​Local Information for woodland holiday cottage near Edinburgh:-
holiday-cottage-edinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/
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​Cities  & Villages:

         Edinburgh is just 10 miles, with all its tremendous Georgian architecture,             Castle, zoo, shopping, cafés and restaurants, festivals, city bus tours:-

• edinburgh.org/  www.edinburghcastle.scot/  www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/
•  members.historic-scotland.gov.uk/
• St. Andrews – Historic golf and university  town. Lovely West beach, artisan shops www.visitstandrews.com/
• Dunfermline -  Home of  Andrew Carnegie, Pittencrief Park, Abbey;
• visitdunfermline.com/
• ​Stirling castle and the Wallace monument. Lochs, Glens and Trossachs.
• Boness and steam railway www.bkrailway.co.uk/find-us/
• ​​South Queensferry, Culross, Aberdour, Burntisland, Kinghorn and Inverkeithing are beautiful historic villages within 1 to 10 miles.​
• holiday-cottage-edinburgh.blogspot.com/2019/01/restaurant-south-queensferry-scotts.html  Scotts Restaurant, dynamic view of bridges.
• Anstruther, Crail and picturesque east coast fishing villages.
• Dundee and Victoria and Albert museum www.vandadundee.org/
• Dundee -  Discovery point www.rrsdiscovery.com/
• North Queensferry and The 3 Forth bridges  www.theforthbridges.org/
• holiday-cottage-edinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/ (for our local information)
•  www.visitscotland.com/accommodation/self-catering/cottage-holidays-accommodation/ Type Fife to find us when you are on this link

Views:

​Views of the 3 world renowned Forth Bridges from the front windows.

Farm shops:

 www.puddledub.co.uk/ Butcher rears his own pigs and sells locally  - Post and Pantry Aberdour and Kirkcaldy.

Cafes, bistro, Restaurants:

www.aberdourhotel.co.uk/dining-bar.php  -  good home cooked food.
North Queensferry - The famous .www.theweerestaurant.co.uk/
Dunfermline - cafe and art centre. www.firestationcreative.co.uk/cafe
South Queensferry - Hawes Inn pub and restaurant open fires and real ale.
​www.innkeeperslodge.com/hotels/the-hawes-inn-south-queensferry-edinburgh  
Aberdour - www.facebook.com/postandpantry/ home cooked quiche, cakes, etc.

Activities:

Activities:-
Boat rides to Islands www.maidoftheforth.co.uk/sightseeing-boat-tour 
viewing seals and sea birds. 
Sailing and boating parks, golf, 10 screen cinema,  horseriding, fishing, gliding are also nearby. Scottish bus museum and Knockhill racing circuit.
www.falkirk-wheel.com/ and the Kelpies.
Deep Sea World North Queensferry www.deepseaworld.com/
Fife cycle path www.fifecoastalpath.co.uk/

Travel:

Rental cars: Edinburgh airport (not Edinburgh city).
"Enterprise" Dunfermline  Tel: 01383 723333

 Public Transport Information. Traveline Tel: 0870 200 22 33

Trains run frequently, approximately every 20 minutes to Edinburgh at peak time but is best to check with B Rail (0845 748 4950) as to exact timing as they sometimes put extra ones on for festivals  (F.E.T.A. 0131 319 1897).
www.thetrainline.com/train-times/inverkeithing-to-edinburgh-waverley

Bus park and ride www.ferrytoll.org/ Inverkeithing 01383 420197 (every 10 minutes at peak times) and Halbeath junction.
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Taxi 01383 411414

Visit Scotland 0131 332 2433.
Tourist information 0990 992244 /  0131 473 3800.
More telephone numbers and local leaflets available in the cottage.
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