Fife Coastal Path - North Queensferry to Burntisland

North Queensferry to Burntisland

This is one of six planned linear walks over sections of the beautiful Fife Coastal Path.

Our walk starts in the historic village of North Queensferry, in the shadow of the majestic Forth Rail Bridge. We go under the approach structure to the bridge and head to the Carlingnose Point Nature Reserve where there are amazing views of the bridge and the Forth Estuary.

We continue slightly inland to Inverkeithing before returning to the coast to St David's Bay and then on to Dalgety Bay. We pass the ruins of St Bridget's Church which is over 800 years old and follow the path to the pretty village of Aberdour. Our walk finishes in the old seaport of Burntisland where there are rail and bus transport options for onward travel.

Path conditions are well defined with good surfaces, including occasional sections of pavement when we walk through towns and villages.

The planned walks over sections of the Fife Coastal Path are as follows. 

• North Queensferry to Burntisland - 12 miles/19 km - Saturday 17th July 2021
• Burntisland to East Weymss - 12 miles/19 km - Saturday 21st August 2021
• East Weymss to Lower Largo - 7 miles/11 km - Saturday 28th August 2021
• Lower Largo to Anstruther - 12 miles/19 km - Saturday 11th September 2021
• Anstruther to Kingsbarns - 10 miles/16 km - Saturday 9th October 2021
• Kingsbarns to St Andrews - 9 miles/14 km - Saturday 23rd October 2021

Transport

North Queensferry - 4 trains per hour on the Fife Circle Line, travelling both north and south. Stagecoach buses 87 from Dunfermline and X55 from Edinburgh stop at North Queensferry. Car parking is available nearby.

Burntisland - 2 trains per hour on the Fife Circle Line, travelling both north and south. Stagecoach buses available for travelling both north and and south although you may have to change.

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Photographs

All photographs taken by Graham Lawson, event leader.