Forest bathing at Blairadam Forest

Blairadam is one of the largest forests in Fife, stretching west from the M90 at Kelty towards Loch Glow. The architect William Adam built Blairadam House in the 1730s, planted the estate with timber trees and mined coal from seams on the land. Today it is mostly conifer plantation, with tall spruce, and the old workings are slowly being taken back by the forest. The Kelty Burn runs through a small glen of crags, mossy boulders and stone bridges, which is the place to slow down.

The main car park is about a kilometre up the access road from the B914, and three waymarked trails start from there. The Glen Trail follows the burn, and the Blairenbathie Mine Trail passes the ruins of a coal mine that worked from 1949 to 1962; the ruins are unstable, so keep to the path. Forest roads are firm, but parts of the mine trail can be muddy. There are wooden benches along the way.