Fife Coastal Path
Fife Coastal Path | |
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Use | Hiking |
Elevation gain/loss | 1,865 metres (6,119 ft) gain[1] |
Season | All year |
Website | https://fifecoastandcountrysidetrust.co.uk/walks/fife-coastal-path/ |
The Fife Coastal Path is a
Places of Interest
Places of historic interest along the route include Inverkeithing's Hospitum of the Grey Friars,
The path includes a short (c. 0.5 km) optional section known as the Elie Chain Walk, between Kincraig Point and Earlsferry to the west of Elie. This route, which should only be used during low tides, has chains fixed to the cliffs and rocks of the shore to assist progress, and is sometimes referred to as Scotland’s secret via ferrata.[9] At times, short vertical climbs are necessary, although most of the chains are positioned to provide support while walking. The chains were first installed in the 1920s, and were replaced in 2010. An alternative, more straightforward route runs along the clifftop above.[10]
Carlin Knowes quarry, North Queensferry has a memorial plaque commemorating the halting of the victims of the 1850 Irish Evictions from Dunfermline by quarrymen deputised by the Provost of Inverkeithing.
Running
On 5 October 2013, a team of 6 runners from Carnethy Hill Running Club in Edinburgh set a mark of 15 hours and 10 minutes running continuously in stages along the 187-km length, starting at Kincardine at 3am and finishing in Newburgh at 6.10pm.[11] This mark has subsequently been ratified by the Fife Coast and Countryside Trust.[citation needed]
On the evening of Friday 4th September 2020, at 11.12pm, Carnethy Hill Racing Club member, Nicola Duncan, (Edinburgh based but originally from Galway, Ireland) set off from Kincardine to run the route, finishing at Newburgh 23 hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds later on the evening of Saturday 5th September to set the FKT (Fastest Known Time) for a solo runner to complete the entire Fife Coastal Path.[12]
Towns and villages on the path
Listed from south to north (anti-clockwise):
- Kincardine
- Culross
- Valleyfield
- Torryburn
- Charlestown
- Limekilns
- Rosyth
- North Queensferry
- Inverkeithing
- Dalgety Bay
- Aberdour
- Burntisland
- Kinghorn
- Kirkcaldy
- Dysart
- West Wemyss
- East Wemyss
- Buckhaven
- Methil
- Leven
- Lundin Links
- Lower Largo
- Elie and Earlsferry
- St Monans
- Pittenweem
- Anstruther
- Cellardyke
- Crail
- Kingsbarns
- Boarhills
- St Andrews
- Guardbridge
- Leuchars
- Tayport
- Newport-on-Tay
- Woodhaven
- Wormit
- Balmerino
- Newburgh
Approximate map
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Trails Archive". Scotland's Great Trails. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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- ^ "About Us". Fife Coast and Countryside Trust. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Scotland's networks of paths and trails: key research findings" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. August 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Newport-on-Tay
- ^ "Wildlife". Fife Coast and Countryside Trust. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Harbourmaster's House". Fife Coast and Countryside Trust. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Fife Coastal Path". Scotland's Great Trails. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Elie Chain Walk". Fife Council. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Fife Coastal Path Relay". Carnethy Hill Running Club. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Fiona Outdoors, 2020/09, Nicola runs Fife Coastal Path to raise funds for paralysed friend.
External links
- Fife Coast and Countryside Trust
- Official Fife Coastal Path Web Site
- Fife Coastal Path guidebook
- Fife Coastal Path description and mapping on Walkhighlands
- Geographic data related to route of the Fife Coastal Path at OpenStreetMap