111 Places in Fife That You Shouldn't Miss

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Fife is an ancient Scottish county, proudly known as the Kingdom. Its distinctive, self-contained identity is summed up in the old adage 'Bid farewell to Scotland, and cross to Fife!' A compact peninsula shaped like the head of a Scottie dog nosing the North Sea, it boasts magnificent approaches from south and north via the celebrated bridges over the Forth and Tay. Tourists flock to the world-famous golf courses in the old university town of St Andrews. But Fife is packed with all manner of much less-visited treasures, places of stunning natural beauty as well as fascinating monuments of every era, from prehistoric to post-industrial, testaments to its long and eventful past and richly diverse cultural heritage. You will discover a land where generations of the illustrious and the powerful, the humble and the hard-working have all left their mark, from kings and queens to miners and fishermen, from bishops, earls and industrialists to scholars, artists and sportsmen - to say nothing of the internationally famed Fifers whose legacies have changed history. This book will introduce visitor and native alike to a whole host of unexpected and contrasting sites and sights that celebrate the delightful otherness of this unique little Kingdom. Cover Foreword Contents 1. Aberdour Castle 2. The Orontes Ceiling 3. The Lime Kilns 4. Jim Baxter 5. The Wee Miner Boy 6. Culross Palace 7. Braefoot Point 8. Donibristle 9. The Abbey Church 10. Abbot House 11. Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum 12. The City Chambers 13. Fire Station Creative 14. Pittencrieff Park 15. The Royal Guesthouse 16. St Margaret’s Cave 17. Tam o’Shanter 18. The Mercat Cross 19. Devilla Forest 20. Tulliallan Kirkyard 21. St Ninian’s Land Art 22. The Vintage Bus Museum 23. Lochore Meadows 24. Preston Island 25. The Forth Road Bridge 26. The Harbour Light Tower 27. Underwater safari 28. The Dockyard Castle 29. The ʻGarden City’ 30. The Binn 31. The Kirk of the Bible 32. The Museum of Communication 33. The Wemyss School of Needlework 34. The Wemyss Caves 35. The Caichpule 36. Falkland Palace 37. Maspie Den 38. Pillars of Hercules 39. The violin shop 40. The Bunnet Stane 41. Prehistoric Balfarg 42. The Town Art 43. Earthship Fife 44. Adam Smith Close 45. The Art Gallery 46. The Coptic screen 47. Dysart 48. Fife Ice Arena 49. The Linoleum Poem 50. Maggie’s Centre 51. The Merchant’s House 52. ʻPet Marjorie’ 53. The Bull Stone 54. Fife Heritage Railway 55. Dalginch 56. Alexander III Monument 57. Auld Wemyss Ways 58. The Fisheries Museum 59. The Isle of May 60. Kellie Castle 61. Cellardyke Harbour 62. Fife Folk Museum 63. Wemyss Ware 64. The Dutch Village 65. Crail Airfield 66. The Lobster Hut 67. Priory Doocot 68. Dunino Den 69. The Chain Walk 70. Lady’s Tower 71. The Cheese Farm Café 72. The Cambo Snowdrops 73. Alexander Selkirk 74. Lundin Ladies’ Golf Club 75. Bowbridge Alpacas 76. The Arts Festival 77. St Fillan’s Cave 78. Bell Pettigrew Museum 79. The Botanic Garden 80. The British Golf Museum 81. The Byre Theatre 82. The Cathedral Museum 83. The PH Monogram 84. The Rock and Spindle 85. Saint Andrew 86. St Mary’s College 87. St Rule’s Tower 88. West Sands 89. The Auld Kirk 90. Bowhouse 91. East Pier Smokehouse 92. The windmill 93. Bishop’s Wood 94. The Cold War bunker 95. Sir Jimmy Shand 96. Balmerino Abbey 97. Scottish Deer Centre 98. Cupar Heritage Trail 99. Hill of Tarvit 100. Scotstarvit Tower 101. Eden Mill Distillery 102. St Athernase Church 103. The Orchard Town 104. The Unknown Bairn 105. The Polish Camp 106. The Tay Bridge Disaster 107. The Artline 108. The coastal path 109. The Little House 110. The Pilgrim Way 111. Waymarkers and milestones Map of Fife