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Anstruther

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Anstruther is the largest of the villages in the East Neuk and provides the main shopping centre, a typical seaside village with many of the shops in a long line overlooking the harbour. The harbour here has changed dramatically over the years, most of this information can be seen in the Scottish Fisheries Museum, going from a full working harbour to one which hosts mainly pleasure craft. The harbour has undergone changes to now include 100 pontoon berths for pleasure craft and is a very popular visitor attraction.

Cupar

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The old market town of Cupar lies in the heart of the fertile Howe of Fife. Easy to get to, Easy to park in, and Easy to find most items on your shopping list. Where the streets and shopping malls of larger towns and cities offer the same predictable collection of chain stores, Cupar provides a more satisfying experience. Not here the attitude of "it's just a job". Most of Cupar's businesses are family owned and run. They want you to come back again, so they will go the extra mile in making sure you are satisfied.

Dunfermline

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Dunfermline serves as the service centre for the west Fife area. The town retains much of its historic significance with buildings such as Dunfermline Abbey and Palace, while providing a range of more modern facilities including theatres, large public parks, a sports centre and athletics ground, golf courses, major shopping facilities and a leisure park with a multiplex cinema, a ten-pin bowling alley and a variety of restaurants. Dunfermline is also situated on the northern spur of the Fife Circle rail line and the intersection of the M90 and A92, making it highly accessible by multiple modes of transport. The Carnegie College is based in the town with its main campus at Halbeath.

Kinross

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Set amidst gently rolling hills it is the ideal location for hillwalking, golf, cycling, fishing, bird watching or just relaxing and enjoying the beauty of Scotland, the county town of Kinross is situated at junction 6 on the M90 providing easy access from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Perth. Known as the gateway to the Highlands, Kinross-shire nestles around Loch Leven where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567 on Castle Island.

Kirkcaldy

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Kirkcaldy is a town on the East Coast of Scotland, the largest in Fife. It has a population of nearly 49,000. Known as the "Lang Toun" because of its traditional shape, it had one of the longest high streets in the country in the 17th Century. Initially just under a mile, it would eventually stretch to four miles. Historically, Kirkcaldy was an important industrial hub, expanding out from its harbour to the north and east. It would become prominent in the manufacture of linoleum - which, for many years, gave the town a distinctive smell. Famous townspeople of the past include the "Father of Modern Economics" Adam Smith, who wrote much of his book "The Wealth of Nations" while staying in his mothers home. Sir Sandford Fleming, father of "time zones" and the architect Robert Adam also come from Kirkcaldy.

St Andrews

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St Andrews holds a special place in Scotland's history. It takes its name from the Apostle whose relics, legend tells us, were brought to this place in antiquity by St Rule. Scotland later adopted St Andrew as her patron saint and took his saltire cross for her flag. Before the Reformation, the town was the centre of religious life in medieval Scotland, with the bishops wielding great influence over both church and state. St Andrews is also famous as a place of learning. The university, founded in 1410-11, is the third oldest in Britain.

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