Cupar Walks Westwards, Passing Horselaw Steading on Left
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January 2018 January main route 8. route main and the older tower house of Scotstarvit. Scotstarvit. of house tower older the and 1904 for mill workers. mill for 1904 the entrance to Hill of Tarvit. Continue as per per as Continue Tarvit. of Hill to entrance the West Port Print & Design, St Andrews 01334 477135 01334 Andrews St Design, & Print Port West Close to Cupar are Hill of Tarvit mansion house house mansion Tarvit of Hill are Cupar to Close to cross river by the Simpson Footbridge built in in built Footbridge Simpson the by river cross to Road where you turn right and after 200m, reach reach 200m, after and right turn you where Road Leaflet designed and printed by by printed and designed Leaflet its 150ft spire. 150ft its towards Damside Mill and follow signs past mill mill past signs follow and Mill Damside towards c. Continue on the track to join Wemysshall Wemysshall join to track the on Continue John’s Church in Bonnygate, built in 1878 with with 1878 in built Bonnygate, in Church John’s design is gratefully acknowledged. gratefully is design way on roadway. Continue under railway bridge bridge railway under Continue roadway. on way www.standrewsnefiferamblers.com its varied collection of churches, including St St including churches, of collection varied its help in preparing the walking routes and leaflet leaflet and routes walking the preparing in help down it to industrial estate with marked right of of right marked with estate industrial to it down packhorse bridge. packhorse Prepared by St Andrews & NE Fife Ramblers Group Ramblers Fife NE & Andrews St by Prepared The town’s religious heritage is shown by by shown is heritage religious town’s The members and individuals with donations and and donations with individuals and members b. Look for Commerce St on your left and walk walk and left your on St Commerce for Look over the burn; pedestrians cross by an ancient ancient an by cross pedestrians burn; the over Council Access Officers and a number of Group Group of number a and Officers Access Council mill buildings and come to Craigrothie Ford Ford Craigrothie to come and buildings mill Coast Walk from Oban to St Andrews. Andrews. St to Oban from Walk Coast Cuparmuir. In addition, the personal support of Fife Fife of support personal the addition, In all junctions till you cross the yard of the old old the of yard the cross you till junctions all north of Cupar lies the route of the Coast to to Coast the of route the lies Cupar of north road, past playing fields on right, until reach reach until right, on fields playing past road, Old Mill Road. Follow this road, keeping left at at left keeping road, this Follow Road. Mill Old distance path through Fife, and a mile to the the to mile a and Fife, through path distance sign, turn left into Brighton Road. Continue along along Continue Road. Brighton into left turn sign, over opposite Kingarroch Inn and turn into into turn and Inn Kingarroch opposite over is near to the Fife Pilgrim Way, a new long- new a Way, Pilgrim Fife the to near is right into Millbank and near top, at Give Way Way Give at top, near and Millbank into right • Cupar Round Table Round Cupar • into Craigrothie. At the bottom of the hill, cross cross hill, the of bottom the At Craigrothie. into between abbeys, priories and holy wells. Cupar Cupar wells. holy and priories abbeys, between a. Turn left into Millgate and after 200 yds, turn turn yds, 200 after and Millgate into left Turn b. pavement the on way your make and left Turn • St Andrews Community Council 200 Club 200 Council Community Andrews St • Reformation, some paths were pilgrim routes routes pilgrim were paths some Reformation, Follow points 1 & 2 and then follow: then and 2 & 1 points Follow • Kilrymont St Andrews Rotary Club Rotary Andrews St Kilrymont • were used by the mill-workers, but before the the before but mill-workers, the by used were follow it until join A916. join until it follow sawing timber. Some of the local walking routes routes walking local the of Some timber. sawing • St Andrews University Kate Kennedy Club Kennedy Kate University Andrews St • track joins a minor road where you turn left and and left turn you where road minor a joins track and return—4.5miles and mills for grinding corn, spinning linen flax and and flax linen spinning corn, grinding for mills • Ramblers Association Ramblers • which heads to Chance Inn. At Chance Inn, the the Inn, Chance At Inn. Chance to heads which Walk 6: Shorter circular walk to Cuparmuir Cuparmuir to walk circular Shorter 6: Walk • Take your litter home litter your Take • early 20th Century, there were at least eight eight least at were there Century, 20th early Scotstarvit Farm, signposted as a cycleway, cycleway, a as signposted Farm, Scotstarvit • St Andrews Common Good Fund Good Common Andrews St • • Take responsibility for your own actions own your for responsibility Take • Along the River Eden and tributaries until until tributaries and Eden River the Along a. Turn right and follow a rough track past past track rough a follow and right Turn • St Andrews Community Trust Community Andrews St • • Care for the environment the for Care • Farm,Ceres-Cupar Road, Ceres Moor Road etc. Road Moor Ceres Road, Farm,Ceres-Cupar follow: continues to help the town’s economy. economy. town’s the help to continues • Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust Charitable Holidays Ramblers • • Respect the interests of other people other of interests the Respect • c. Retrace steps to start via Woodlands Woodlands via start to steps Retrace When reach Scotstarvit Tower at point 7, 7, point at Tower Scotstarvit reach When Cupar was the arrival of the railway in 1847 and and 1847 in railway the of arrival the was Cupar founded in 1822. A major development for for development major A 1822. in founded wood at point 3 above. 3 point at wood following organisations following Access Code are: Code Access Craigrothie-extra 2-3 miles 2-3 Craigrothie-extra and the local newspaper, the Fife Herald, was was Herald, Fife the newspaper, local the and turn left down edge of wood until reach end of of end reach until wood of edge down left turn without the generous financial support of the the of support financial generous the without The four key principles of the Scottish Outdoor Outdoor Scottish the of principles key four The Walk 7: Longer route options to Chance Inn & & Inn Chance to options route Longer 7: Walk The new county headquarters was built in 1817, 1817, in built was headquarters county new The to left which will reach west side of wood, where where wood, of side west reach will which left to This leaflet could not have been published published been have not could leaflet This b. Follow track through wood until reach track track reach until wood through track Follow Station Road back to start. to back Road Station St Andrews. Andrews. St • crossing over land or water. or land over crossing • road. Turn left, cross railway bridge and follow follow and bridge railway cross left, Turn road. Black Death, the town’s dominance was lost to to lost was dominance town’s the Death, Black WALKS heritage) cultural and natural the track on left. on track Laundry. Turn left along Riggs Place to the main main the to Place Riggs along left Turn Laundry. Fife, until around 1350, when as a result of the the of result a as when 1350, around until Fife, of understanding person’s a furthering wood, then left along edge of wood until reach reach until wood of edge along left then wood, kingfishers) and path emerges behind Fishers Fishers behind emerges path and kingfishers) on the wool trade and being a market for East East for market a being and trade wool the on with (concerned purposes educational • when see sign to Dura Den, turn right to top of of top to right turn Den, Dura to sign see when d. Turn right alongside river (look for heron and and heron for (look river alongside right Turn Glenrothes. The town’s early wealth was based based was wealth early town’s The Glenrothes. • recreational purposes recreational • Wood. On reaching the Wood, stay right and and right stay Wood, the reaching On Wood. Fife from 1214 until 1974, when it passed on to to on passed it when 1974, until 1214 from Fife LOCAL LOCAL for: rights access exercise can You turn right on to track which leads to Cairngreen Cairngreen to leads which track to on right turn grazing along the river, for milking) bus stop. bus milking) for river, the along grazing Cupar followed Crail as the county town for for town county the as Crail followed Cupar a. At road turn left, and at Woodlands Farm, Farm, Woodlands at and left, turn road At Brae (townspeople’s cattle came this way after after way this came cattle (townspeople’s Brae Cupar Scottish Outdoor Access Code Access Outdoor Scottish look for lane on left down to the river by Cow Cow by river the to down left on lane for look Follow points 1& 2 and then follow: then and 2 1& points Follow stop at Mayfield Farm Café. As enter Cupar, Cupar, enter As Café. Farm Mayfield at stop turn left towards Cupar-option to enjoy coffee coffee enjoy to Cupar-option towards left turn Wood and return-5.5miles and Wood CUPAR Walk 3: Shorter Circular Route to Cairngreen Cairngreen to Route Circular Shorter 3: Walk c.