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Blacketyside Farm Shop

A fruit farm's shop on the coast road east of Leven, selling its own strawberries and berries, bakes from its kitchen and meat from The Buffalo Farm.

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There's something about a punnet of Scottish strawberries in high summer, and Blacketyside has been growing them on the coast road just east of Leven for more than thirty years.

The family brought their pedigree cattle over from Northern Ireland when they bought the farm in 1992, found ten acres of strawberries and raspberries already in the ground, and took to fruit farming. Today the strawberries ripen in heated polytunnels from late March to November, joined in season by raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and gooseberries, all sold in the farm shop. You'll also find the farm's own potatoes and carrots, and jams, custard biscuits, jam tarts and scones from its own kitchen and bakehouse, along with ready meals like steak pie. The Buffalo Farm runs the butcher's counter, and there's a florist, plants, gifts and cards. Children have a big fort and a playground outside, and there's easy parking right by the door.

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Before you go

Open six days a week, closed on Sundays, with easy parking by the door.

Where
Blacketyside Farm, on the A915 just east of Leven, KY8 5PX.
Open
Monday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm (5.30pm on Fridays). Closed on Sundays.
Children
A big fort and a playground outside.
Phone
01333 423034

Opening hours

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Monday
8am–5pm
Tuesday
8am–5pm
Wednesday
8am–5pm
Thursday
8am–5pm
Friday
8am–5.30pm
Saturday
8am–5pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

On the A915 coast road just east of Leven, in Fife, KY8 5PX.

Close byLargo Bay and the East Neuk.
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