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Kingdom of Fife - Tourist Attractions, Amusements,
Theme Parks, Walks, Viewpoints, Zoos, etc |
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This section covers
general Tourist Attractions such as Amusements Parks,
Boat Trips,
Theme Parks, Guided Walks, Country Parks,
Viewpoints, Zoos etc.
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Not all the
attractions in an area are listed.
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Crail Pottery
75 Nethergate, Crail, Fife, KY10 3TX
Tel: 01333 451212
See our
website
Crail Pottery, a family run business set in the
heart of Crail produces a diverse range of
stonewave and brightly coloured earthenware.
Visit our pottery, see the workshops, browse in
the showroom and relax in our secluded yard
under the fruit trees.
Open: 9am - 5pm Weekdays, 10am - 5pm Weekends
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Deep Sea World
Battery Quarry, North Queensferry, Fife, KY11
1JR
Tel: 01383 4114880 Fax:
01383 410514
E-mail:
info@deepseaworld.co.uk
See our
website
See the wonders of the world beneath the waves
at the award-winning National Aquarium of
Scotland. The longest underwater tunnel in the
world will convey you through Scotlands million
gallon indoor ocean. Just inches away from
possibly the biggest sharks you'll ever see, you
glide along the moving safari watching divers
feed the world's largest collection of sharks
and temperate fish.
How brave are you? Now you can even dive with
the sharks!!!
Open daily 10:00am - 6:00pm every day of the
year except Christmas Day.
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Forth Bridges Visitor
Centre Trust
Queensferry Lodge Hotel, St. Margaret’s Head,
North Queensferry, Fife, KY11 1HP.
Tel: 0131 225 6741 Fax:
0131 225 6830
E-mail:
Questions@forthbridges.org.uk
See our
website
For anyone interested in either of these
magnificent monuments to human skill and
engineering, this is well worth a visit.
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Griselda Hill Pottery
Stable House, Kirkbrae, Ceres, Cupar, Fife KY15
5ND
Tel: 01334 8282730 Fax:
01334 828008
E-mail:
info@wemyss-ware.co.uk
See our
website
Since 1985, the Griselda Hill Pottery has
revived in Fife the production of Wemyss Ware,
probably the most sought after Scottish pottery.
Visit our shop and working pottery in the former
steading of the Ceres manse, in the heart of
rural Fife. Our new visitor centre offers the
opportunity to view painters and potters at
work, and gives an insight into the fascinating
tradition of this beautiful hand painted
pottery.
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Inchcolm Island boat trips
- The Maid of the Forth
E-mail:
info@maidoftheforth.co.uk
See our
website
Trips to the island are
available in Summer from North Queensferry, South
Queensferry (and also from Newhaven Harbour near
Leith on the Edinburgh side of the water. Trips
have enough time ashore for you to visit the Abbey
Historic Scotland
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Anstruther Pleasure Trips
Information Line: 01333 310103
Booking Line: 01333 310054
E-mail:
info@isleofmayferry.com
Web:
www.isleofmayferry.com
Ancient Archaeological site open to visitors.
April, May, June, July, best time for seabirds,
Whale spotting July and August.
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Sail to the Isle of May on
the "May Princess" and go walking for to 2 to 3
hours on this wonderful island, which is a site of
Special Scientific Interest, view large colonies
of Puffins, Eiders, Guilliemots, Razorbills and
many other seabirds and seals in their natural
habitat.
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Annual
International Airshow
RAF Leuchars Airshow Office, 1 Tutor Road,
Leuchars, St Andrews, Fife KY16 0JW
Tel: 01334 839000
E-mail:
info@airshow.co.uk
Every September
RAF Leuchars puts on its Annual International
Airshow. This is traditionally the largest
annual one-day event in Scotland with crowds
of over 45,000 attending. This year the Airshow will take place on Saturday 13
September 2008
Further details will be displayed on the
official
AIRSHOW website in due course.
More information :
RAF Leuchars website
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The Scottish Vintage Bus
Museum
M90 Commerce Park, Lathalmond, by Dunfermline,
Fife KY12 0SJ
Tel: 01383 623380 Fax:
01383 623375
E-mail:
jim@onet.co.uk
See our website
The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum is located in an
ex Royal Navy stores depot at Lathalmond, near
Dunfermline, Fife and is open to visitors from
12:30 - 5pm on Sundays from Easter until late
September / early October. The Scottish Vintage
Bus Museum is now the acknowledged focal point
of historic bus restoration and operation in
Scotland and houses around 170 vehicles. Most of
these vehicles are of Scottish origin and are in
varying levels of condition, from dilapidated to
fully restored.
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SCOTLAND'S SECRET BUNKER
Crown Buildings, Troywood (near St Andrews),
Fife KY16 8QH
Tel: 01333 310301 Fax:
01333 312040
E-mail:
mod@secretbunker.co.uk
See our website
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Scotland’s best kept
secret for over 40 years!
Hidden beneath a
Scottish farmhouse is a tunnel leading to
Scotland’s Secret Bunker. 24,000 square feet of
secret accommodation on two levels, 100 feet
underground to protect Government staff in the
event of a nuclear attack during the Cold War.
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You enter this amazing
underground labyrinth down a 150 metre tunnel,
from the innocent looking farmhouse to the
bunker below into a world behind hermetically
sealed three tons of blast proof doors.
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After the end of
World War II, we entered a period which
became known as "The Cold War" during which
our relationship with the Warsaw Pact
countries was less than friendly. The
Government's plan was to establish a chain
of early warning radar stations along the
east coast of the UK. Those built in areas
of greatest risk were sited underground.
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Here at Troywood in
Fife, close to the key enemy targets of the
Royal Navy's Rosyth dockyard and the fighter
aircraft of RAF Leuchars, was one of these.
There were several sizes of bunkers and this is
one of the largest.
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St Andrews Aquarium
The Scores, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AS
Tel: 01334 474786 Fax:
01334 475985
E-mail:
info@standrewsaquarium.co.uk
See our website
A sealife adventure in St Andrews, Fife,
Scotland where you can view numerous fish
species like our seals, sharks, piranha, crabs,
lobsters, shrimps, rays, seahorses, sea dragons,
sea urchins and octopus. Over 30 tanks where you
can see and, in some cases, touch the specimens
- a real hands-on experience. One of
Fife's top attractions.
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St Andrews Botanic Garden
The Canongate, St Andrews.
Tel: Office: 01334
476452 Gardens: 01334 477178
E-mail:
botanic@standbg.plus.com
See our
website
This garden has been described as a 'hidden gem'
of Scotland. The garden is divided into several
sections including Water Garden, Heath Garden,
Peat Garden, Rock Garden
Herbaceous, China and Chile Borders.
In the Order Beds, plants from the same
botanical family are grown together to
illustrate the characteristics they share to
demonstrate currently accepted theories about
evolution in flowering plants.
The garden has about 8000 species of ferns,
herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees, some which
are native to Scotland but most grow wild in
other regions of the world.
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Although not itself in Fife, this attraction is
near enough to warrant a mention.
A visit to the park combines a mixture of
driving through animal reserves then parking and
walking through pets farm, playing in one of the
many adventure areas, taking in the sea lion and
falconry displays and visiting chimp island.
There are many picnic and BBQ areas around the
park as well as restaurant and bar facilities.
We recommend about 3 - 4 hours to visit and see
all the attractions and animals which include
Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, Lions, Tigers,
Bears, Chimpanzees, Camels, Antelope, Bison, Sea
lions and more.
Open: Apr-Sep, 7 days, 10am - 5.30pm, last
admission 4.30pm.
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Kingdom of Fife Millennium
Cycle Ways
Tel: 01592 413043
E-mail:
Web:
www.fife-cycleways.ukpeople.net
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St Andrews Guided Walks,
St Andrews
Tel: 01334 850638
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Fife Coastal Path
Tel: 01592
656080
Information can be found at:
Web:
www.fifecoastalpath.co.uk
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Original St Andrews
Witches Tour, St Andrews
Tel: 01334 655057
A night time walking tour of St Andrews. Hear
the history and legends. Encounter the phantoms!
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LOCHORE MEADOWS COUNTRY
PARK
Crosshill, By Lochgelly, Fife KY5 8BA
Tel: 01592 414300 Fax:
0
E-mail:
info@lochore-meadows.co.uk
Web:
www.lochore-meadows.co.uk
Lochore Meadows Country
Park lies in the heart of Fife Regional Park West.
It is a major centre for outdoor and environmental
education in Fife. The Country Park is an
attractive area, comprising reclaimed coal mining
waste-land, gently rolling grassland and woodland.
It covers an area of 1,200 acres, 260 of which
form Loch Ore.
We are open all year, and there are plenty of
opportunities for interesting walks. At the west
end of the loch there is a nature reserve with a
wheelchair-accessible birdwatching hide. Car
parking is available at both centres with smaller
car parks situated throughout the park.
The centre is open 7 days a week and provides a
cafe, toilets, conference facilities, slide show,
First Aid and baby changing room.
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Tentsmuir Nature Reserve
East of Tayport on the northern tip of Fife. No
further info.
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A visit to the park combines a mixture of
driving through animal reserves then parking and
walking through pets farm, playing in one of the
many adventure areas, taking in the sea lion and
falconry displays and visiting chimp island.
There are many picnic and BBQ areas around the
park as well as restaurant and bar facilities.
We recommend about 3 - 4 hours to visit and see
all the aattractions and animals which include
Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, Lions, Tigers,
Bears, Chimpanzees, Camels, Antelope, Bison, Sea
lions and more.
Open: Apr-Sep, 7 days, 10am - 5.30pm, last
admission 4.30pm.
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Vane
Farm RSPB Nature Reserve
Loch Leven NNR,
Near Kinross, Perth and Kinross
Tel: 01577 862355
E-mail:
vanefarm@rspb.org.uk
See our
website
This is one of the most popular RSPB nature
reserves in Scotland. The visitor centre
overlooks the loch where pink-footed and greylag
geese, whooper swans and thousands of ducks
spend the winter. The wet grassland is managed
for nesting redshanks, snipe, lapwings and
ducks. One trail leads visitors to hides
overlooking the loch. The second, longer nature
trail guides visitors through woodland to the
view from the top of Vane Hill. A summer walk
often gives views of willow warblers, tree
pipits and perhaps great spotted woodpeckers.
The reserve and visitor centre are closed 25-26
December and 1-2 January. Reserve open at all
other times; visitor centre open daily, 10 am to
5 pm.
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The Scottish Deer Centre
Bow-of-Fife, by Cupar, Fife
Tel: 01337 810 391 Fax:
0
E-mail:
info@tsdc.co.uk
See our
website
Over 140 deer - nine species, Ranger tours,
Dramatic bird of prey demonstrations, Treetop
walkway, Viewing Platforms and scenic pathways.
Children's indoor and outdoor adventure play
area.
Opening Hours : 10-5 Shop, 10-4.30 Park
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DEEP SEA WORLD
Battery Quarry, North Queensferry, Fife, KY11 1JR
Tel: 01383 4114880 Fax:
01383 410514
E-mail:
info@deepseaworld.co.uk
See our
website
See the wonders of the world beneath the waves
at the award-winning National Aquarium of
Scotland. The longest underwater tunnel in the
world will convey you through Scotlands million
gallon indoor ocean. Just inches away from
possibly the biggest sharks you'll ever see, you
glide along the moving safari watching divers
feed the world's largest collection of sharks
and temperate fish.
Open daily 10:00am - 6:00pm every day of the
year except Christmas Day.
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St Andrews Aquarium
The Scores, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AS
Tel: 01334 474786 Fax:
01334 475985
E-mail:
info@standrewsaquarium.co.uk
See our website
A sealife adventure in St Andrews, Fife,
Scotland where you can view numerous fish
species like our seals, sharks, piranha, crabs,
lobsters, shrimps, rays, seahorses, sea dragons,
sea urchins and octopus. Over 30 tanks where you
can see and, in some cases, touch the specimens
- a real hands-on experience. One of
Fife's top attractions.
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