Anstruther Fife. XPL 3351-330
Anstruther (Enster in Scots, Eanstar in Scottish Gaelic) is a small town in Fife, Scotland. It comprises the royal and police burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester and Kilrenny. The two Anstruthers are divided by a small stream called Dreel Burn. Anstruther lies 9 miles south-southeast of St Andrews. It is the largest community on the stretch of north-shore coastline of the Firth of Forth known as the East Neuk, with a population of about 3,500 people. The village of Cellardyke forms an easterly extension of Anstruther. It is believed to be of ancient origins, with archaeological and other evidence providing links to the Picts and the early Christian church. It was originally a fishing village, and is home to the Scottish Fisheries Museum, but its main industry is now tourism, although other small scale manufacturing and service industries continue. Pleasure craft now moor in the harbour, and there is a golf course. The Waid Academy, the local state comprehensive school, is often a focus of the community and through its secondary role as a community centre offers a wide range of activities & sports, and hosts entertainment for young and old. Sports Hall, Gym, Swimming pool etc are also situated here and open to public use. It has an award-winning fish and chip shop, Anstruther Fish Bar, which won Fish and Chip shop of the year 2001-2002 and is the home of BBC Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman. Anstruther from Wester Melville, nephew of the more celebrated reformer, Andrew Melville, who was minister of Kilrenny, has given in his Diary a graphic account of the arrival at Anstruther of a weatherbound ship of the Armada, and the tradition of the intermixture of Spanish and Fifeshire blood still prevails in the district. Anstruther fair supplied William Tennant, who was born and buried in the town, with the subject of his poem of "Anster Fair." Sir James Lumsden, a soldier of fortune under Gustavus Adolphus, who distinguished himself in the Thirty Years'
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Location: Anstruther Harbour, Fife. Scotland. United Kingdom.
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