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Photo of West Sands, St Andrews, a beach in Fife, central Scotland.

© Scott Cormie / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

West Sands, St Andrews

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West Sands is the two-mile run of beach beside the Old Course at St Andrews — the very stretch where the runners pound along the sand in the opening scene of Chariots of Fire. It’s broad, flat and bracing, popular with walkers, dog-walkers and kite-flyers. There’s parking along the front, and it’s an easy walk from the town centre. Leuchars station is about 7km away.

More places to visit near West Sands, St Andrews

Photo along the Fife Coastal Path, a long-distance trail running from Kincardine to Newburgh, central Scotland.Highlight

Fife Coastal Path

Scotland's Great Trail

Firth to firth around the Kingdom of Fife, threading fishing villages from the Forth bridges to the Tay.

1.5 km SW · Fife

Photo of St Andrews, a village in Fife, central Scotland.Iconic

St Andrews

Village

Scotland's oldest university town and the worldwide home of golf, with two sandy beaches and a ruined cathedral and castle.

2.3 km S · Fife

Photo of St Andrews Cathedral, a cathedral in Fife, central Scotland.Iconic

St Andrews Cathedral

Cathedral near St Andrews

Ruins of Scotland's largest medieval cathedral.

2.7 km SE

Photo of The Peat Inn, a restaurant near Ceres, Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

The Peat Inn

Restaurant · With rooms near Ceres

A former coaching inn turned restaurant with rooms in the Fife countryside near St Andrews.

10.1 km SW

Photo of Broughty Ferry Beach, a beach in Dundee, north east Scotland.Highlight

Broughty Ferry Beach

Beach near Broughty Ferry

Golden sands on the Tay estuary beside Broughty Castle, with a nature reserve alongside.

12 km N

Photo of Kingsbarns Beach, a beach in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Kingsbarns Beach

Beach near Kingsbarns

A long, quiet sweep of sand backed by dunes near Kingsbarns, part of the Fife Coastal Path.

12 km SE