Swimming spots near Dunfermline
10 swimming spots within 30 km of Dunfermline, 10 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Nearest first — the closest is Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands), about 11 km away.
5 carrying a caution. 5 with no current pollution alert. 3 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands)10.6 km from DunfermlineGood to go
- Aberdour (Silversands)11.2 km from DunfermlineGood to go
- Burntisland15.1 km from DunfermlineCaution
- Kinghorn (Pettycur)17.3 km from DunfermlineGood to go
- Kinghorn (Harbour Beach)18.0 km from DunfermlineCaution
- Wardie Bay18.2 km from DunfermlineGood to go
- Kirkcaldy (Seafield)19.1 km from DunfermlineGood to go
- Portobello (West)24.7 km from DunfermlineCaution
- Portobello (Central)26.0 km from DunfermlineCaution
- Fisherrow Sands28.0 km from DunfermlineCaution
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Dunfermline?
- 10 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Dunfermline, spread across 1 area. This page lists them by distance from the town rather than by county, because a boundary is not what decides where you drive.
- What is the nearest beach to Dunfermline?
- Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands) in Scotland, about 11 km away. It is the closest of the 10 listed here; the next few are within a short drive and each shows its current status, so the nearest is not always the one to pick.
- Is the water clean near Dunfermline?
- 10 of these 10 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Monitoring covers bacterial quality only — it says nothing about tides, currents, swell or cold-water shock, and nothing here is a clearance to swim.
- Which spots near Dunfermline have the best water quality?
- 3 of them hold Excellent, the top classification under the EU Bathing Water Directive, based on bacterial samples across the previous four bathing seasons. That describes a four-year record rather than the water today — each spot page shows both.
- Can you swim near Dunfermline right now?
- 5 of the 10 are currently flagged, and 5 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.