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North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)>North East FifeFife North East (Scottish Parliament constituency)>Fife North East Mid Scotland and Fife| post_town = St Andrews| postcode_area = KY| postcode_district = KY16| dial_code = 01334| unitary_scotland = Fife| lieutenancy_scotland = Fife| static_image = | static_image_caption = }}(File:Boarhills - geograph.org.uk - 956252.jpg|thumb|Boarhills in August 2008)Boarhills is a hamlet close to Kingsbarns in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. It is located off the A917 road, {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} from St Andrews and {{convert|5+1/2|mi|0}} from Crail, close to the mouth of Kenly Water with the North Sea.

History

Boarhills Church, built in 1866–67, stands apart from the village, with a large bellcote at its western end. Boarhills had a primary school, built in 1815 and which closed in the 1990s.WEB,weblink Boarhills, Undiscovered Scotland, 24 June 2011, Boarhills had a railway station on the North British Railway line from Thornton Junction to St Andrews via Crail.WEB,weblink Anstruther and St Andrews Railway, RailScot, 23 February 2006, 24 June 2011, The station closed to passengers on 22 September 1930 and to goods on 5 October 1964. The line was closed completely on 6 September 1965. This station was sited to the south of the A917.WEB,weblink NO5613 : Site of Boarhills Station, Geograph Britain and Ireland, 24 June 2011, Buddo Rock is a sandstone sea stack on a raised beach close to Boarhills, {{convert|800|m}} from Buddo Ness, accessible by the Fife Coastal Path. Nearby is a former lifeboat station, built between 1860 and 1890.

Notable residents

• Boarhills has been home to three directors of the Gatty Marine Laboratory: James Munro Dodd, Adrian Horridge and Prof Michael Laverack (1960–85).Independent (newspaper) obituary: 29 July 1993

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