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Fife Coastal Path - Leuchars to Wormit Bay
Leuchars to Wormit Bay
16 miles or 25.8 km
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Like all the sections of the Fife Coastal Path this can be cut into shorter walks.
This section of the Fife Coastal Path is 16 miles (25.8 km) long through some wonderful scenic areas. Allow 6 - 7 hours.
It takes in the Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve and passes through the beautiful Tayport village and finally arrives at Wormit Bay after passing the Tay Road Bridge.
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Start at the Coble Shore point at Eden Estuary. The Visitor Centre overlooks the upper estuary, a nature centre and SSSI of international significance for birdlife.
The section from Guardbridge to Kinshaldy skirts the airfield and into Leuchars with its fine 12th Century Romanesque church. The route passes Earlshall Castle and crosses Earlshall Muir, the last remnant of the once extensive wild dunelands that dominated this coast until the early 1920’s and the advent of commercial forestry.
Boardwalks cross the old marshlands leading into Tentsmuir Forest and the Kinshaldy
car park.
From Kinshaldy the trail parallels the coast passing a large ice house, once used to store salmon, en route to the Tentsmuir Point National Nature Reserve. The reserve is home to a diverse variety of wildlife including birds, bats, red squirrels, seals and butterflies.
The path along the Tay Estuary runs along the edge of the dunes to Lundin Bridge then on to Tayport, the Tay Bridge and along the coast to Wormit Bay.
For more information on the Coastal Path, the Fife Coastal Path Official Guide is
available for £9.99 from Harbourmaster’s House (01592 656080) or from Amazon.
