Visitors

Visiting Aberdour by sea

Aberdour Boat Club extends a warm welcome to all our visitors. The village provides a unique resting place for boats, sailors and washed out crews. The historic harbour gives shelter from the elements,  berthing is against a stone pier. The harbour is tidal and accessible for around two to three hours each side of high water depending on draught. When the tide is out, it is possible to anchor off, in the bay, next to the members’ boats.

A visitor mooring buoy is available at the most easterly side of the bay. The buoy is a yellow drum with a yellow post and pick up line it has a blue V painted on it.  Pictured right.

Only use this facility if your vessel is less than 7 tons. Third party boating insurance with a minimum value of £3M is required.

Aberdour Boat Club provide facilities for visiting crews, fresh drinking water at two points on the pier and Electrical plug-in points (240V). Toilet and shower facilities are provided in the Club House. Visitors are welcome to use these facilities.

An access code for our clubhouse will be provided on request.

A brisk five minute walk from the harbour and you will be in the centre of the village. There are a number of cafes, a hotel together with two general stores, newsagent, deli, bottle shop, cashpoint, galleries and gift shops. The renowned Silver Sands are a short walk over the headland to the east with a lifeguard promoting safe bathing.  The area has a  family friendly atmosphere and the Sands Café provides refreshments and light meals. Black Sands behind the Aberdour Boat Club, is something of a hidden gem with shelter from cooling easterly winds .

For those looking to explore further afield, the village has a main line train service to Edinburgh together with regular bus and train links to local towns and villages including Dalgety Bay where there are supermarkets, a petrol station, Doctor’s Surgery and a Sports Centre and Burntisland which has a range of excellent shops, a leisure swimming pool and other attractions.