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St Andrews

St Andrews is a town on the coast of in northeast Scotland. With a population of 16,930 in 2021, it's an attractive place famous for its ancient university and as the "home of golf".
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  • Type: Town with 16,500 residents
  • Description: town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Saint Andrews” and “St. Andrews”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Course at St Andrews and St Andrews Castle.

Golf course
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The , also known as the Old Lady or the Grand Old Lady, is considered the oldest golf course in the world. It is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, and is held in trust by the St Andrews Links Trust under…

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is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in , . The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small beach called Castle Sands and the adjoining .

Ruins
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The Cathedral of St Andrew is a ruined cathedral in St Andrews, , . It was built in 1158 and became the centre of the Medieval Catholic Church in Scotland as the seat of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and the Bishops and Archbishops of St Andrews.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strathkinness and Guardbridge.

Village
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is a small village located 3 miles to the west of St Andrews in North East . A key characteristic of the village is the newly developed housing in the centre of the village. is situated 3 miles west of St Andrews.

Village
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is a village in the north-east of , on the east coast of . It is approximately 3 miles north-west of St Andrews, and is situated on the estuary of the River Eden, at the junction of the A91 road between St Andrews and and the A919/A914 road between and the Tay Road Bridge. is situated 4 miles west of St Andrews.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet close to in the of , Scotland. It is located off the A917 road, 4+1⁄2 miles from St Andrews and 5+1⁄2 miles from , close to the mouth of Kenly Water with the North Sea. is situated 4 miles southeast of St Andrews.

St Andrews

Latitude
56.3404° or 56° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
-2.7956° or 2° 47′ 44″ west
Population
16,500
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
IATA airport code
ADX
United Nations Location Code
GB SNW
Open location code
9C8V86R3+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21511530
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638864
Wiki­data ID
Q207736
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“St Andrews” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Qyteti i Shën Andreut”
  • Arabic: “سنت أندروز”
  • Arabic: “سنت اندروز”
  • Armenian: “Սենտ Էնդրյուս”
  • Asturian: “St Andrews”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sent-Endryus”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sent-Endryüs”
  • Basque: “St Andrews”
  • Belarusian: “Сент-Андрус”
  • Belarusian: “Сент-Эндрус”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট অ্যান্ড্রুস”
  • Breton: “Cill Rìmhinn”
  • Bulgarian: “Сейнт Андрюс”
  • Catalan: “Saint Andrews”
  • Catalan: “St Andrews”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Andrews”
  • Cebuano: “St Andrews, Scotland”
  • Chinese: “圣安德鲁斯”
  • Chinese: “聖安德魯斯”
  • Czech: “Saint Andrews”
  • Czech: “St Andrews”
  • Czech: “St. Andrews”
  • Danish: “St Andrews”
  • Danish: “St. Andrews”
  • Dutch: “St Andrews”
  • Dutch: “St. Andrews”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سنت اندروز”
  • Esperanto: “Sankt-Andreo”
  • Esperanto: “St Andrews”
  • Esperanto: “St. Andrews”
  • Estonian: “Saint Andrews”
  • Estonian: “St Andrews”
  • Estonian: “St. Andrews”
  • Finnish: “St Andrews”
  • Finnish: “St. Andrews”
  • French: “Cill Rìmhinn”
  • French: “Saint Andrews”
  • French: “Saint-Andrews”
  • French: “St Andrews”
  • French: “St. Andrews”
  • Galician: “Saint Andrews”
  • Galician: “St Andrews”
  • Georgian: “სენტ-ენდრიუსი”
  • German: “St Andrews”
  • German: “St. Andrews”
  • Greek: “Σαιντ Άντριους”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ એન્ડ્રુઝ”
  • Hebrew: “סנט אנדרוז”
  • Hungarian: “St. Andrews”
  • Indonesian: “St Andrews”
  • Irish: “Cill Rímhinn”
  • Irish: “Cill Rìmhinn”
  • Italian: “Saint Andrews”
  • Italian: “St Andrews”
  • Japanese: “セント・アンドリュース”
  • Japanese: “セント・アンドルーズ”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಆಂಡ್ರ್ಯೂಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Сент-Андрус”
  • Korean: “세인트 앤드루스”
  • Korean: “세인트 앤드류스”
  • Korean: “세인트앤드루스”
  • Korean: “세인트앤드류스”
  • Latvian: “Sentendrūsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Sent Andrusas”
  • Macedonian: “Сент Ендруз”
  • Macedonian: “Сент Ендрус”
  • Manx: “Cill Rìmhinn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint Andrews”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St Andrews”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Andrews”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Andrews”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Andrews”
  • Norwegian: “St. Andrews”
  • Persian: “سنت اندروز”
  • Polish: “Saint Andrews”
  • Polish: “St Andrews”
  • Portuguese: “Cill Rìmhinn”
  • Portuguese: “St Andrews”
  • Portuguese: “St. Andrews”
  • Romanian: “St Andrews”
  • Russian: “Андрюс, Сент-Андрюс”
  • Russian: “Килримонт”
  • Russian: “Святоандреевск”
  • Russian: “Сент-Андрус”
  • Russian: “Сент-Андрюс”
  • Russian: “Сент-Эндрюс”
  • Scots: “Saint Andrews”
  • Scots: “Sanct Androis”
  • Scots: “Saunt Andras”
  • Scots: “St Andraes”
  • Scots: “St Andras”
  • Scots: “St Aundraes”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Rimhinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Rìmhinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “St Andrews”
  • Serbian: “Сент Ендруз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “St Andrews”
  • Slovak: “St Andrews”
  • Slovenian: “St Andrews, Škotska”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سنت اندروز”
  • Spanish: “Saint Andrews”
  • Spanish: “St Andrews”
  • Swedish: “S:t Andrews”
  • Swedish: “Saint Andrews”
  • Swedish: “St Andrews”
  • Swedish: “St. Andrews”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ட அண்ட்ரெவ்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “, సెయింట్ ఆండ్రూస్”
  • Turkish: “Saint Andrews”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Ендрюс”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ اندریوس”
  • Vlaams: “St Andrews”
  • Võro: “St Andrews”
  • Welsh: “Cill Rìmhinn”
  • Welsh: “St Andrews”
  • “St Andrews”

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