The Kinness Burn is a long

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(stream) in

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. It flows into the

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through the inner harbour of

St Andrews St Andrews (; ; , pronounced ʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settleme ...

on the east coast of Fife. The name of the village of Strathkinness, located 3 miles west of St Andrews, means the valley (

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) of the Kinness. The source of the burn is on a low Clatto hill to the west of Strathkinness, near the village of Blebocraigs. The St Andrews Botanic Garden is located on the banks of the Kinness Burn. The

Fife Pilgrim Way The Fife Pilgrim Way is a Scottish long distance footpath that runs inland through Fife, from Culross and North Queensferry to St Andrews. The path launched on 5 July 2019. See also *List of places in Fife *Fife Coastal Path The Fife Coast ...

follows the Kinness Burn for about a mile within St Andrews, where it joins the Lade Braes Walk.

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Rivers of Fife St Andrews {{Scotland-river-stub