📌 Upper Largo, Fife
★★★
In a landscape as flat as southeast Fife, the grassy old volcano of Largo Law is a distinctive landmark, visible even from East Lothian on the other side of the Firth of Forth. At closer quarters the muddy path up the hill’s southern slopes is unfortunately pretty distinctive too, eroded by decades of Fifers trying to get just a little closer to heaven. There are two main summits, both visited by the same path. The northern top is the higher of the pair with good views into the interior of the Kingdom, but the southern top boasts the best views across Largo Bay, hopefully sparkling in bright sunshine 280+ metres below. A third top – the volcanic side vent of Craig Rock – is visible to the east. The nearby village of Upper Largo is also worth a brief wander (as is Lower Largo on the coast), and we had a reasonable meal at the Upper Largo Hotel in summer 2019.
📷 Chronological photo guide
Largo Law from near the start 
Chesterstone farmland 
Approaching the hill 
Steep hill path 
View southeast from the ascent 
Looking south 
View southwest from the southern top 
View east past Craig Rock 
View towards the true, north summit 
Awkward stile 
Largo Law summit 
Largo Law summit 
View of the hill from Upper Largo (not on the route)
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Upper Largo cemetery, North Feus, immediately north of Upper Largo village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 423037
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.222515,-2.932174
🚌 Bus to Upper Largo
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 3 km / 2 mi | ▲ 220 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr
Features: △ Largo Law (290 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn)
⬤ Moderate | Muddy path / track to the foot of the hill, then extremely steep and sometimes muddy hill path.
Download file for GPS➡️ Out-and-back walk: start – Chesterstone – Largo Law – return by outward route
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Sheep, horses, a pair of buzzards.
Weather: 2°C, sunny, fairly light northerly breeze.
November 2019
