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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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22/Sep/2008 The Stables Inn at Lathones Largoward is now home to Mundell Music. A list of artists appearing at the Inn at Lathones follows, during September/... more
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05/Sep/2008 Two Tayport organisations have received a cash boost from BT. Tayport Thistle Football Club has recived a grant of £455, and Ferryport Fest... more
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29/Aug/2008 Dolphin Centre to open doors after lottery refurbishment. Tayport residents who helped their local community centre scoop a massive lotter... more
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25/Jul/2008 At the annual general meeting of the Tayport Charity Shop, the chairman reported another very successful year, with shop sales up on the p... more
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25/Jul/2008 Canniepart rocks to the finest young local bands. Tayport's canniepart football ground rocked to the sound of some of the finest young loc... more
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11/Jul/2008 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/2008 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/2008 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/2008 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/2008 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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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 you can use the 'Add an event' button below, or send us the details via the feedback section.
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Wednesday, October 8th Residents of Tayport are welcome to join George & Sheila at our beginner's ballroom dance class on Wednesday evenings beginning the 8th October at Burnside Hall, Balmullo 8.15 - 9.45pm. Private tuition also available. Also join us at our monthly Saturday evening social dances and weekly afternoon tea dances. For further information telephone: 0783773483 or e-mail: georgecook4 at aol.com
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Thursday, October 9th 10am - 11:30am, coffee morning in the Gregory Hall run by the Tayport Old peoples Welfare Committee.
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Friday, October 10th at 7.30, Variety Concert in the Auld Kirk. Tickets will be on sale at the door and also are on sale now at the Post Office - £4 each.
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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.
lucysfitness.com PT Weight Loss & Fitness BOOT CAMP starts 11th Aug 2008. Meets:
Mon @ 6.30pm
Tue @ 7pm
Thur @ 7pm
Boot Camp runs for 6 weeks, consists of pre & post assessments, weekly weight checks,3 1 hrs training sessions per wk, diet programs, access to the online forum and all the support you need to meet your weight loss & fitness goals. £5 per class. Meet at Car Park on Commonty Road, Tayport. Camps have limited spaces so be quick! For more information please email lucy or call on 07533732024.
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/2008 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/2008
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/2007 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/2007 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
Linda Welsh, 550151
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.
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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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