Crail Harbour, Crail, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
In the harbour are a few small boats that go partan (edible crabs) and lobster fishing, which are sold at the harbour and at the various fish merchants and sheds throughout the East Neuk is the most easterly of the line of coastal settlements along the south side of the East Neuk of Fife. Many would also say it is also the most attractive of them, though each has its own unique character. Ten miles south east of St Andrews, Crail is a wonderful place to visit at any time of year, though it's probably at its best on a bright day in Winter when you stand more chance of having it to yourself. Crail's beautiful harbour lies to the south of the High Street and is best reached on foot, having parked in the town. From the harbour the town appears to be a riot of reddish stone and white harled frontages intermingled with gray slate and red tiled roofs. All of this tumbles down the hill from the High Street to conclude on the side of the honey coloured stone lined harbour, complete with a few small fishing boats and occasional piles of lobster pots. It looks as if someone had designed a film set depicting an ideally pretty fishing harbour. But what makes Crail so wonderful is that it is very much the real thing: and though not a film set, its harbour must be amongst the most photographed in Scotland. If it just had a castle it would have everything a photographer could possibly want: sadly the ruins of the royal castle built on the cliffs to the east of the harbour in the 1100s was cleared away by the Town Council in 1706.
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Location: Crail, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Stuart972-Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: bay, fife, scenic, scotland, scottish
