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Pittenweem

Photo of Pittenweem, a village in Fife, central Scotland.

Pittenweem

© Richard Sutcliffe / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Richard Sutcliffe / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pittenweem

Local highlight

Working fishing harbour of the East Neuk.

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Pittenweem is the busiest working fishing port left in the East Neuk, and the harbour still hosts a morning fish market when the boats are in. The name comes from the Gaelic for ‘place of the cave’, after St Fillan’s Cave, a 7th-century shrine tucked up a wynd behind the shore. Each August the village fills for the Pittenweem Arts Festival, when studios and front rooms open as galleries. The West End Bar sits near the harbour.

More places to visit near Pittenweem

Photo of St Fillan's Cave, a cave near Pittenweem, Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

St Fillan's Cave

Cave near Pittenweem

A tiny cave shrine in Pittenweem linked to a 7th-century missionary, from which the village takes its name.

0.1 km E

Photo of Pittenweem Tidal Pool, a sea pool in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Pittenweem Tidal Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Pittenweem

An amphitheatre-shaped sea pool below the West Braes at Pittenweem, restored by the village and reopened in 2021.

0.6 km SW

Photo of St Monans Tidal Pool, a sea pool in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

St Monans Tidal Pool

Sea pool · Lido near St Monans

A sea pool cut into the shore below St Monans Windmill on the Fife Coastal Path, cleared by villagers in 2021.

1.8 km SW

Photo of Scottish Fisheries Museum, a visitor attraction near Cellardyke, Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Scottish Fisheries Museum

Attraction near Cellardyke

A museum of Scotland's fishing heritage on Anstruther harbour, with historic boats afloat and ashore.

2.2 km NE

Photo of St Monans Harbour, a visitor attraction in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

St Monans Harbour

Attraction near St Monans

A working fishing harbour with a distinctive zig-zag pier and a quirky welly-boot garden on the slipway.

2.4 km SW

Photo of Cellardyke Tidal Pool, a sea pool in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Cellardyke Tidal Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Cellardyke

Cellardyke's 1930s sea pool, the Bathie, back in use since a community restoration in 2024, with a sauna beside it.

3.5 km NE