Burntisland

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Burntisland is a coastal town with a population of 6000 in the kingdom of Fife, Scotland.

Burntisland from the top of The Binn Burntisland Parish Kirk

  • Museum of Communication, 131 High Street, KY3 9AA. Saturday and Wednesday May - Sept.. Exhibition changes most years - From Flags to Flanders Fields about first world war communications for 2017.
  • Burntisland Heritage Trust. An exhibition of town history is held in the Burgh Chambers on the High Street on Wed-Sun in summer. Also a good place to ask for general tourist information.
  • St Columba's Church. opened in 1594 and has an interesting painted interior (open summer Saturdays). It was the first church to be built in Scotland after the Reformation.
  • The Beach: "Award-winning" they say, but the award must be for fuel efficiency because it's black. This is natural pollution: there are coal outcrops on the sea bed, so shards are continually washing ashore.
  • Rossend Castle. See this from the outside only as it is now occupied by a firm of architects.
  • The Links. Open grass area with playpark. The links were granted to the town by a royal charter of James V in June 1541.

Museum of Communication, 131 High Street, KY3 9AA. Saturday and Wednesday May - Sept.. Exhibition changes most years - From Flags to Flanders Fields about first world war communications for 2017.

Burntisland Heritage Trust. An exhibition of town history is held in the Burgh Chambers on the High Street on Wed-Sun in summer. Also a good place to ask for general tourist information.

St Columba's Church. opened in 1594 and has an interesting painted interior (open summer Saturdays). It was the first church to be built in Scotland after the Reformation.

The Beach: "Award-winning" they say, but the award must be for fuel efficiency because it's black. This is natural pollution: there are coal outcrops on the sea bed, so shards are continually washing ashore.

Rossend Castle. See this from the outside only as it is now occupied by a firm of architects.

The Links. Open grass area with playpark. The links were granted to the town by a royal charter of James V in June 1541.

  • Go to the Fair in Summer on The Links.
  • Walk the Fife Coastal Path. from Alloa all the way east beneath the Forth bridges to Burntisland and onward to the East Neuk. To go west, simplest from High St is to head up Lothian St and Kirkton Rd to pick up the trail by Haugh Road. This leads through housing estates then along the railway, eventually ducking beneath the track to come onto the shore path to Aberdour. Going east is only worth doing at low tide, when you can walk along the beach to Kinghorn then trend north towards Kirkcaldy. When the tide's in you have to follow the main road A921; there's a sidewalk but it's a busy boring road.
  • Beacon Leisure Centre, Lammerlaws Road. Go for a swim
  • Divebunker, Lamerlaws Road, +44 1592 874380. Scuba dive in the Firth of Forth. Also equipment shop.
  • Burntisland Highland Gathering is held on the third Monday in July. The next event is Mon 15 July 2019.

Walk the Fife Coastal Path. from Alloa all the way east beneath the Forth bridges to Burntisland and onward to the East Neuk. To go west, simplest from High St is to head up Lothian St and Kirkton Rd to pick up the trail by Haugh Road. This leads through housing estates then along the railway, eventually ducking beneath the track to come onto the shore path to Aberdour. Going east is only worth doing at low tide, when you can walk along the beach to Kinghorn then trend north towards Kirkcaldy. When the tide's in you have to follow the main road A921; there's a sidewalk but it's a busy boring road.

Beacon Leisure Centre, Lammerlaws Road. Go for a swim

Divebunker, Lamerlaws Road, +44 1592 874380. Scuba dive in the Firth of Forth. Also equipment shop.

Burntisland Highland Gathering is held on the third Monday in July. The next event is Mon 15 July 2019.

C & M Seafoods, 182 High St., +44 7939 176712.

  • Romanos, 144a High Street, +44 1592 874200. Excellent fish and chips
  • Potter About, 253A High St., +44 1592 873680. Cafe

Romanos, 144a High Street, +44 1592 874200. Excellent fish and chips

Potter About, 253A High St., +44 1592 873680. Cafe

The town is well serviced by hotels and bars catering to all tastes commensurate with the standing of a Fife coastal town.