Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay Circular Walk
15 minute walk from Inverkeithing station · Stirling, Central and Fife · Free entry
This eight-mile (12.5 km) circular walk begins at Ballast Bank in Inverkeithing and takes you along both coastal paths and woodland trails. You’ll start with a surfaced, occasionally busy stretch to Dalgety Bay, passing St Bridget’s Kirk before turning inland through farmland and an industrial area. You then enter Fordell Woods, where some sections may be muddy—light walking boots are advised. The path leads via fields, a railway bridge, and roadside cycleway before climbing through Letham Woods. A ridge walk offers views of the Forth Railway Bridge before descending past a quarry back to your start point. Straightforward, varied, and invigorating.
Visitor information
- Place type
- Walking route
- Good for
- Coast & harbours, Scenic viewpoints, Trees & woodlands, Walking
- Characteristics
- Coastal, Open-air, Woodland
- Admission
- Free
- Region
- Stirling, Central and Fife
Stations within walking distance
- Inverkeithing station — 15 min walk, 1.2 km
- Dalgety Bay station — 33 min walk, 2.6 km
- North Queensferry station — 38 min walk, 3.2 km
Other places near Inverkeithing
- Carlingnose Point and St Margaret’s Marsh — 22 min walk from the station
- Fordell Woods Circular Walk — 34 min walk from the station
- Port Laing Beach — 43 min walk from the station
- Donibristle Chapel — 24 min walk from the station
- Donibristle Bay — 25 min walk from the station
- St Bridget's Kirk — 30 min walk from the station