Getting There
Kinghorn
For more information, see the Location page.....
For information on what to do once you've arrived, see the Competitor Information page.....
By Car
From the North
Following signs for Dunfermline/Edinburgh, travel south on the M90, until Junction 1. Take a left onto the A921, and head along the Fife Coastal road, following the brown Tourist route signs to Burntisland and continuing through into Kinghorn.
From the East (A92/A921)
Follow signs for Kirkcaldy, then take the coastal route (A921) to Kinghorn.
From the South (A90/A921)
Crossing the Forth Road Bridge, leave the motorway at Junction 1. Take a right onto the A921, and head along the Fife Coastal road, following the brown Tourist route signs to Burntisland and continuing through into Kinghorn.
From the West (A985)/Kincardine Bridge
Turn right off the Kincardine bridge onto the A985 and continue through Rosyth, until the M90. Go straight through the roundabout, onto the A921 and head along the Fife Coastal road, following the brown Tourist route signs to Burntisland and continuing through into Kinghorn.
By Train
From Edinburgh and the South
There is a regular service leaving every 30 minutes from Edinburgh Waverley, which is the Fife circle route. It stops at Kinghorn station, beside the start of the Black Rock '5' Race, but a 2 minute walk from the changing facilities at the community centre. In addition, there are trains which do not stop at Kinghorn, but do stop at Kirkcaldy, where either a change of train or short bus journey is needed to reach Kinghorn. View the full Edinburgh & Fife circle timetable (in effect from May 23rd). (PDF, 2.71MB)
Trains from Edinburgh to Kinghorn - depart 17:12, arrive 17:54; depart 17:49, arrive 18:31; depart 18:08, arrive 18:48.
From Aberdeen, Dundee and Markinch and the North
The Markinch service on the Fife circle is opposite to the Edinburgh one, so again stops every half an hour. However, the trains from outside Fife tend not to halt in Kinghorn, but in nearby Kirkcaldy only. It is necessary then to get a local train or bus to Kinghorn.
Phone 08457 48 49 50 for details, visit www.nationalrail.co.uk or www.scotrail.co.uk.
By Bus
Within Fife
The only routes to serve Kinghorn directly are the Dunfermline to Leven (7 and 7A) both of which also stop in Kirkcaldy. Both combined provide three services each hour through the day; the 7A service ends at 5pm, however the 7 service continues on half hourly, before changing to an hourly service at 8pm. The last 7 leaves Kinghorn at 23:30 for Dunfermline and at midnight for Leven. See the Stagecoach Fife website for a full 7/7A timetable. (PDF, 62KB)
Buses from Dunfermline to Kinghorn - depart 17:10, arrive 18:08; depart 17:40, arrive 18:38.
From Edinburgh
There is a direct service only to Kirkcaldy bus station - (X58, X60, X61) - you will be required to catch a local bus (see above). There is also a nightliner service (159), if you miss the last train or bus, which leaves Kinghorn for Edinburgh at 2am, and goes in the opposite direction at 1:45am and 4am. Phone Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 or see www.travelinescotland.com.
By Air
From anywhere
There is an airport at Glenrothes (Fife), and also across the water in Edinburgh. For the more extravagant of you or for those with more money than sense, then you could probably land your helicopter on the sand or just outside Kinghorn in a field.
