Boarhills
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Boarhills shown within Fife
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Population | 80 (2001) |
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OS grid reference | NO564140 |
Council area | Fife |
Lieutenancy area | Fife |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | St Andrews |
Postcode district | KY16 |
Dialling code | 01334 |
Police | Scottish |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
EU Parliament | Scotland |
UK Parliament | North East Fife |
Scottish Parliament | Fife North East Mid Scotland and Fife |
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Boarhills is a hamlet close to Kingsbarns on the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. It is located off the A917 road, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). from St Andrews and Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). miles from Crail, close to the mouth of Kenly Water with the North Sea.
Boarhills Church, built in 1866–67, stands apart from the village, with a large bellcote at its western end. Boarhills had a primary school, built in 1815 and which closed in the 1990s.[1]
Boarhills had a railway station on the North British Railway line from Thornton Junction to St Andrews via Crail.[2] The station closed to passengers on 22 September 1930 and to goods on 5 October 1964. The line was closed completely on 6 September 1965. This station was sited to the south of the A917.[3]
Buddo Rock is a sandstone sea stack on a raised beach close to Boarhills, 800 metres (2,600 ft) from Buddo Ness, accessible by the Fife Coastal Path. Nearby is a former lifeboat station, built between 1860 and 1890.
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