Free entry for everyone; no membership card is needed.
Arrive on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Historic Scotland names no parking: the kirk is on the shore of the Forth, 2 miles south-west of Aberdour off the A921, on the Fife Coastal Path east of Dalgety Bay. Reviewers say satnavs lead through the housing estate; turn into the lane to the church from the main road, where parking is very limited and the lane is private, or park in a residential street and walk.
Driving pin: the kirk itself (Historic Scotland's own pin). Historic Scotland gives journey planners only.
St Bridget's Kirk stands on the shore of the Firth of Forth at the east edge of Dalgety Bay, on the Fife Coastal Path, with views to Edinburgh and the Forth bridges. It was founded in the 1170s as Dalgety's parish church, granted to the canons of Inchcolm Priory, and dedicated to St Bridget in 1244. It served for about 700 years, until it was abandoned in 1830 because most parishioners then lived in the mining village of Fordell. Only the piscina and credence in the south wall survive from the medieval church. Four private burial aisles were added; the grandest is the two-storey Dunfermline Aisle, built for Alexander Seton, Earl of Dunfermline and Chancellor of Scotland, who died in 1622, with a vault below and a laird's loft above with a fireplace and windows over the Forth. Reviewers say it is tricky to find by satnav and parking is limited, so many arrive on foot along the coastal path.
Historic Scotland: 'St Bridget's Kirk is open daily and free to visit. Please email ops-enquiries@HES.scot to enquire about visiting the Inglis Aisle.' No hours, closures or notices on 20 October 2026.
A roofless church in a walled graveyard entered through a kissing gate, with outside stone stairs to the lofts and the two-storey Dunfermline Aisle at the west end; views across the Firth of Forth. No toilets or other facilities.
Photo: The gabled ruins of St Bridget's Kirk with its small bellcote above the shore, the Firth of Forth and moored boats beyond. Auldcathy, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Bridget%27s_Kirk,_Dalgety_Bay_01.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.
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27.4 km (17 miles), about 6.5 hours, from Limekilns through North Queensferry, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay past the kirk to Aberdour and Burntisland; steps up to wartime gun emplacements at Downing Point. Free public route; shorter stretches from Dalgety Bay or Aberdour.
