The East Neuk of Fife () is a coastal region of Fife, Scotland, facing the Firth of Forth and the North Sea. It is noted for its picturesque fishing villages, which exhibit distinctive pan-tiled roofs. The word "neuk" is Scots for "nook" or "corner".
The East Neuk stretches from Lundin Links to St Andrews and includes the villages of Elie and Earlsferry, Colinsburgh, St Monans, Pittenweem, Arncroach, Carnbee, Anstruther, Cellardyke, Kilrenny, and Crail, as well as their immediate hinterland, as far as the upland area known as the Riggin o' Fife.
The region includes a Cold War-era bunker near Crail. Built in the late 1950s to be a regional seat of government in the event of a nuclear war, it is now a tourist attraction.
See also Fife Coastal Path
References
External links Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland, John Keay The East Neuk of Fife: Its History and Antiquities, Geology, Botany, and Natural History in General, Rev. Walter Wood, A.M. Rick Steves' Great Britain 2008, Rick Steves Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife, M. F. Conolly 1866 Fife Place-name Data