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St Andrews
Historic university town and home of golf, with a ruined cathedral, medieval castle and the world-famous Old Course links.
0 km · about 5 min drive
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Saint Andrews
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
About Saint Andrews
Saint Andrews is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Leuchars, 33km from Tantallon Castle.
Saint Andrews is in Scotland, United Kingdom, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Leuchars, about 7 km away.
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What is there to see near Saint Andrews?
Within an hour or so of Saint Andrews: St Andrews (0 km), Anstruther Fish Bar (14 km), V&A Dundee (17 km), Tantallon Castle (33 km).
Are there any good drives near Saint Andrews?
The nearest famous roads are The Royal Mile, Cairnwell Pass and Holy Island Causeway.
Where is Saint Andrews?
Saint Andrews is in Scotland, United Kingdom, about 7 km from Leuchars.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 18,410
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Scotland
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 56.3387, -2.7990
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Saint Andrews
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Anstruther Fish Bar
Multiple UK Fish and Chip Shop of the Year winner on the harbourfront of the East Neuk's prettiest fishing town, frying haddock landed along the Fife coast. Eat on the sea wall watching the boats.
14 km · about 25 min drive
museum
V&A Dundee
Scotland's first design museum in a striking Kengo Kuma waterfront building, celebrating the country's rich design heritage.
17 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Tantallon Castle
A vast red curtain wall on a clifftop in East Lothian facing the Bass Rock, the last of Scotland's great courtyard castles.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Glamis Castle
The childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, steeped in legend and set in the scenic Angus region of Scotland.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Scone Palace
The Perthshire palace beside Moot Hill, where Scottish kings were crowned on the Stone of Destiny.
40 km · about 45 min drive
film location
Preston Mill, East Lothian (Outlander)
The 18th-century water mill with its conical kiln appears as the mill Jamie hides beneath in Outlander.
40 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh
Ancient volcanic peak rising 251 metres in the heart of Edinburgh, offering panoramic city views from its dramatic summit.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Saint Andrews
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 49 kmArthur's Seat, EdinburghAncient volcanic peak rising 251 metres in the heart of Edinburgh, offering panoramic city views from its dramatic summit.
- 49 kmThe Royal MileEdinburgh's historic spine of cobbled streets and closes linking the castle to Holyrood Palace, lined with landmarks.
- 49 kmCalton HillAn accessible hilltop crowned with neoclassical monuments, giving the classic skyline view of Edinburgh at sunset.
- 53 kmQueensferry CrossingThe world's longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge, opened in 2017, carrying the M90 high over the Firth of Forth alongside its famous Victorian and 1960s neighbours: three centuries of bridges in one view.
- 71 kmCairnwell PassThe highest main road in Britain at 670m, where the A93 crosses the Grampians at Glenshee between Braemar and the ski centre. The famously steep Devil's Elbow hairpins lie just below the summit.
- 71 kmCairnwell Pass (A93, Glenshee)The highest public road in Britain at 670m, climbing the Devil's Elbow route through Glenshee to Braemar.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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