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Nicholson's in Pittenweem, a purple shopfront reading Ice Cream Shop, a giant cone and flowers by the door.
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Nicholson's Sweets & Ice Cream

A traditional sweet and ice cream shop on the shore at Pittenweem, on the Fife Coastal Path, with over 200 kinds of sweets and twelve flavours of ice cream.

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Welcome

On the shore at Pittenweem, where the Fife Coastal Path runs past the harbour, a little shop with a purple front and a giant ice cream cone outside the door has been selling sweets for more than thirty years.

Inside, the walls are lined from floor to ceiling with jars. There are over two hundred kinds of sweets, including sugar-free ones, sticks of Scottish rock and boxes of Edinburgh Rock, tablet, chocolate and fudge in flavours such as whisky and sea-salted caramel.

The ice cream comes from Jannetta's of St Andrews, twelve flavours and a lemon sorbet, served in tubs, cones, wafer oysters and waffles, just right for a walk along the harbour. The shop opens from February to November, weather permitting, and it is sensible to phone ahead early and late in the season.

Round the cornerThe Dory, PittenweemThe seafood bistro along the shore.1 min by roadSee itShop window display of framed paintings, patterned ceramics and heart-shaped dish, harbour reflected in glass
Before you go

Open February to November, weather permitting: from 11am daily, until 5.30pm on weekdays and 7pm at weekends and in July and August.

Where
17 Mid Shore, Pittenweem, KY10 2NL.
Season
February to November.
Ice cream
Twelve flavours.
Where it is

On Mid Shore by the harbour at Pittenweem, on the Fife Coastal Path, KY10 2NL.

Close byPittenweem.
  1. PittenweemPittenweemUnder a mile2 min by road
  2. Golden angel statue against a terracotta wall beside framed pictures and wooden tablesPittenweem Chocolate CompanyThe chocolate shop on the High Street.Under a mile3 min by road
  3. St Fillan’s CaveSt Fillan’s CaveThe saint's cave up Cove Wynd.Under a mile3 min by road
  4. AnstrutherAnstruther2 miles5 min by road
  5. Anstruther Fish Bar's blue frontage, marked winner of Takeaway of the YearAnstruther Fish BarA famous fish and chip shop and restaurant on the harbour front at Anstruther, run by fishing families, known for its light, crisp batter.2 miles5 min by road
Directions
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Stay nearby

Places to stay near the sweet shop, and when each is next free.

An orange leather sofa draped with a sheepskin faces a stone fireplace beneath a timber ceiling, a staircase rising behind.The Old Stable
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Fife
  • Under a mile from Nicholson's
Free 18–20 OctThe Crow’s Nest, FifeThe Crow’s Nest
  • Sleeps 5
  • In Fife
  • Under a mile from Nicholson's
Free 2–4 NovFifies, FifeFifies
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Fife
  • Under a mile from Nicholson's
Free 1–3 NovA stone cottage with red pantiled roofs and a gabled dormer sits behind a gravel courtyard, an apple tree in the foreground.Maybell Cottage
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Fife
  • Under a mile from Nicholson's
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