Map prepared by members of the Ramblers Association
Scotland, with the help of the Scotways local representative.
Financial
Assistance from Scottish Heritage and Awards For All (Sport Scotland).
1. Riverside East Old Curling
Pond
Distance: 2 miles, 3
km.(Short)
Terrain: Good paths (public park)
1. On leaving
Fluthers car park cross A91 into Haugh Park. Cross park till riverside walkway
is reached.
2. Turn left and follow the river. Cross Pitscottie Road and go
down steps. There is a track to the left if the steps are a problem.
3.
Continue on riverside path to T-junction and turn right round a belt of trees
whrer a square of marshy ground used to be a curling pond.
4. Encircling
this, cross the grass to rejoin the path to return to start.
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2. Tarvit Pond and
Farm
Distance: 2 miles, 3 km,
(Short)
Terrain: Roads, farm tracks and good paths.
1. From
Fluthers Car Park cross A91 into Haugh Park. Cross park to riverside walk and
turn left.
2. On reaching B940 (Pitscottie Road) turn right and cross
railway bridge then turn right and immediately left into Tarvit Drive.
3. At
the end of this street you will arrive at Tarvit Pond park. There are a number
of routes you can take from here, the shortest being to circuit the pond on a
surfaced path. To do this turn immediately left into the park after you pass
the last house. This area is rich in bird life and you will see moor hens,
mallard ducks and a variety of song birds. Alternatively, if you take the path
at the far side of the park and follow it for a short distance you will reach a
small path on the right which crosses a ditch.
4. The path goes up a flight
of steps through a belt of trees passing a buried ice house on the left. Follow
this path alongside a tall wooden fence until a farm track is reached. This is
Travit Home Farm.
5.* Turn left and exit onto B940 after 200 yards.
6.
Turn left on pavement and after a short distance a gap in the wall leads onto a
path returning to Tarvit Pond through Balass Den.
7. After crossing a field
track enter the woods and take the right hand path past an old well. The path
continues with Tarvit Pond on your left for some distance through the trees
till soon the high wall of the former garden of Tarvit House (now demolished)
is seen on the right.
8. Continue on path alongside play park, then turn
right and return the way you came along Travit Drive.
* Alternative route
to return to Cupar: On reaching the farm, turn right and follow farm road up
the hill till it joins Cupar - Ceres road. Turn right, admiring the view of
Cupar and the Eden valley. This road re-enters Cupar past the primary school
and South Road. This route is approx. 0.5 miles longer.
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3. Hawklaw and
Kingask
Distance: 3 miles, 5 km. 100m ascent,
(Short)
Terrain: Country roads and farm tracks.
1. Leave Fluthers
Car Park by north pedestrian exit and cross into Castle Street. At top, turn
into Well Street.
2. After wooden gate at No. 19, turn right into lane, then
left along hedge behind houses. Continue along path till it joins
Bishopgate.
3. Turn right and follow road uphill, passing entry to
Middlefield Farm on the right.
4. At the top of the hill, the road makes a
sharp right turn to go along the boundary fence of Hawklaw Government
Communication Centre (no longer in use).
5. At the end of the field on the
left, the track swings left towards Kingask Farmhouse. Pass the farm buildings
and continue. The track continues alongside Kingask House and Kennels and joins
the minor road from Cupar to Foodie.
6. Turn left here and follow this road
for about 0.6 ml (.1 km) when it joins the road into Cupar at a
T-junction.
7. Turn left to return to Cupar on the pavement, passing Adamson
Hospital as you enter the town via Bank Street. At thr bottom of the hill swing
left and continue along Burnside to reach Fluthers Car Park.
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4. Dairsie Mains and
Foxton
Distance: 6 miles, 10 km.
(Medium)
Terrain: Pavement along main road, farm tracks and minor
road.
1. Follow Walk 3 to point 4 then continue straight on rough
track past fields towards Dairsie.
2. When you reach Foxton farm road, turn
right and continue downhill till A91. Cross over and enter track sighnposted to
Chapelwell.
3. When you reach a T-junction turn left and continue straight
on as views of Dairsie Castle and farm open out ahead.
4. On reaching
Diarsie Mains * turn left and continue on minor road to rejoin A91.
5. When
you reach the A91 cross over and turn left and follow the pavement till you
return to the Foxton Farm road end once more. Turn right and continue back to
the start the way you came.
* At this point, if you turn right and follow
the road for about half a mile you will reach the interesting former Dairsie
church, and a bit further on a beautiful old bridge over the River Eden. If you
decide to do this you will add just over a mile to this walk, returning to
Dairsie Mains farm by the way you came and rejoining the walk where you left at
4. above.
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5 and 6. Cupar to Moonzie Kirk
via Hilton
Distance: No.5 (Hilton) is 4.5miles, 7km
(Medium)............. No.6 (Moonzie Kirk) is 8 Miles,14km (Long).
Terrain: Tracks and paths, rough in places; some road walking. Height
climbed: 400 ft (130m).
1. Follow directions for Hawklaw and Kingask walk
(No.3) as far as Kingask House road end.
2. At junction, turn right
and walk along road into Foodieash village. At the north end of the village
green turn left into a grassy track which after a short distance joins the
Cupar - Rathillet road just opposite the entrance to Hilton House.
For
walk No.5 you return to Cupar from here by turning left and following the
road back down into Cupar past the Adamson Hospital.
3. Walk No.6 : To
continue to Moonzie Kirk, turn right up the hill and take the third turn to the
left onto a track along the north of the farm steadings. This farm trains
horses for the National Hunt, so horses and riders may be met on this track.
Follow this track, which may be muddy and rough in places, for approx. 1.7
miles or 2.8 km. It passes through woodland before emerging into open fields
above Muirside Cottage on the Lordscairnie road.
4. On reaching the road,
turn right, and take the road to Moonzie which soon appears on the left. Follow
this minor road till you reach the kirk, on the top of a rise. This church is
built on the site of a mediaeval chapel known as the visible kirk, as
its gable was whitewashed to guide pilgrims on their way to and from
St.Andrews.
5. It is recommended to return to Cupar by retracing your steps
as far as Foodieash, when you can return to the start by the minor road, which
enters Cupar past the Hospital.
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7. Elmwood College and St.Mary's
Road
Distance: 3 miles return, 4 km
(Short)
Terrain: Footpaths, surfaced paths.
1. On leaving Fluthers
Car Park, turn right and follow pavement along Burnside.
2. Cross over
Bishopgate, Newtown and North Burnside in turn.
3. On reaching the other
side of North Burnside, cross the Ladyburn by the foorbridge and make your way
up the hill over the grass for 50m to meet a gravel path.
4. Keep left, then
right, and follow the path along the top of the ridge of Moathill, with views
looking down on Cupar on both sides.
5. Continue along the path till it
joins the road at Balgarvie Cres. Continue in the same direction (west) until
you reach the A913 (Balgarvie Road).
6. Cross over and immediately opposite
enter a track which runs between Duffus Park and the Rugby Park. Continue along
this track till you reach the grounds of Elmwood College and cross over the
drive, still heading west.
7. The path narrows and runs between hedges. Keep
the hedge on your right and continue westwards until the boundary fence of the
college is reached.
8. Turn right here into a lane between high hedges. This
joins St.Mary's Road after 500m. The playing fields are on your right.
9. On
reaching the road, turn right and soon rejoin the A913, where you turn right to
return to the start by the way you came.
You can park in the lane behind
Duffus Park, or at the playing fields off St.Mary's Road. From here there are
two further walks you can take: (8 & 9)
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8. St.Mary's Farm
circular.
Distance: 3 miles, 4km.
(Short)
Terrain: Road and farm tracks.
Start: Howe of Fife
Rugby Park.
1. Follow St.Mary's Road for about 1.5km westwards, passing
Horselaw steading on the left.
2. When you reach the entry to St.Mary's
Farm, turn right into the farm road and follow it past the farm house. The
track crosses the ladyburn and continues along the field edge, before swinging
sharp right (eastwards). In the middle ages there was a parish church here
called St.Mary's, hence the name of the farm and the Ladyburn.
3. Continue
on this track till it joins the tarred farm road to Wester Balgarvie Farm up on
your left. Follow the farm road back down to the A913.
4. Cross the main
road and turn right onto the pavement on the other side to return to
Cupar.
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9. Hopetoun
Monument.
Distance: from Rugby Park: 7 miles or 11 km
return. (Long). Ascent 180m.
Terrain: Road and waymarked footpaths,
tracks, some very stony.
Note: There is space for one
car at the foot of the track to the monument, which starts 5km from
Cupar.
1. Start as for Walk 8 and walk along St.Mary's Road
for about 3 km.
2. Pass Fernie Schoolhouse, on the left and take the next
turn right. Take the road uphill for 1 km till you see the signpost for the
path up to the monument on the left.
3. Follow waymarks across fields, on
tracks, leaving gates as you find them, keeping dogs under close control, as
you are likely to meet with farm animals.
4. Nearing the top you reach an
unsigned junction. Take the left fork and continue to the top of the hill to
admire magnificent views of the Lomond Hills and the entire Eden Valley. A
short path to the right takes you to the monument, locked for safety
reasons.
5. Continue clockwise round the hill to rejoin the unsigned
junction where you came up. Return to the start the way you came.
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10. Cuparmuir and Simpson
Bridge.
Distance: 4.6 miles, 7.3 km
(Medium)
Terrain: Pavement - bitumen or gravel.
1. On leaving
Fluthers Car Park, cross A91 and follow pavement past War Memorial, into
Station Rd. Cross at pedestrian lights and turn right into Waterend Rd.
2.
Walk along riverside under South Bridge and continue till nature ponds appear,
where the path turns right and soon joins Millgate. (This path sometimes
closed by flooding and Millgate is an alternative start to the walk).
3.
Turn left into Millgate and after 200 yds turn right into Millbank.
4. At
the top turn left at the Give Way sign into Brighton Road, signposted to
Cuparmuir and continue on the pavement. Playing fields appear on the
right.
5. Entering Cuparmuir, turn left just opposite telephone kiosk, by a
former village shop, into Commerce St. At bottom cross industrial estate by
marked right of way (studs set in roadway). Continue under railway bridge
towards ABN Scotland's Damside Mill (animal feedstuffs).
6. Follow signs
past mill to cross river by pedestrian Simpson Bridge, built in 1904 for mill
workers.
7. Continue on footpath till A914 is reached, then turn left to
return to Cupar by pavement alongside main road.
8. Just after you enter
Cupar, at a bus stop, take the lane on the left which goes down to the river
(the Cow Brae). There used to be a dairy farm near here and the cattle which
grazed on the river meadows came this way for milking. Turn right along the
river. The path emerges behind Fisher's laundry, where there are some steps
over a low bank and you come up just before the railway station. Turn left
here, cross over the railway bridge and follow the road round to the right to
reach the start.
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11. Elmwood Farm and Springfield
Wood.
Distance: 7 miles, 11km
(Long)
Terrain: Roads, farm tracks, muddy in places.
1. Follow
Walk 10 to Cuparmuir passing telephone box and continue westwards to
reach the entrance to Elmwood Farm.
2. Turn into the farm and follow the
tarmac across the car park, turning left onto a gravel track heading westwards.
Follow this for 750m to a notice board.
3. Follow path round football pitch
and alongside golf course, bearing right towards Stratheden hospital buildings,
and exit onto road.
4. Turn right and follow the road for about 100 yds when
you cross over to find the entrance to a path on the left.
5. Follow this
path along the bottom of Springfield Woods. The path in summer can be quite
overgrown in places, but is passable. You can see in the distance Hopetoun
Monument and the Quaker Oats factory.
6. At the end of the path you reach
the road where you turn left to make your way into Springfield. Follow the road
through Springfield, swing left at the Post Office and continue until you reach
the railway bridge. Pass under the bridge and turn left, at a signpost to
Cuparmuir 1 mile.
7. Take care crossing the railway bridge at the traffic
lights, and immediately over the bridge, follow the road back to
Cuparmuir.
8. When you reach Cuparmuir continue back to start the way you
came.
N.B. Elmwood College has plans to re-route some of the
paths around the farm and Golf Course so look out for new signs.
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12. Hill of Tarvit from Cupar
via Cuparmuir.
Distance: 8 or 9 miles or 14km. Return
possible via walk No.13 (Long)
Terrain: Roads and tracks. Section
between A914 and Scotstarvit can be very rough and overgrown especially between
May and November.
Ascent: 150 metres
1. Follow Cuparmuir and
Simpson Bridge walk No. 10to reach A914. Turn right and follow the
pavement till you reach the entry to Tarvit Mill (about 300 yards).
2. Cross
main road here, where entry to the track is opposite, through a wooden fence
with gateway. This track was the main road from Cupar to Kennoway till 200
years ago.
3. Make your way on this path through woodland where the old
track is sunken between high banks, whose old stone walls have crumbled in
places - look out for fallen stones and trees.
4. When the minor road
Sandybrae is reached turn right and after 30 yards, the old track continues on
the left up towards Scotstarvit Tower. Again boulders and fallen trees may be a
problem.
5. On reaching the top, turn left onto the track which passes the
entry to Scotstarvit Tower and leads to Hill of Tarvit estate after 0.5 mile,
after crossing the A916.
6. To make a longer walk, turn right at 5
and follow a rough track past Scotstarvit Farm, signposted as a cycleway, which
heads to Chance Inn. At Chance Inn, the track joins a minor road where you turn
left and follow it until it joins the A916.
7. Turn left and make your way
on the pavement into Craigrothie. At the bottom of the hill, cross over
opposite Kingarroch Inn and turn into Old Mill Road. Follow this keeping left
at all junctions till you cross the yard of the old mill buildings and come to
a ford over the Craigrothie burn. Pedestrians cross by an ancient packhorse
bridge.
8. Continue on the track to join Wemysshall Rd., where you turn
right, and after 200m the entrance to Hill of Tarvit Estate is reached. You can
now decide to visit the house and gardens and return to Cupar via Scotstarvit
Tower (see point 4 above) and thereafter the way you came via Simpson
Bridge.
9. Otherwise, if you continue along Wemysshall Road you will reach
Ceres after about 2km. Return to Cupar by the Ceres Moor Road, (Walk
13).
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13. Cupar to Ceres and
return.
Distance: 4 miles or 6 km return
(Medium)
Terrain: Track, farm road, minor road on
footpath.
Ascent: 120m
1. Start from Cemetery where there is
parking. Follow Ceres Road for a short distance till you see the entrance to
the Ceres Moor Road on the right.
2. Cross and follow this track uphill
through Owlet Wood. At the top of the slope, keep the wood on your right and
continue. This section can be muddy.
3. The path continues through a wooden
gateway then begins to descend towards Ceres. When you reach the village you
can visit the Folk Museum, shops and eating places before returning by the same
route.
4. An alternative return route: Follow the signpost for
Hill of Tarvit (NT) at Weysshall Road and after 800 yards, look out for the
farm road to Whitehill farm on the right. Turn into this and continue uphill
towards the farm. The track veers right passing farm buildings on the left
before it turns eastwards and continues past two fields before joining the
Cerse Moor Road above the village. Turn left here and return to Cupar by the
way you came.
Hill of Tarvit Estate can be reached by continuing along
Wemyshall Road past the farm road. The entrance gate is 500 yards further along
the road on the right.
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14. Cairngreen
Wood.
This wood lies about 1 mile form Cupar on the B940 on
the right as you head uphill. There is some parking at the foot of the woods
and there are three tracks which give access from the main road. The track
nearest to Cupar, past the motor homes site, skirts the wood and eventually
joins the Cupar - Ceres road.
Cairngreen Wood starting
from Cupar
Distance: 6 miles, 10 km
(Medium)
Terrain: Tracks, sometimes rough or muddy.
Ascent:
120m
1. Follow Walk 13 to point 3. Turn left at wooden gateway into
farm track which leads to Cupar - Ceres road.
2. Turn left towards Cupar,
and at Woodlands Farm turn right into a track which leads to Cairngreen Wood
after 300m.
3. When you see the sign to Dura Den turn right to the top of
the wood and pass through two gates through deer fences till you reach a
signpost to the path which take you down through the woods to the B940. (To
visit Dura Den follow the signpost at the top of the wood for 1.5km).
4.
Turn left at the bottom of the wood and left into track beside Motor Home site
to circle the wood and return to Cupar the way you came.
*Alternatively
you could return to Cupar by the road, although there is no pavement till the
entrance to Tarvit Farm. You can then return to Cupar via Tarvit Pond as
described in Walk 2.
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