Paddleboarding spots in Fife
52 launch spots across Fife
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SeaWoodhaven Pier slipway
Fife, ScotlandA slipway at Woodhaven Pier on the Firth of Tay, on the Fife shore between Wormit and Newport-on-Tay. The pier was the wartime base for Norwegian Catalina flying boats of 333 Squadron RNoAF, and the adjoining harbour is now home to Wormit Boating Club, which runs pleasure sailings on the river.
SeaInchkeith slipway
Fife, ScotlandInchkeith is a small uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, roughly midway between Kirkcaldy and Leith, dominated by a lighthouse built in 1803-04 and disused First and Second World War gun batteries. This slipway is mapped on the island itself; it is administratively part of Fife but has no scheduled public ferry.
SeaElie put-in
Fife, ScotlandA slipway on Wadeslea along Elie's seafront, on the Firth of Forth. Elie's harbour, expanded in 1850, is sheltered compared with neighbouring Earlsferry's more exposed anchorage, and Elie's beach was recognised as one of Scotland's well-managed beaches in 2018.
SeaElie put-in
Fife, ScotlandElie and Earlsferry sits on the north coast of the Firth of Forth in Fife's East Neuk, about eight miles east of Leven. The slipway is off Fountain Road in Elie, near a harbour that was enlarged in 1850 and a beach that won an award for its management in 2018; Elie Sailing Club operates from the waterfront.
SeaEast Wemyss put-in
Fife, ScotlandEast Wemyss is a village on Fife's south coast on the Firth of Forth, between Kirkcaldy and Buckhaven. The slipway sits near Main Street beside the Wemyss Caves, a set of sea caves cut into the shoreline. A stretch of sea wall along here has had steps added for shore access.
SeaCrail Harbour slipway (west side)
Fife, ScotlandThis second slipway also launches into Crail Harbour, a small tidal harbour in the East Neuk village of Crail on the Firth of Forth coast, close to the first Crail Harbour put-in.
SeaCrail Harbour slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway launches into Crail Harbour, a small tidal harbour in the East Neuk fishing village of Crail, on the Firth of Forth coast. The harbour's west pier was rebuilt in 1828 by the engineer Robert Stevenson and the site still holds working fishing boats.
SeaLimekilns foreshore slipway (Red Row)
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway sits on Red Row on the Limekilns shore of the Firth of Forth, a short walk from Bruce Haven harbour. It gives foreshore access to the estuary on the Fife side, between Limekilns and Charlestown.
SeaPettycur slipway, Kinghorn
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway is mapped on the Firth of Forth shore in the Pettycur area southwest of Kinghorn harbour, along the stretch of coast the Fife Coastal Path follows toward Burntisland.
SeaKinghorn harbour slipway (Pettycur)
Fife, ScotlandKinghorn stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth and has a working harbour alongside its two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay. This slipway is mapped off St James Place in the Pettycur area, close to Kinghorn harbour.
LochKinghorn Loch slipway (Craigencalt)
Fife, ScotlandThis second slipway sits about 65 metres from the other mapped slipway on the shore of Kinghorn Loch, next to a boat storage point used by Kirkcaldy Canoe Club.
LochKinghorn Loch slipway (Craigencalt)
Fife, ScotlandKinghorn Loch is a small freshwater loch on the hillside above Kinghorn, once the town's water supply and later a power source for flax mills via its outflow burn. Kirkcaldy Canoe Club keeps boat storage on its shore near Craigencalt, and this slipway gives access to the loch.
LochCameron Reservoir slipway
Fife, ScotlandCameron Reservoir is a 43-hectare reservoir in Cameron parish, east Fife, with a small slipway on its bank. The site is a Ramsar wetland, SSSI and Special Protection Area important for wintering pink-footed geese, and is managed by St Andrews Angling Club under a lease from Fife Council, whose members fish from the bank and from a small number of boats.
SeaBurntisland, Lammerlaws slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway is mapped off Lammerlaws Road, at the eastern end of Burntisland's sandy beach on the Firth of Forth. The Fife Coastal Path runs along the promenade here toward Kinghorn, and at low tide the sands can be walked as far as Pettycur.
SeaBurntisland Harbour slipway
Fife, ScotlandBurntisland harbour sits on the north shore of the Firth of Forth; the town was historically the Forth's second busiest port after Leith, with shipbuilding as a major industry. This slipway is mapped off Forth Place beside the harbour, close to the town's beach and the Fife Coastal Path.
SeaDysart Harbour slipway (Kirkcaldy)
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway is on Shore Road in Dysart, a former burgh now part of Kirkcaldy, on the Firth of Forth. Dysart's harbour was rebuilt in 1829-31 with the involvement of engineer Robert Stephenson and declined commercially after the local colliery closed in 1929.
SeaAnstruther Wester put-in
Fife, ScotlandA slipway on the Anstruther Wester side of Anstruther harbour, on the Firth of Forth. Anstruther Easter and Wester sit either side of the Dreel Burn and share the same harbour basin.
SeaAnstruther Wester put-in
Fife, ScotlandA paving-stone slipway on the Anstruther Wester shoreline, on the Firth of Forth, a short walk from Anstruther harbour.
SeaAnstruther Wester put-in
Fife, ScotlandA concrete slipway near Bankwell Road in Anstruther Wester, on the Firth of Forth, towards the western edge of the town along the West Braes.
SeaAnstruther Wester put-in
Fife, ScotlandA slipway on Shore Road in Anstruther Wester, on the Firth of Forth, further along the coast from the main harbour basin.
SeaAnstruther Easter put-in
Fife, ScotlandA slipway within Anstruther's harbour on the Firth of Forth, on the Easter side near the harbour mouth. The harbour was rebuilt by the Fishery Board in the 1870s and now moors mostly leisure and pleasure craft rather than the working fishing fleet it once held.
SeaCellardyke Harbour slipway
Fife, ScotlandA slipway at Harbourhead in Cellardyke's small harbour, on the Firth of Forth immediately east of Anstruther. The harbour dates from the 16th century and was rebuilt in 1829-31; it once held around 200 fishing boats but now sees only a few creel and pleasure boats.
SeaAberdour Harbour slipway
Fife, ScotlandThis slipway point sits about 70 metres south of the main Aberdour Harbour slipway, within the same small stone harbour on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is a short walk down Donkey Brae from the village, close to the Blue Flag Silver Sands beach.
SeaAberdour Harbour slipway
Fife, ScotlandAberdour Harbour sits on the north shore of the Firth of Forth between Burntisland and Dalgety Bay, with views across to Inchcolm Island and Edinburgh. This slipway is mapped within the small stone harbour, reached down Donkey Brae from the village and close to the Blue Flag Silver Sands beach.
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