For more information, see the Location section on the About the Race page ....
For information on what to do once you've arrived, see the Competitor Information section on the About the Race page ....
From the North
Following signs for Dunfermline/Edinburgh, travel south on the M90, until Junction 1. Take a left onto the A921, and head along the Fife Coastal road, following the brown Tourist route signs to Burntisland and continuing through into Kinghorn.
From the East (A92/A921)
Follow signs for Kirkcaldy, then take the coastal route (A921) to Kinghorn.
From the South (A90/A921)
Crossing the Forth Road Bridge, leave the motorway at Junction 1. Take a right onto the A921, and head along the Fife Coastal road, following the brown Tourist route signs to Burntisland and continuing through into Kinghorn.
From the West (A985)/Kincardine Bridge
Turn right off the Kincardine bridge onto the A985 and continue through Rosyth, until the M90. Go straight through the roundabout, onto the A921 and head along the Fife Coastal road, following the brown Tourist route signs to Burntisland and continuing through into Kinghorn.
From Edinburgh and the South
There are regular services from Edinburgh Waverley which at stop at Kinghorn station heading to Leven, Glenrothes or Perth. Kinghorn station is beside the start of the Black Rock '5' Race, but a 2 minute walk from the changing facilities at the community centre. In addition, there are trains which do not stop at Kinghorn, but do stop at Kirkcaldy, where either a change of train or short bus journey is needed to reach Kinghorn.
Trains from Edinburgh to Kinghorn - depart 17:00, arrive 17:41; depart 17:14, arrive 17:58, depart 17:38, arrive 18:18, depart 17:52, arrive 18:33.
From Aberdeen, Dundee, and the North
Services from Aberdeen and Dundee tend not to stop at Kinghorn, but do stop at Kirkcaldy where either a change of train or short bus journey is needed to reach Kinghorn.
Phone 03457 48 49 50 for details, visit www.nationalrail.co.uk, www.scotrail.co.uk or download either a Edinburgh - Fife,Perth and Dundee Timetable or Glasgow and Edinburgh - Dundee and Aberdeen Timetable.
Bus routes and times can be checked on the Stagecoach website
From anywhere
There is an airport at Glenrothes (Fife), and also across the water in Edinburgh. For the more extravagant of you or for those with more money than sense, then you could probably land your helicopter on the sand or just outside Kinghorn in a field.
