📌 St Andrews, Fife
★★★
🛠️ Parts of the site have restricted access due to masonry work – reduced admission fee (checked April 2024)
St Andrews Cathedral is mostly a ruin today, but the height and grandeur of its surviving fragments provide a window into the past, when it was Scotland’s largest medieval church. This was the seat of Scotland’s most important bishops (who lived at nearby St Andrews Castle), with construction beginning in 1160. Today’s highlights include the majestic east gable, the south side of the nave and the 33-metre St Rule’s Church tower, which pre-dates the rest of the cathedral. Climb to the top of the tower for superb views over the St Andrews town and coast. The vaults around the cathedral’s south cloister are home to a museum showcasing stone carvings, Pictish stones and gravestones from the site itself and the wider area.
🌍 Location
📌 The Pends, 5-min walk east of St Andrews town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 515167
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.340037,-2.787494
🚌 Bus to St Andrews
🚗 Street parking
📝 Key info
⌚ Daily
🎫 £7.50 adult / £4.50 child / free for Historic Environment Scotland members. Joint ticket with St Andrews Castle also available
