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Tayport is located on the east coast of Scotland in Fife, at the mouth of the river Tay. It is a historic harbour town with attractive views of the Broughty Ferry coastline and those of Tentsmuir Forest.
It is within easy commuting distance to Dundee via the Tay Road Bridge. St Andrews and Edinburgh are both popular tourist attractions being 20 and 50 minute drives to the south respectively.
Local tourist amenities include local Shops, a Caravan Park, an 18-hole golf course (Scotscraig) and large park areas.
Click on the map below to link to multimap.co.uk where you can use its interactive features to zoom in and out.
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11/Jul/08 Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve is holding a special family open day next week for local people to have fun and learn more about the reserve. more
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14/Jun/08 A DRIVE to encourage people to leave their cars at home an hop on their bikes instead has been given the support of round-the-world cyclist Mark ... more
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14/Jun/08 WHEN you've been married for 70 years, you become a little blasé about celebrating — so when Tayport couple George and Mary Gordon marked ... more
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02/Jun/08 Ferryport Festival 2008. Chloe, Rachael and Tamara were elected by their classmates and children from P5 and P6 and they are looking forwa... more
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30/May/08 Cyclists in north east Fife are being invited to attend events being held to mark Tayport bike week. Several cycling communuters in Taypor... more
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23/May/08 Antarctic ridge named after Tayport scientist. A little bit of Tayport can now be found in Antarctica with the naming of a ridge after a s... more
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23/Feb/08 There is going to be another festival this year. Committee members can be contacted at their website: more
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08/Feb/08 A new Tayport Brass Band Archive Photo Gallery website has just been launched. It was... more
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17/Nov/07 Vote for the Dolphin Centre on 27th November 2007. On Tuesday 27th November, the Dolphin Youth & Community Centre in Tayport will be o... more
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01/Nov/07 Tayport Pensioner Fundraises For Gurkha Veterans. Dorothy Baird of Tayport is organising a Big Band Concert featuring the
Woodlands Dance... more
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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.
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This is a great place to advertise upcoming community events. If you know of a future event that you would like to see listed here please send us the details via the feedback section.
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Jazzercise classes are held in the Dolphin Centre on Mondays at 6.30pm. All ages and fitness levels welcome. For further details please visit fifefitness.co.uk or contact Elizabeth on 01334 838515.
In Tayport there are regular car boot sales every other Sunday during the summer months (April to October) at the Tayport Football Club grounds, from 10am to 3pm. For more info, either visit the tayportfc.org website or contact Mr Oswald on 01382-552644.
2008 sunday car boot sale dates are as follows:
March 30th,
April 13, 27,
May 11, 25,
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17/Mar/08 Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve Newsletter, January 2008. In this edition, read about the dynamic coast line, management and changes whi... more
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27/Jan/08
Changes to Waste Collections Service... on 3rd March 2008, East Fife will experience a change to the waste collection service. Approx... more
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02/Oct/07 Core Paths. Background: All local authorities and the two national parks in Scotland have a statutory duty to produce a core path plan for formal... more
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01/Oct/07 Tayport and Newport have recently been targeted re a spate of vandalisms to cars, spray painting of a number of buildings and walls and damage t... more
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| Community Childminding Resources |
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This section provides contact details for local childminders in Tayport:
Sally Walker, 552812
Vera Booth, 550046
Karyn Cameron, 552094
Pat Kemp, 552464
Amanda McRobert, 553451
Lynne Menzies, 552331
Sandra Robertson, 550294
Fiona Towns, 552404
Louise Taylor, 554654
If you'd like to add or amend any of the details provided here, either let us know via the feedback form or leave a message for Matthew on 552135.
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| Local Business & Services |
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This section provides category links to the local businesses & services pages:
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Need a break? Give your eyes a rest, get some fresh air and gentle excercise...take a walk or cycle around the village.
Maybe even venture into Tentsmuir Forest or along its sandy beach.
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