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St Andrews Scotland
Attractions and History
Over 70 things to see.
Monuments, Plaques, Statues, Museums, Historic Buildings
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Saint Andrew
Born circa AD 5 - Died AD 65
Saint Andrew or Saint Andréa's of Greece is the patron saint of Scotland.
His bones were brought from Greece by a holy man named Rule, later St Rule (Regulus) from the area of Patras in Greece in the mid-4th century AD. Rule protected the bones of Saint Andrew from the Romans by taking them as far north from Greece as possible ending his journey in Scotland. Circa 1070 in the time of Malcolm III a church (St Rule’s Tower St Andrews Fife) was built to protect the bones of St Andrew.
Queen Margaret visited St Andrews on many pilgrimages and may have had
a part in the building of the church.
Link to Streets
St Andrews Attractions
Historic Streets of St Andrews and what can be seen
South Street Gregory Lane
The Scores Golf Attractions
North Street Greyfriars Gardens
Abbotsford Crescent Bridge Street
St Mary's Place Market Street
Doubledykes Road Canongate
St Mary's Quad
Link to The Pends
Opposite The Roundel go through the arch (Pend Gateway) and follow road around to
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St Leonards Chapel, after, continue to next entrance to
Gregory Lane St Andrews
The Roundel
South Street + Gregory Lane
St Andrews
A 16th-century Tower building dedicated for doctoral students studying divinity at the
University of St Andrews.
The college is one of five approved centres for the training of
Church of Scotland ministers.
The Roundel stands on the corner
of South Street overlooking
St Andrews Cathedral.
James Haldenstone Plaque
Gregory Lane St Andrews
James Haldenstone was the
Prior of St Andrews from 1417.
He became Vicar - General
after the death of Bishop Wardlaw
of St Andrews in 1440.
He died in 1443 and he was interned
in the north wall of the
Lady Chapel of the Cathedral.
See the plaque for more details
near The Roundel
Sir George Douglas of Loch Leven
Deans Court
Gregory Lane St Andrews
Sir George Douglas lived in what was known as "Archdeacons Inns" as it was the residence of the Archdeacon of St Andrews Sir George was younger brother of William Douglas who owned Loch Leven Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned between June 1567 and May1568. see more of the escape of Mary Queen of Scots with the help of the Douglas family from Loch Leven, on the plaque. George spent 6 years in France before returning to Scotland in 1574.
St Andrews
Fife Pilgrims Trail
Gregory Lane St Andrews
For over 500 years until the Reformation,
pilgrims arrived to worship at the shrine
of St Andrew where his
relics (bones) were kept, eventually
to be housed within the great cathedral.
The Fife Pilgrims Trail starts in
Ceres and ends outside the
Cathedral at Dean’s Court Gregory Lane
St Andrews.
The circuit takes you round over
twenty places of cultural, religious,
or historical interest.
Thanks to the members of the
St Andrews Preservation Trust
in their help planning the circuit.
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St Andrews War Memorial
Gregory Lane opposite
North Street St Andrews
St Andrews War Memorial
A Celtic cross with Sword of Sacrifice on the shaft,
on a stepped base.
With inscription on the shaft,
PRO PATRIA 1914-1918, 1939-1945,
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
THE HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF ST ANDREWS
WHO WITH COURAGE AND FAITH
AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
THAT WE WHO REMAIN
MIGHT LIVE
IN FREEDOM AND PEACE
and a Semi-circular wall to rear with bronze panels inscribed with names of 185 men who fell in WWI.
The Statue was unveiled on
the 23rd of September 1922
Attended by Field Marshal, Earl, Douglas Haig,
KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE
St Mary's Place St Andrews
Blue Stane
St Marys Place's St Andrews
The Blue Stane (stone) a prehistoric memorial stone, a place for meetings
and oath taking. Knights swore Failte to the kings of Scotland over it,
and passers-by would touch the stone
for good luck.
The legend of the stone has it thrown
by a giant from a safe distance
(The village of Blebocraigs
5 miles from St Andrews)
at St Rule who had usurped him.
Thomas Rodger's Studio
St Mary's Place St Andrews
Thomas Rodger, born April 1832 and died 1883. Rodger's photographic studio was built in 1866 in St Mary's Place
St. Andrews.
St Andrews University Library has a photographic collection of his work. Thomas Rodger was a pioneer of photographer.
West Infant School Gateway
St Mary's Place St Andrews
This ancient Gateway built in 1846 in
St Mary's Place St. Andrews.
With teacher's house behind in
Tudor gothic Style.
East boundary wall of playground
comprises part of mediaeval
Greyfriars precinct wall
Greyfriars Gardens St Andrews
Greyfriars Monastery Well
Greyfriars Gardens St Andrews
Greyfriars was a religious house
of Franciscan monks in St Andrews,
from 1465 to 1547.
Founded by Bishop James Kennedy.
The Monastery had provision for 24 friars.
In July 1547, the friary was burned by
the army lead by Norman Leslie
(also leader of assassins of
Cardinal Beaton at St Andrews Castle).
The Monastery was completely destroyed, by June 1559.
The only part that remains above ground
is a well which is located in a private garden.
Greyfriars Gardens was part of the lands
the monastery stood on.
Market Street St Andrews
St Mary's Place and Market Street St Andrews are a continuous Street That stretches from one end of the town to the other.
Whyte-Melville
Memorial Fountain
Market Street St Andrews
(1821 – 1878) Iconic landmark in Market Street St Andrews
Major George John Whyte-Melville he was a grandson to the 5th Duke of Leeds.
A soldier and novelist.
His father was a well-known
sportsman and Captain of
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Educated at Eton joined the 93rd Highlanders
in 1839, Transferring to the Coldstream Guards in 1846 retired in 1849.
Mercat Cross
Market Street St Andrews
Mercat Cross St Andrews
The Mercat Cross once stood where now setts in the road mark where it stood. Circa 1195 it was agreed that a Cross should be erected in St Andrews'
market-place on "the land of Lambinus" an open space where markets
could take place. It was also where executions took place hangings and burning at the stake. Pavel KravaÅ™ an emissary from Bohemia was burnt at the stake for heresy 0n 23rd July 1433.
Paul Craw Plaque
Market Street St Andrews
Real name Pavel KravaÅ™ was executed for heresy, by burning at the stake in 1433 at the Market Cross
in Market Street St Andrews.
He was a religious reformer who was martyred for his beliefs.
Doubledykes Road St Andrews
St Andrews Museum
Kinburn House
Doubledykes Road St Andrews
The Owner Dr David Buddo named his house after a battle in the Crimean War on 1855.
The Lord Provost lived here from 1872 - 1920 when the council acquired the house and gardens.
The Museum opened in 1991.
St Andrews Museum and Gallery has exhibitions throughout the year with gardens and activities for the children and a café and shop.
The Axe was used to execute criminals in St Andrews in the 17th Century Memorial Bust of
Wladyslaw Eugeniusz Sikorski who was Prime Minister of Poland and a military leader. He was also involved in the cause for the independence of Poland from the Russian Empire.
Canongate St Andrews
​Hallow Hills Pictish Graves
Trinity Place of Canongate
St Andrews
Hallow Hill Ancient Burial Ground
This burial site was first found in 1860 on ground called Hallow Hill where 20 Stone coffins were unearthed. The coffins date back to the 6th centuries AD Further excavations took place in 1975-1977,
when circa 160 further burials were found
from the 7th century AD, Also a location
of a chapel and a cobbled road.
St Andrews Botanic Garden
Canongate St Andrews
St Andrews Botanic Gardens are 18 acres of trees plants flowers and wildlife. Internationally acclaimed, as a
'Hidden gem' of Scotland. Founded in 1889 by St Andrews University, moved to its present position circa 1960 needing more space. With a visitor’s centre and gift shop, a café. Climb on the rope structures and visit the tree house.
New York Cottage
Bridge Street St Andrews
Thomas Rodger was a photography pioneer
and took his first photographs
in the Garden of New York Cottage.
New York Cottage was where he lived for most of his life.
More info about him at his studio in St Mary’s Place St Andrews.
​Observatory St Andrews
Buchanan Gardens
In 1940 when an observatory was founded in St Andrews, bringing back astronomy to St Andrews.
It was 350 years ago in 1672 when James Gregory, established the Meridian Line.
St Andrews today has the largest operating optical telescope in the United Kingdom.
Open to the public by appointment.
Jo Grimond Plaque
Abbotsford Crescent St Andrews
Jo Grimond was born on 29 July, 1913 in St. Andrews. An officer in the British army during World War II and he was an author of a number of books one an autobiography.
He became the leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party in 1956 and promoted entry into the European Economic Community in 1955.
