Kilrenny Church

The churchyard sits just above the village of Kilrenny, a five-minute walk from Anstruther's busy harbour front. What you're looking at is a kirk that's been doing its job since medieval times, though what stands now is mostly 16th and 17th-century work - solid, no-nonsense Scottish church architecture. The interior is spare and whitewashed, the kind of place where you can actually hear yourself think. There's decent carved stonework if you look closely, and the graveyard itself tells stories through old headstones scattered across sloping grass.

This is one for people who like their history understated. Not the sort of place that demands three hours of your day - more like a genuine thirty-minute wander that fits naturally into a walk around Anstruther itself. The village is charming enough that you'll want to stay a bit longer anyway, poking about the harbour or grabbing coffee. Families won't find it tedious, though children get more from it if you're prepared to explain what a kirk actually is.

If you're staying at one of the nearby caravan parks - Silverdyke or Kilrenny Mill are basically on your doorstep - it's an easy leg-stretch. The East Neuk of Fife itself rewards slow exploration. Admission should be free, though times aren't advertised, so arrive in daylight hours. It's the kind of church that rewards visiting when you're already in the area rather than driving out specifically for it, but that doesn't make it any less worth seeing.