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Photo of Loch Leven, a loch in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.

Loch Leven© Martin Addison / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Cowdenbeath StationCowdenbeath

20 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Aberdour Castle, a ruined castle in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Aberdour Castle

Castle near Aberdour

One of Scotland's oldest stone castles.

6.9 km SE

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.

7 km S · Fife

Photo of Aberdour, a village in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Aberdour

Village

A pretty south-Fife coast village with a 12th-century castle and the Blue Flag Silver Sands beach, half an hour from Edinburgh by train.

7.1 km S · Fife

Photo of Dunfermline, a village in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Dunfermline

Village

A former Scottish capital and burial place of Robert the Bruce, with its abbey, palace ruins and Pittencrieff Park.

7.4 km SW · Fife

Photo of Silver Sands, Aberdour, a beach in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Silver Sands, Aberdour

Beach near Aberdour

A sheltered Blue Flag beach at Aberdour with golden sand and views across the Forth.

7.6 km SE

Photo of Dunfermline Abbey Church, a church in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Dunfermline Abbey Church

Church near Dunfermline

The medieval nave and 19th-century abbey church marking the burial place of Robert the Bruce.

8.8 km SW

Photo of Inchcolm, an island in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Inchcolm

Island near Aberdour

Island in the Forth with Scotland's best-preserved medieval abbey buildings, wartime gun batteries and a tunnel, grey seals and seabirds

9.3 km S

Photo of Loch Leven, a loch in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Iconic

Loch Leven

Loch near Kinross

Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned and forced to abdicate on the island castle of this shallow Kinross loch, famed for its trout.

9.4 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Loch Ore, a reservoir near Kinross, Fife, central Scotland.

Loch Ore

Reservoir near Kinross

Reclaimed from collapsed coal workings in Fife, it is now the centrepiece of Lochore Meadows country park.

3.8 km N

Photo of Lochore Castle, a ruined castle near Kinross, Fife, central Scotland.

Lochore Castle

Castle near Kinross

A medieval castle in Fife.

4.1 km N

Photo of Dowhill Castle, a ruined castle in Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.

Dowhill Castle

Castle near Kinross

A medieval castle in Perth and Kinross.

7.3 km NW

St Bridget's Kirk

Ruined church near Aberdour

A 1100s kirk with a two-storey laird's loft above a burial vault.

8.1 km S

St Serf's Inch Priory

Priory near Kinross

A roofless 12th-century church on an island in Loch Leven.

8.4 km N

Dogton Stone

Pictish stone near Kirkcaldy

Dogton Stone, cross shaft

8.6 km NE

Photo of Pittencrieff Park, a garden near Dunfermline, Fife, central Scotland.

Pittencrieff Park

Garden near Dunfermline

A 76-acre Victorian park gifted to Dunfermline by Andrew Carnegie, known locally as 'the Glen', with glasshouses and peacocks.

9.1 km SW

Inchcolm Abbey

Abbey near Aberdour

Inchcolm, Abbey, hermit's cell, First World War and Second World War defences

9.6 km S

Everything else within 10 km (4) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.