Hiking routes around Dunfermline

5 national and international routes pass within 15 km, among them Fife Coastal Path (187 km) and Forth & Clyde/Union Canal Towpath (102 km). Nordsøstien passes through Dunfermline: 181 sections with 4,573 km mapped in all, 46 km of them within 15 km. European long distance path E2 north passes through Dunfermline: 37 sections with 680 km mapped in all, 33 km of them within 15 km. Fife Pilgrim Way has more of its length here than any other route: 50 km within 15 km, of 103 km in all. National routes account for the largest share: 94 of the 295 km of waymarked route within 15 km. Most of the 17 local routes are short walks: 15 of them are under 10 km. Operators named on the routes listed here include ERA-FERP-EWV, Fife Coast & Countryside Trust and Fife Coast and Countryside Trust.

• Fife Pilgrim WayRegional50 km within 15 km · 103 km in allFife Coast & Countryside Trust
• NordsøstienInternational · NST · 181 sections46 km within 15 km · 4,573 km in allNAVE Nortrail Project
• Fife Coastal PathNational · FCP46 km within 15 km · 187 km in all · Kincardine to NewburghFife Coast and Countryside Trust
• European long distance path E2 northInternational · E2 · 37 sections33 km within 15 km · 680 km in allERA-FERP-EWV
• John Muir WayNational · JMW · 14 sections33 km within 15 km · 214 km in all · Helensburgh to DunbarGreen Action Trust
• Forth & Clyde/Union Canal TowpathNational15 km within 15 km · 102 km in all · Bowling to Edinburgh
• West Fife Woodlands WayRegional14 km within 15 kmWest Fife Woodlands
• Loch Leven Heritage TrailLocal11 km within 15 km
• Burntisland Outer Heritage TrailLocal7.4 km within 15 km
• Forth Bridges TrailLocal7.3 km within 15 km · North Queensferry Station to Dalmeny Station
• Linlithgow Marches Perambulation routeLocal6.5 km within 15 km
• Linlithgow Loch CircularLocal · WL33.9 km within 15 km

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 15 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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