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Boarhills
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 | Fife |
| Fire | Fife |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | North East Fife |
| Scottish Parliament | Fife North East Mid Scotland and Fife |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Boarhills is a hamlet close to Kingsbarns on the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. It is located off the A917 road, 41⁄2 miles (7 km) from St Andrews and 51⁄2 miles (9 km) 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.