Nature & Outdoors.

Down by the West Green in Culross you’ll find a lovely playpark that’s perfect for families, complete with stunning views across the Forth. Accessible toilets (pay to use) are located nearby at the West Car Park, making it a handy stop during your visit. Just a short stroll away is the community-built pier, a much-loved local landmark that’s ideal for a peaceful walk out over the water and a promenade walk. You’ll also find picnic benches at the start of the Fife Pilgrim Way.

Grow West Fife is a community garden in the Walled Garden on the grounds of Blair Castle.

Their mission is to help our communities live healthily and sustainably by creating a productive, environment-friendly and beautiful fruit and vegetable garden, open and accessible to all.

The Culross Old Schoolyard Community Garden was set up back in 1999 on the site of the old "tin school" after a sub-committee was set up by the community council to transform the derelict playground. 

Two and a half decades later, the garden is well-loved by both residents and visitors to the village. You will find it in the centre of the village opposite the primary school.

A volunteer-driven community group dedicated to conserving, enhancing, and improving access to woodland areas across West Fife. They manage and expand walking, cycling, and bridal paths—creating a local network from Blairhall and Valleyfield to Devilla Forest—while clearing overgrowth, installing benches, steps, drainage, bird boxes, and signage.

A charming historic woodland North of Culross carved through the steep valley of the Bluther Burn. Originating from a grand early‑19th‑century estate, it still reveals traces of its past.

Today it is lovingly managed by West Fife Woodlands volunteers, who have enhanced accessibility, restored a community orchard of heritage fruit trees, and host popular snowdrop‑trail walks every spring.

Originally a man‑made “island” it featured salt pans fired by coal mined directly on-site—linked by a sea wall, mines, pump engines, and workers’ cottages.

Though the island is now joined to the mainland by ash from Longannet power station, the well-preserved remains are a highlight on a circular nature‑reserve walk, complete with interpretation boards explaining its layered history.

Rich in history and surrounded by beautifully landscaped grounds, the castle offers a unique glimpse into Scotland’s elegant past.

The carefully selected and planted trees that still define the estate today—towering Redwoods, rare and striking Monkey Puzzle trees, graceful Cedars, and sculptural Yews create a garden both grand and intimate in scale.

A beautifully waymarked circular trail of roughly 10 miles (16 km), beginning and ending in Culross. It links Valleyfield Woodland Park, Blairhall bings (with panoramic views to the Ochills), Balgownie Woods (home to oak, beech and red squirrels), and skirts the edge of Devilla Forest.

Along the route you'll pass evocative landmarks like the Plague Grave and the West Kirk. Created by the dedicated volunteers of West Fife Woodlands.

Devilla Forest is a sprawling 700-hectare Scots pine woodland rich in wildlife, history, and tranquil lochs. It has an accessible Red Squirrel Trail, a gently graded 2.4 km loop around Bordie Loch.

Go deeper into Devilla though and you’ll find 3 more lochs to explore, and a better chance of spotting red squirrels.

A waymarked long-distance footpath, stretching approximately 104 km (64 miles) from either Culross or North Queensferry to the iconic town of St Andrews.

Launched in July 2019, it retraces historic medieval pilgrimage routes across central Fife, weaving through ancient abbeys and churches, such as Dunfermline Abbey. Well-surfaced paths make it suitable for walkers of varied experience.

A long distance route that stretches 187 km (116 mi) from Kincardine on the to Newburgh on the Tay, passing through Culross. Hugging the coast of Fife, it threads past rugged cliffs, sandy beaches, charming fishing harbours like Crail and Anstruther, and historic towns.

Managed by the Fife Coast & Countryside Trust, the trail is waymarked and suitable year-round.

National Cycle Network Route 764, also known as the West Fife Way, is an almost fully traffic-free route along the well-kept railway path between Dunfermline and Clackmannan. 

Winding through tranquil, open countryside, the route connects to National Cycle Network Routes 1 and 76, and short diversion links to the mountain bike trails of Devilla Forest.