This website has about 90,000 visitors a year (as at July 2007).

The Royal Burgh of Burntisland is a coastal resort on the Firth of Forth, and has a population of about 6,000. It is well known to generations of day trippers, who return time and again to enjoy the beach, the Links and the annual summer fairground. The town's role as an industrial centre is now of less importance, following the closure of the aluminium works at the end of November 2002.

Annual events in Burntisland include the Highland Games, the crowning of the Summer Queen, and the Civic Week parade. There is a highly rated 18-hole golf course, a popular bowling green, and a new leisure centre which includes a swimming pool.

Burntisland also has many historical attractions. Among the notable buildings is the Parish Church, which was built between 1592 and 1595 and has recently been beautifully restored. The local Heritage Trust holds annual exhibitions and guided walks which run throughout the summer. Less tangible at present is the 'Blessing', King Charles I's baggage ferry, which belonged to a local shipowner and which sank off Burntisland in 1633. The search for this potentially priceless ship is another of the Heritage Trust's projects.

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I started this web site in the early months of 2000 because at that time there wasn't a great deal of online information available about Burntisland, and I had some material which could be uploaded fairly quickly. I've added to it since then as and when I've had time - in a rather piecemeal fashion, I have to admit. But it's clear from the messages I've received - including many from Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia - that the effort has been worthwhile.

I've included the other significant non-commercial Burntisland sites which I'm aware of on the Local Links page. There are also links on that page to accommodation directories which include Burntisland.

Personal contact details
Iain Sommerville
225 High Street, Burntisland, Fife, KY3 9AE, Scotland
Tel (UK): 01592 874933
Fax (UK): 0870 127 7093
E-mail: iars@fife40.freeserve.co.uk