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Oakbank B & B

Oakbank is well appointed, situated only a 15-minute drive from the historic medieval town of St Andrews boasting the oldest Scottish University, world famous golf courses, ancient cathedral and castle ruins. This area is also the home of the East Neuk's quaint fishing villages and award winning beaches.

It is a great central location in which to explore Fife, Tayside, Angus and Perthshire's attractions.

The Kingdom of Fife is also known throughout the world as the Home of Golf and boasts more than forty courses, from the famed fairways of St Andrews and several traditional seaside links to beautifully landscaped parkland and heathland courses suitable for golfers of all levels.

The Fife coastline is a very special environment which has distinctive rock formations, delicate flora and a varied wildlife. Long sections of the Fife Coastal Path up to Crail can now be enjoyed by recreational and serious walkers. There is a variety of linear and circular routes which have been graded and waymarked.

For nature lovers, the path is a real walk on the wild side. Look out for grey seals and, in summer, basking sharks and dolphins. The offshore islands of Inchcolm and Inchkeith are home to thousands of seabirds, with vast numbers of puffins found on the Isle of May.

Historically, the ancestral home of the Scottish monarchs, world famous for its golf and with some of Scotland's best scenic attractions, Fife is a proud region with its own distinct identity.

Though barely fifty miles at its widest point - Fife encompasses several areas with a marked difference between the semi-industrial south and the rural north.
In the northeast corner of Fife, the landscape varies from the gentle hills in the rural hinterland to the windswept cliffs, rocky bays and sandy beaches on which scenes from the film 'Chariots of Fire' were shot.

Fishing still has a role here but ultimately it is to St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university town and the home of the world-famous Royal and Ancient golf club that most visitors are drawn. The town itself and the hills and hamlets of the surrounding area retain an appealing and old-fashioned feel.