Tayport Community Website


Local News
08/May/2013 Fibre Broadband

04/May/2013 Tayview Medical Practice - automated appointment system

04/May/2013 TENT:acular community participation appeal

26/Apr/2013 Guild

26/Apr/2013 Football Coaching At Tayport FCC

07/Apr/2013 Cycle Start

03/Apr/2013 TCC Minutes of March 2013

21/Mar/2013 Tayview Medical Practice

15/Mar/2013 Golf camp boosts Scotscraig membership

05/Mar/2013 Madras College - response to a leaflet that has been distributed by the Pond Site group

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Upcoming Events
Saturday, May 25th Leng Home Fete

Saturday, May 25th CYNICUS

Sunday, May 26th Cyclestart

Sunday, June 2nd Auld Kirk Trust Photographic Exhibition

Wednesday, June 5th Calendar Girls

Saturday, June 15th North Fife Rotary Club Coffee Morning

Monday, September 2nd Auld Kirk Trust - Art & Craft Exhibition

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Recent Forum Posts
09/May/2013

Graffiti: Community Chat \ graffiti

11/Apr/2013 I thought I would 'bump' this thread to bring to the notice that the vandalism has gotten worse in the last month. Perhaps the Police sh...
Community Chat \ graffiti

07/Apr/2013 Can anybody remember what the original front door of "Maybank" 14 Ogilvy street looked like? I want to replace it with an original (Hopefully)...
Community History \ Memories of a front door!

21/Mar/2013

Glenda, He was indeed killed in this Rail accident, at the time of his death he was aged 55 and Captian of the Dundee Steamer Vesper. I am inv...
Community History \ David McKechnie

24/Feb/2013 Parton-Craig-Ferry - Parton is Scottish for crab. Crab-Rock-Ferry jist does'nae hae the same ring tae it. Maybe of interest, 1654 map has Taypor...
Community History \ Tayport - Its Name

24/Feb/2013 Most of us are aware that Tayport is also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig

I show as under two other names of Tayport in times gone by...
Community History \ Tayport - Its Name

20/Feb/2013 I'm looking for relatives of Grace Moore (Benger). I'm her granddaughter Julie, her son Valences youngest daughter. I'm looking for her daughters...
Friend's of Tayport \ Grace Moore (Benger)

14/Jan/2013 Have been trying to get the council to repair the pot holes on Queen street for months now, but they either don't reply or say the road is re...
Community Chat \ Queen Street



Other News

08/Apr/2013 DUNDEE BID FOR CITY OF CULTURE

08/Apr/2013 NEW OUTDOOR ACTIVITY WEBSITE

21/Mar/2013 WRVS EAST FIFE

14/Feb/2013 ACTIVITY PROGRAMME JANUARY TO AUGUST 2013

14/Feb/2013 GO WILD FOR NATURE DUNDEE SCIENCE CENTRE

08/Feb/2013 Fife's Cultural Roadshow Event - 20th February

08/Feb/2013 Organ Donation

01/Feb/2013 Plea to get the jab as flu cases rise

Recent Comments (Articles & Photos)

23/Apr/2013 Hi Gill, we visited you on the Sunday afternoon and took over the back area of your bar! We had our thre...
(article) Bell Rock Tavern Acoustic and Folk Festival - 29, 30 & 31 March and 1 April

16/Apr/2013 My grandmother Ada Sawdon went to Tayport School sometime around 1885, she was sent to board there from E...
(photo) Public School, Tayport...

12/Apr/2013 DUNDEE WHALER (© Ian Tyzack)\n\n1 I'm a proud Dundee whaler on 'Balaena' I'm bound\nFor the ...
(article) Bell Rock Tavern Acoustic and Folk Festival - 29, 30 & 31 March and 1 April

12/Apr/2013 I'm about to record a cd of about a dozen songs in the next couple of weeks, including two more self-...
(article) Bell Rock Tavern Acoustic and Folk Festival - 29, 30 & 31 March and 1 April

07/Apr/2013 Willie Kemp was my great uncle - many happy holidays spent in the shop - the smell of sawn wood takes me ...
(photo) The joiner shop in Pond Lane....

03/Apr/2013 Ian Tyzack - that is beautiful!\nI\'d love to hear it! How can we do this?\nElaine & Tom. Did you make it i...
(article) Bell Rock Tavern Acoustic and Folk Festival - 29, 30 & 31 March and 1 April

31/Mar/2013 Memories are the keys to the playground of our hearts and this song, very well, jangles those keys, grand...
(article) Bell Rock Tavern Acoustic and Folk Festival - 29, 30 & 31 March and 1 April

31/Mar/2013 There were buildings erected where they taught science woodwork and housekeeping...
(photo) Unlike the front, the back view of Tayport School has changed completely. From v...



Walking and Cycling

Need a break? Give your eyes a rest, get some fresh air and gentle excercise...take a walk or cycle around the village.

tayport walk path for all

Maybe even venture into Tentsmuir Forest or along its sandy beach.

tentsmuir forest leaflet map

bicycle hire is available at:
16a Castle Street (near the harbour).



Tayport's Auld Kirk

Unused as a church for over twenty years, this building, with its distinctive leaning clock tower, is one of the best known landmarks in the area. It has been recognised by Historic Scotland as a "B" listed building, together with its unique graveyard.

click to visit Tayport's Auld Kirk



Tayport Tennis Club

tayport tennis club photo