Paddleboarding spots in Fife
52 launch spots across Fife
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LochLochcraig put-in (Glencraig)
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway launches onto Loch Ore in Lochore Meadows Country Park, near the Lochcraig hamlet by Glencraig. The loch covers about 260 acres and formed from twentieth-century mining subsidence, and it is used mainly for sailing, hosting events such as the Scottish Open Water Championships.
SeaNewburgh Harbour slipway, Mid Shore (concrete ramp)
Fife, ScotlandA concrete access road leads to this slipway on the Firth of Tay at Mid Shore, on Newburgh's waterfront close to the site of the town's former harbour and factory piers. A second slipway access road with a gravel surface sits about 15 m away.
SeaWest Wemyss put-in
Fife, ScotlandWest Wemyss is a small conservation village on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, between Kirkcaldy and Buckhaven. The slipway lies off Coxstool near the site of the village's former harbour, built by the Wemyss family in 1621 and later filled in.
SeaMugdrum waterfront slipway (Newburgh)
Fife, ScotlandA service road leads to this slipway on the Firth of Tay foreshore at Mugdrum, on Newburgh's waterfront. The stretch of shore here was redeveloped for recreation after the town's former linoleum factory was cleared, and it now links to Mugdrum Park and the Fife Coastal Path.
SeaTemple put-in (Lower Largo)
Fife, ScotlandLower Largo sits on Largo Bay, on the north side of the Firth of Forth. The slipway is off Main Street in the Temple area of the village, close to the harbour where a signpost marks the distance to the Juan Fernandez Islands, a nod to local sailor Alexander Selkirk.
SeaScoonie put-in (Leven)
Fife, ScotlandLeven sits on the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven, and this slipway is on the promenade in the town's Scoonie area, part of the Fife Coastal Path. Parking and beach access sit alongside the slip.
SeaPittenweem put-in
Fife, ScotlandA slipway in Pittenweem harbour on the Firth of Forth. Pittenweem is described as the most active of the East Neuk's fishing ports, with a deep, sheltered harbour formed by a breakwater built out from the rocky skerries along this stretch of coast.
SeaNewburgh Sailing Club slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway serves Newburgh Sailing Club on Coach Road, on the south shore of the Firth of Tay in Newburgh, Fife. The ramp has a downward incline onto the tidal estuary of the River Tay.
SeaNorthfield put-in (Newport-on-Tay)
Fife, ScotlandA slipway on the Firth of Tay at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, tagged on OpenStreetMap as built in 1823. Newport-on-Tay grew up around a ferry crossing to Dundee, and slipways from that ferry era survive near Boat Hill, though the crossing itself closed in 1966 when the Tay Road Bridge opened.
SeaNorth Queensferry foreshore slipway (under the rail bridge)
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway is on the North Queensferry foreshore directly beneath the Forth Bridge, the rail bridge, near Battery Point. It gives access to the Firth of Forth close to the bridge's Fife landfall.
SeaNorth Queensferry foreshore slipway (under the rail bridge, east)
Fife, ScotlandThis point sits on the same stretch of North Queensferry foreshore as the neighbouring entry, about 110 metres further east under the Forth Bridge near Battery Point. It may be a second access point on the same beach rather than a separate launch site.
SeaNorth Queensferry harbour slipway
Fife, ScotlandNorth Queensferry harbour, on the Firth of Forth beside the Forth bridges, is used by Lothian Sea Kayak Club for launching sea kayaks from a slipway and a small beach. The club notes the slip turns to mud from about 1.6 metres of tide, so it recommends launching roughly an hour after low water.
SeaNorth Queensferry west shore slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway lies on the North Queensferry shore of the Firth of Forth, just west of the village harbour near the Forth Road Bridge's south anchorage. Lothian Sea Kayak Club describes launching from a slip and beach on this side of the harbour.
SeaNorth Queensferry slipway (Main Street)
Fife, ScotlandThis access point sits on the North Queensferry foreshore near Main Street, close to the village's historic ferry crossing point on the Firth of Forth. No further amenity details were found for this specific spot beyond its slipway tagging.
SeaBruce Haven slipway (Limekilns)
Fife, ScotlandBruce Haven Pier is a small harbour and slipway on Brucehaven Road in Limekilns, on the Firth of Forth. The slip has a concrete surface, free access and is tidal, and sits within the sheltered inlet historically used to export coal and lime.
SeaShorehead slipway, St Andrews Harbour
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway lies on Shorehead, the street running along the north side of St Andrews harbour, and launches onto the tidal harbour and St Andrews Bay beyond. It is a short walk from the harbour's fishing boats and the cathedral precinct above.
SeaSt Andrews Harbour slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway sits at St Andrews Harbour, a tidal harbour at the mouth of the Kinness Burn below the cathedral ruins, in the Ladyhead quarter of the town. The harbour opens onto St Andrews Bay on the North Sea coast.
SeaEast Sands slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway launches onto East Sands, a sandy beach immediately south-east of St Andrews harbour on St Andrews Bay. It sits in the Ladyhead quarter of the town, close to the East Sands Leisure Centre.
SeaKinghorn put-in
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway lies on the foreshore between Pettycur and Kinghorn on the Firth of Forth, close to Kinghorn's harbour and the sandy stretch of Pettycur Bay where King Alexander III died in 1286.
SeaKincardine slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway is on the Firth of Forth at Kincardine, a former minor port on the north (Fife) shore near Kincardine Bridge. No further access or amenity information beyond its OpenStreetMap slipway tagging was found.
SeaGarpit put-in (Tayport)
Fife, ScotlandA slipway on the Firth of Tay near Tayport Harbour, Fife, on the coast opposite Broughty Ferry. Tayport's harbour has shifted from commercial and ferry traffic to leisure craft since the passenger ferry crossing to Broughty Ferry closed in 1939.
SeaGarpit put-in (Tayport)
Fife, ScotlandA slipway on the Firth of Tay near Tayport Harbour, Fife, tagged on OpenStreetMap as disused. Tayport's harbour now serves mostly leisure craft, following the end of the Broughty Ferry passenger crossing in 1939.
SeaGarpit put-in (Tayport)
Fife, ScotlandA slipway on the Firth of Tay directly connected to Tayport Harbour, Fife, tagged on OpenStreetMap as disused. The harbour, opposite Broughty Ferry on the Dundee shore, is now used mainly by leisure craft.
SeaWoodhaven Pier slipway
Fife, ScotlandA second slipway node at Woodhaven Pier on the Firth of Tay, about 90 metres from the first, on the Fife shore between Wormit and Newport-on-Tay. The pier once served Norwegian Catalina flying boats in the Second World War and the harbour is now used by Wormit Boating Club.
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