Editing Anstruther (section)

==Description==
Founded as a fishing village, Anstruther is home to the [[Scottish Fisheries Museum]]. Recreational vessels are now moored in the harbour, and a [[Golf|golf course]] is situated near the town. Anstruther Pleasure Cruises operate sightseeing/wildlife cruises from the harbour to the [[Isle of May]], the UK's primary puffin location, on board the vessel the ''May Princess'' from April to October. An abundance of other wildlife, including seal colonies, also inhabit the island.

The [[Waid Academy]], the local state comprehensive school, is a focus of the community and through its secondary role as a community centre. Anstruther has a parish church at its centre that is on a small hill. This structure incorporates a tower/spire feature rare to Britain, but common to the area.

Anstruther War Memorial is located in the cemetery, somewhat further inland. It is of an unusual war memorial form, being totally flat to the ground, in the centre of a landscaped roundel, broadly adopting the shape of a [[celtic cross]].

[[File:Anstruther.jpg|thumb|left|Anstruther Easter from Anstruther Wester.]]
[[File:Town Hall, Anstruther - geograph.org.uk - 564375.jpg|thumb|left|The Kirk Wynd elevation of [[Anstruther Town Hall]] in Anstruther Easter.]]
[[File:Dreel Halls (geograph 6166154).jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Dreel Halls]], the main community events venue in Anstruther Wester.]]

The town has several [[fish and chips|fish and chip]] shops. The [[Anstruther Fish Bar]], which won Fish and Chip shop of the year in 2001–2002, was awarded the same prize once again by the Sea Fish Organisation in 2009.

Anstruther is home to Scotland's only true-scale model Solar System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anstruther.info/anstruther-model-solar-system-sees-the-light-of-day-2/|title=Anstruther Model Solar System sees the light of day. - Anstruther.info|website=www.anstruther.info|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172351/http://www.anstruther.info/anstruther-model-solar-system-sees-the-light-of-day-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The model, which shows the Sun and planets and the distances between them all at the same scale of 1 to ten thousand million, is located mostly in the town centre. It stretches almost 600 m from the Sun to Pluto.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Duncan |title=A True-Scale Model of the Solar System in Scotland |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/anstruther-model-solar-system |website=Atlas Obscura |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref>

Anstruther is close to the [[Caves of Caiplie]] situated on the coastal path to [[Crail]].

[[File:Secret Bunker Image 2.JPG|thumb|right|Surface structure leading to "Scotland's Secret Bunker"]]
Following the end of the [[Cold War]], one of Anstruther's best-kept secrets has become a major tourist attraction. A secret [[Fallout shelter|nuclear bunker]], built in 1951 and operational until 1993, is located on the [[B940 road (Great Britain)|B940]] near the village. During its operational life, it looked like an ordinary domestic dwelling, but has been renovated and is now open to the public as a museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretbunker.co.uk/|title=Scotland's Secret Bunker|website=www.secretbunker.co.uk}}</ref> The bunker was a subsidiary [[Regional Seat of Government]] in time of possible nuclear emergency and would have been occupied by the [[British Armed Forces|UK Armed Forces]], [[United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation|UKWMO]], [[Royal Observer Corps]] and other [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]] personnel.

Somewhat out from the town centre, in Anstruther Wester, stands the Dreel Tavern, taking its name from the adjacent [[stream|burn]]. This building dates from the 17th century. Nearby is  Buckie House, built in the late 17th century and restored in 1968 by W Murray Jack. The east gable was decorated with scallop shells and whelks or 'buckies' by the slater Andrew Batchelor in the mid 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/94812/anstruther-wester-2-high-street-west-buckie-house|title=Anstruther Wester, 2 High Street West, Buckie House - Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk}}</ref> Its exterior was restored in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/shell-out-over-anstruther-s-buckie-house-near-complete-1-163131|title='Shell out' over Anstruther's Buckie House near complete|access-date=1 December 2018|archive-date=2 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202025018/https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/shell-out-over-anstruther-s-buckie-house-near-complete-1-163131|url-status=dead}}</ref>