Hawkcraig

Hawkcraig is a climbing site in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Hawkcraig is situated nearby to the recreation area Aberdour (Silver Sands), as well as near Silver Sands Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aberdour Castle and Aberdour railway station.

Aberdour Castle

Photo: Andy Hawkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberdour Castle is in the village of Easter Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with Castle Sween in Argyll, which was built at around the same time. Aberdour Castle is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Hawkcraig.

Aberdour railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberdour railway station is a railway station in the village of Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line. Aberdour railway station is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Hawkcraig.

St Fillan’s Church, Aberdour

Church

Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Fillan’s Church, Aberdour is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Hawkcraig.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdour and Burntisland.

Aberdour

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aberdour is a small town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland, and nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, with a population in 2011 of 1633.

Burntisland

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of 6300 in 2022. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.

Dalgety Bay

Town

Photo: Arcaist, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dalgety Bay is a coastal town and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, nine miles from Edinburgh city centre. The civil parish is the eighth-largest in Fife, with a population of 9,710 in 2020. Dalgety Bay is situated 3 miles west of Hawkcraig.

Hawkcraig

Type: Climbing site
Category: sports location
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.05024° or 56° 3′ 1″ north

Longitude

-3.28698° or 3° 17′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C8R3P27+36

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1295015146

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=climbing

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