Castle · On the route
Dunimarle Castle
Country house in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0Fife Coastal Tourist Route
The signed tourist route round the Fife coast from Kincardine past Culross and the Forth bridges, through Kirkcaldy and the East Neuk fishing villages to St Andrews and the Tay.
- Distance
- 79 miles (128 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Fife
Follows the official route
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
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From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 15 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 12
- Curvature
- 120 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 25
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 50 to mile 66. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 22 to mile 42, at 137 degrees of turning a mile.
- 4 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Slow going through the villages, with tight streets in Culross and the East Neuk.
On the way
- Kincardine
- Culross
- Aberdour
- Kirkcaldy
- Lower Largo
- Elie
- Anstruther
- Crail
- St Andrews
- Newport-on-Tay
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in KincardineWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in Newport-on-TayWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
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Abbey · On the route
Culross Abbey
Monastery in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 1 km off the route
Pitreavie Castle
Château in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross, Public domain
Castle · 1 km off the route
Fordell Castle
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · On the route
Aberdour Castle
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · On the route
Ravenscraig Castle
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Ian Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · On the route
Macduff's Castle
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.5 km off the route
Newark Castle
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cathedral · On the route
St Andrews Cathedral, Saint Andrews
Ruined cathedral in Saint Andrews, Scotland.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: KPapageorgiou, CC BY-SA 4.0
Castle · On the route
St Andrews Castle
Castle in Fife, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.