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Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History
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Address: South St, School of Biology, St Andrews University, St Andrews KY16 9TS
Despite the minor hassle of needing to arrange an appointment (otherwise it is closed), this natural history museum has a jaw-dropping collection of the weird and the wonderful. From skeletons to preserved reptiles in bell jars, via a selection of hideous insects (thankfully dead and pinned to their cases), the antique presentation of the...
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Address: Bruce Embankment, Fife, St Andrews
Just opposite the iconic Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews sits this little museum that wonderfully shows how St Andrews made golf and golf has made St Andrews. With lots of interesting memorabilia from the 1700s and onwards, it's a great place to spend an interesting couple of hours for both golfing fanatics and those who have to tag...
Elcho Castle and Riverboat ride
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Address: Alight at Woodhaven Slip, Wormit or Broughty Ferry Pilot Pier
Take a trip on the Badger (www.badgerdundee.org.uk) under both Tay bridges and along the river Tay to Elcho Castle. Built around 1570, this well-preserved castle is the seat of the Earl of Wemyss. Uninhabited, it is occasionally used by the Wemyss family for wild parties. The Badger is a ten-metre-long Nelson Class Launch, which is manned by...
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Address: Falkland, Cupar KY15 7BU
Home to some of Mary Queen of Scots' happiest days – and she didn't have many – there is a magic yet heartrending atmosphere amongst the gardens of this hunting lodge where she played as a girl. Before that it was where, in 1402, the Duke of Albany is said to have held and starved to death his nephew, David, who was heir to the throne. The palace...
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From Inverkeithing on the Forth to Tayport on the Tay, this largely flat route means that walkers of all abilities can see the beautiful and varied Fife coastline. If you haven't time to do it all, take a bus to Elie (nos. x26 or 95) and do what many say is the most interesting part of the walk. From there to Pittenweem, you pass Elie lighthouse,...
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Address: Fife, Pittenweem KY10 2RF
Kellie Castle was built around 1606 and was once home to the Earls of Kellie, the peerage granted to Thomas Erskine, the well-respected theologian. Restored by the Lorimer family in 1878, Sir Robert Lorimer's grand taste and love of beauty created a wonderful noble pile with gardens that draw crowds looking to enjoy their old world tranquility....
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Address: On the A92, Leuchars
Also known as Tentsmuir Nature Reserve, this long stretch of golden sand with dunes and forest to the west offers breath-stealing walks at any time of the year. Occasional sorties by nearby RAF-Leuchars-based Tornados break the wind-pounded silence whilst children with their parents or kite-flyers add sporadic touches of colour and life to the...
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Address: Bow of Fife, (On the A91), Cupar
If you are a nature-lover or have children, this is an excellent afternoon out. You can get very close to the well-looked-after monarchical stags and cute little bambis, watch the wolves being fed or take part in a falconry display, where you are allowed to handle the eagles and owls and feed them bits of dead something. There are also woodland...
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Address: North Castle St, Fife, St Andrews
Cross the wooden drawbridge and into this crumbling, windswept old bastion and you'll feel like an extra in a historical drama. Sitting on the headland, the sound and views of the sea-smashed coast are mesmerizing. But the dark secrets of any castle are held below, in the dungeons: the siege mine and counter-mine can be explored, and the ‘bottle...
St Andrews Cathedral, Museum and St Rule's Tower
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Address: Off Pends Road, Fife, St Andrews
This was once Scotland's biggest and most impressive church, and the seat of the most powerful Bishop in Scotland. The small museum will help you get a sense of what was there before the flames and the years of erosion that followed – it is merely lovely ruins now but, walking around it, you can still get a sense of the lavish majesty that so...
