Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
56.06978, -3.17144
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Eider
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tornado Bagel — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Eider
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tornado Bagel — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
13 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Eider, Oystercatcher +100 more · last seen 2025
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Birds — Herring Gull, Eider, Oystercatcher +100 more · last seen 2025
Named hiking route nearby: Fife Coastal Path; Named hiking route nearby: Fife Coastal Path
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fife Coastal PathWalking route190 km▾
Named routeRef FCPLength 190 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route
Colinswell to DunearnWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Burntisland Outer Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 766Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 766National Cycle Network
Kingdom Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 76Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route278 m▾
Named routeRef 76Length 278 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route33 m▾
Named routeRef 76Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Nethergate · Free · 74m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
32,277 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,277 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds103 species
summerautumn
2025Herring Gull · Eider · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Shag
+98 more speciesHide species list
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2026Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Common Dolphin · Grey Squirrel
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2025
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2025
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Striped Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Chirosia betuleti
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Burnet Rose · Lesser Celandine · Winter Heliotrope · Beech · Hazel
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,277 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds103 species
summerautumn
2025Herring Gull · Eider · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Shag
+98 more speciesHide species list
🦌Mammals8 species
summerautumn
2026Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Common Dolphin · Grey Squirrel
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus2025
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2025
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Striped Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Chirosia betuleti
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Burnet Rose · Lesser Celandine · Winter Heliotrope · Beech · Hazel
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Silene dioica2025
Silene dioica2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025Events & activities nearby
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