St Monans – The Auld Kirk by the Sea and Lunch at 16 West End
A few hours.
The route
St Monans is a small fishing village in the East Neuk.
The day begins at its medieval Auld Kirk on the shore and ends with lunch at Craig Millar @ 16 West End.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
Book Craig Millar @ 16 West End
Book lunch at Craig Millar @ 16 West End on its website, which takes card details to hold the table.
The day
St Monans
An old kirk on the shore of the Forth, then lunch in the village.
St Monans Auld Kirk
An attraction
There is a parking area beside the kirk on Burnside. It's a low, solid church under a stout tower, on the coastal path with the sea beside it. David II gave funds for a new church here in the 1320s, in thanks for surviving a shipwreck in the Firth of Forth, and it was rebuilt in the 1820s. In 1981 Johnny Cash was filmed here singing Christmas carols with local schoolchildren. The village has owned the kirk since December 2025; for a visit inside, ask the kirk at info@stmonansauldkirk.com.
About 3 min on foot
Craig Millar @ 16 West End
Lunch
Craig Millar @ 16 West End is a short walk from the kirk, by the harbour. Lunch is a set menu of three or four courses; the menu follows the seasons and uses local produce, and most tables have a window view. Mention any dietary needs when booking. On West Shore, the Welly Boot Garden has some 200 pairs of wellies decorating its old slipway every summer.
If it rains
Lunch is indoors; the kirk is under a roof only on its open days, so on a wet day keep the kirkyard short.
Craig Millar @ 16 West End, a restaurant in St Monans.
Bàern Cafe, a café in Saint Monans.
Make it a weekend
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Photograph by Craig Millar @ 16 West End via Google