Sandy and Susan’s Walks on the Fife Coastal Path
Walking Fife: time for a summary of our Fife Coastal Path walks. This will mean you have an easy guide to find the different walks which we’ve completed over the years. We’ve walked in different seasons and have taken walks of varying lengths. The sections we refer to are those in the Footprint Maps of the Fife Coastal Path. This is a handy map available from the Fife Coast and Countryside Trust at the Harbourmaster’s House in Dysart. Also found at many information points and bookshops around Fife. It’s the guide we’ve used throughout our walks. The path is generally well marked and if you’re walking from Kincardine to Newburgh, the direction will be found by keeping the water to your right!
Section 1 Kincardine to Limekilns – 11 miles or 17.5 km
Culross Palace, Fife
Kincardine to Culross (4 miles)
Kincardine to Limekilns (11 miles)
Section 2 Limekilns to Burntisland – 17 miles or 27.4 km
Burntisland beach
Limekilns to Inverkeithing (7 miles)
Inverkeithing to Burntisland (10 miles)
Section 3 Burntisland to Buckhaven – 14 miles or 22.5 km
Harbourmaster’s house Dysart Harbour
Burntisland to Dysart (8 miles)
Kinghorn to Kirkcaldy (4 miles)
Section 4 Buckhaven to Elie – 13 miles or 20.9 km
Elie and the Isle of May
Section 5 Elie to Cambo Sands – 16 miles or 25.8 km
Pittenweem Fife
Elie – Anstruther (7 miles)
Anstruther – Cambo (11 miles)
Section 6 Cambo Sands to Leuchars – 14 miles or 22.5 km
St Andrews from St Rules Tower
Kingsbarns – St Andrews (8 miles)
Leuchars – St Andrews (6 miles) – walked the ‘wrong way’ for this bit as the Open Golf Championship was on.
Section 7 Leuchars to Wormit Bay – 16 miles or 25.8 km
Grey Seals Lie on the vast expanse of beach at Tents Muir
Tayport to Balmerino (7 miles)
Section 8 Wormit Bay to Newburgh – 15 miles or 24.1 km
Tay Rail Bridge at Wormit
Newport – Newburgh (approx. 18 miles)
A shorter walk: Balmerino to Newburgh (around 11 miles)
We hope that you’ll enjoy walking the Fife Coastal Path and that our musings and write-ups have been helpful when walking Fife and planning your trips too. Sandcastle Cottage in Crail is ideally placed for those who wish to complete the central sections of the Fife Coastal Path, and particularly if you wish to make use of the Stagecoach Service 95 bus which runs from Leven to St Andrews, covering sections 4 – 6 of the Fife Coastal Path. If you’d like to book a stay at Sandcastle Cottage, just put your preferred dates into our “Book Now” box to see when the cottage is available.
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