St Andrews Ideas for Free Time (5)
St Andrews Beaches
There are three beaches within close walking distance of the centre of St Andrews.
The West Sands is the largest and best known of the beaches in St Andrews. It's a flat 3 mile long beach, separated from the golf courses by a line of grassy sand dunes (bottom right in the accompanying image). It famously featured in the opening sequence of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire.
It is a Blue Flag beach. A small, clean, burn flows into the sea at town end of the beach. The other beaches are Castle Sands - Scenic and home of the 1st May Dawn Dip and East Sands - good for swimming and sandcastles.
The beaches are in some ways the soul of St Andrews. West Sands is the biggest and most popular.
Starting just a few minutes from The Scores and Golf Place, the beach continues for some 3 miles to the North, parallel to the Old Course until ending in a sand bank at the mouth of the Eden river, opposite Tentsmuir forest and RAF Leuchars.
The beach is also quite wide, and the tide goes out quite far. It is fine sand and used extensively by students 24 hours a day. Joggers in the early morning, walkers and swimmers in the day, footballers in the afternoon and often parties with bonfires in the dunes on Friday and Saturday nights.
On sunny days from May onwards the beach is a mecca for people from all over east Scotland and the sea is pleasant enough to swim in when the tide has come in over warm sand. On windy days the surf can be rough and strong though but that's all part of the fun.
A visit to St Andrews is incomplete without a quick bracing stroll along West Sands but the beach is also a highly recommended attraction for the whole spectrum of outdoor activities and a hot chocolate in 1 Golf Place on your way back!
The Castle Sands is the smallest of St Andrews' beaches. Located under the cliffs of St Andrews Castle, it is reached from the road (The Scores) by a steep footpath. Adjacent to the rock formations which feature heavily from here to the harbour, there's an old salt-water swimming pool.
Finally, The East Sands is to be found further around the coast, just past the harbour. This mile long beach is popular with both locals and tourists, and is home to the St Andrews Sailing Club. Also located nearby is the East Sands Leisure Centre, the only public swimming pool in St Andrews.
St Andrews Beaches
There are three beaches within close walking distance of the centre of St Andrews.
The West Sands is the largest and best known of the beaches in St Andrews. It's a flat 3 mile long beach, separated from the golf courses by a line of grassy sand dunes (bottom right in the accompanying image). It famously featured in the opening sequence of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire.
It is a Blue Flag beach. A small, clean, burn flows into the sea at town end of the beach. The other beaches are Castle Sands - Scenic and home of the 1st May Dawn Dip and East Sands - good for swimming and sandcastles.
The beaches are in some ways the soul of St Andrews. West Sands is the biggest and most popular.
Starting just a few minutes from The Scores and Golf Place, the beach continues for some 3 miles to the North, parallel to the Old Course until ending in a sand bank at the mouth of the Eden river, opposite Tentsmuir forest and RAF Leuchars.
The beach is also quite wide, and the tide goes out quite far. It is fine sand and used extensively by students 24 hours a day. Joggers in the early morning, walkers and swimmers in the day, footballers in the afternoon and often parties with bonfires in the dunes on Friday and Saturday nights.
On sunny days from May onwards the beach is a mecca for people from all over east Scotland and the sea is pleasant enough to swim in when the tide has come in over warm sand. On windy days the surf can be rough and strong though but that's all part of the fun.
A visit to St Andrews is incomplete without a quick bracing stroll along West Sands but the beach is also a highly recommended attraction for the whole spectrum of outdoor activities and a hot chocolate in 1 Golf Place on your way back!
The Castle Sands is the smallest of St Andrews' beaches. Located under the cliffs of St Andrews Castle, it is reached from the road (The Scores) by a steep footpath. Adjacent to the rock formations which feature heavily from here to the harbour, there's an old salt-water swimming pool.
Finally, The East Sands is to be found further around the coast, just past the harbour. This mile long beach is popular with both locals and tourists, and is home to the St Andrews Sailing Club. Also located nearby is the East Sands Leisure Centre, the only public swimming pool in St Andrews.
are there any close cnimas or close pitches we could rent
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Fahad please see Free Time Ideas (6)
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