturesque fishing villages, and serene landscapes, offers some of Scotland’s most charming walks.
Read moreElie to Anstruther, our walk on the East Neuk section of the Fife Coastal Path. On a glorious summer’s day in August, we headed to Elie for a stroll on the Fife Coastal Path with the idea that we would arrive in St Monans just in time for lunch at the East Pier Smokehouse. Read more
We had business at Sandcastle Cottage in Crail in the morning, so did not start our walk on the Fife Coastal Path from Dysart until early afternoon on a June day. Read more
Having first completed the Fife Coastal Path and it’s 117 miles in July 2015, it’s time to reflect on the earlier stages of the walk, Kincardine to Culross section 1 and give you some ideas if you wish to extend your walks beyond the East Neuk sections, which are easy to walk from Sandcastle Cottage, Crail.
Read moreThis year, we’ve been trying to walk the whole 117 miles of the Fife Coastal Path, from Kincardine round to Newburgh. Read more
Many of our guests at Sandcastle Cottage like to walk sections of the Fife Coastal Path, and it’s easy to do so from the front door of the cottage where you can join the path and head towards either St Andrews or Anstruther. Read more
Fife Coastal Path Tayport to Balmerino offers the walker some superb views across the Tay Estuary towards Broughty Ferry and Dundee. Much of the path follows the old railway line between Tayport and Dundee which closed in 1966 shortly before the opening of the Tay Road Bridge. This is a relatively easy walk. You don’t need boots or stout walking shoes as much of the walk is on tarmac pavements or cycle paths. The only part that is not is the part between Wormit and Balmerino. Read more
Time to get back to nature on the Fife Coastal Path! Skies were a little greyer than of late when we set out on our walk from Anstruther to Cambo Estate via Crail and Fife Ness. Read more
We were really fortunate to walk the Limekilns to Inverkeithing section of the 117-mile long Fife Coastal Path on a glorious day which helped to make this walk memorable.
If you’re going to walk the whole of the 117-mile long Fife Coastal Path, you may cover the route from start to finish, or do sections in different orders depending on where you are based. Read more