Aberdour - Silversands - Bendameer - The Heughs

Distance	Approximate Time	Height Gain	OS Map
6 kms	02:00 (hrs:mins)	80 metres	Explorer 367: Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy & Glenrothes South

Description

Looking across to people enjoying the sunshine, on the beach at Aberdour

This walk takes in a short section of the Fife Coastal Path, passing through a picturesque Aberdour Village and its harbour, with views south over the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh. It continues past Hawkcraig Point with more spectacular views and passes the appropriately named Silversands Beach, which has an award for a 'Premium' British beach.

The route then follows the railway line below 50m-high cliffs, the route passing through woodlands with a rocky beach only a few metres away, visiting a pleasant cascade at Bendameer, before striking uphill and returning on a smaller, pleasant high path through deciduous woodland The Heughs, back to Aberdour Village. There is a dramatic clifftop view at one point near the end.

Access Info

By train: very regular services to Aberdour from Edinburgh (half-hourly via the 'Inner Circle' and the spectacular Forth Rail Bridge); limited services from Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.
By bus: Stagecoach in Fife Service Number 7 runs past the walk start, at Aberdour Station.
By road: The start is on the A921 Inverkeithing - Kirkcaldy road.

Additional Info

Part of the walk follows the Fife Coastal Path, which stretches over many miles from the Forth Road Bridge at North Queensferry, to the Tay Bridge, across the water from Dundee. Aberdour has a castle and gardens owned by Historic Scotland and open for public visiting.