Walk Leader
Viv Cotton
Capacity
10
The walk starts at Pittencrieff Park.
Pittencrieff Park covers 76 acres and offers recreational facilities for children's play, greenhouses and woodland walks. It was gifted to the people of Dunfermline by Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish born American industrialist/philanthropist.
The walk will go past the Glen Pavillion, and round to the mustard-yellow Pittencrieff House at the centre of the park. Pittencrieff House is, a 17th-century T-plan house of three storeys and a garret. It was built from stone taken from the nearby royal palace.
Just along from the house there is a 200ft glasshouse conservatory which was built in 1973.
The walk will then proceed out of the park towards Dunfermline Abbey and Palace.
Dunfermline Abbey has some of Scotland’s greatest kings and queens laid to rest here – including Robert the Bruce. The abbey’s great nave is also the most visually stunning example of Romanesque architecture in Scotland.
Tickets for access to the Abbey Nave can be purchased via Historic Scotland website if desired (not essential though). They are not included in the booking.
Close by is Dunfermline Palace, a ruined former Scottish royal palace and important tourist attraction in Dunfermline.
The walk will then meander past the Dunfermline City Chambers, a building historically designed to be the centre of local government. The building was constructed in the period 1875-79, by James C Walker who also designed the first Carnegie Library. It employs a composite of French, Gothic and Scots baronial architectural styles and features a prominent four-face clock tower.
The walk will then head back into the park, past the statue of Andrew Carnegie and return to the car park.
What to bring:
Comfortable walking shoes (the walk is all on paved paths so walking boots are not essential). Layered clothing including waterproofs. A range of lenses from wide-angle (to capture buildings and the surrounding context) to telephoto (for capturing architectural details).
Toilets:
There are toilets within the park.
Walk Location
56.071155181435, -3.4721195697784
Walk Directions
Meeting location will be the Pittencrieff Street Car Park. The walk will enter the Pittencrieff park and head past Pittencrieff House and the green houses, before backtracking slightly and heading up to Dunfermline Abbey and Palace. The walk will then pass the old City Hall and head back into the park, past Andrew Carnegie's statue and return to the car park.
Free parking is available in the park’s main car park at the Pittencrieff Street entrance. (What3Words ///porch.nets.shield ) Limited parking is also available inside the park both behind and to the west of the Glen Pavilion. Use the post code KY12 8QH for directions.
Accessibility
Disabled parking is available in the car park behind the Glen Pavilion.
This walk will take place on paved paths and pavements. The route through the park contains no steps or stairs. There are cobbles on the road which needs to be crossed to get to the Abbey. There is a short set of stairs up the Abbey.
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