A mini guide to
Places worth your time in St Andrews
Top places
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Ruins of the largest church built in medieval Scotland, begun in 1158 and abandoned after the Reformation; cared for by Historic Environment Scotland.
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Square tower about 33 metres high in the cathedral grounds, from the older church built to house relics of St Andrew.
Ruined bishops' castle on a rocky headland above Castle Sands; a castle has stood here since the late 12th century.
Public links on common land held by St Andrews Links Trust, widely regarded as the oldest golf course in the world.
Small stone bridge over the Swilken Burn on the 18th hole of the Old Course, in place in some form since the 15th century.
Clubhouse of the private, members-only Royal and Ancient Golf Club, beside the first tee of the Old Course.
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Museum of golf history owned and run by The R&A, opposite the Royal and Ancient clubhouse.
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Memorial on the cliff at the west end of The Scores to Patrick Hamilton, George Wishart and other Reformation martyrs.
University museum telling the story of St Andrews University through its historic, artistic and scientific collections.
University chapel founded in 1450 by Bishop James Kennedy, built in late Gothic style, with a tall tower on North Street.
Category A listed Church of Scotland parish church in the middle of South Street.
Surviving apse of the medieval Dominican friary of St Mary, standing beside South Street.
Medieval vaulted gateway into the cathedral precinct, one of the few surviving parts of the priory buildings.
Foundations of a medieval collegiate church on the seaward side of the cathedral, just outside the precinct wall.
Museum of the history of the town in Kinburn Park, run by OnFife.
Local heritage museum and garden in a 17th-century fisherfolk house near the cathedral.
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University natural history museum of animals and fossils from around the world, including extinct species.
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Country park about 2 miles south-west of town, once part of the Mount Melville estate and now owned by Fife Council.
Family-owned aquarium below The Scores overlooking West Sands, with seals, penguins, meerkats and tropical fish.
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Theatre founded in 1933; its current building on Abbey Street opened in 2001.
Stone town gate at the west end of South Street, one of the few surviving burgh gates in Scotland.
Home of the university's School of Divinity, founded as New College; its quadrangle opens off South Street.
Long sandy beach beside the golf links, used for the opening scene of the film Chariots of Fire.
Sandy beach past the harbour at the east end of town, next to the East Sands Leisure Centre.
18-acre botanic garden beside the Kinness Burn on the southern edge of town, with woodland walks, meadows and ponds.
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St Andrews and Fife
Crail, Anstruther, Pittenweem, St Monans and Elie: stone harbours on the Firth of Forth
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Royal abbey and palace, Carnegie's birthplace, Culross and the Forth Bridge
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