Dunnikier Park
Park type: Town Park
Features
- Woodland
- Play park
- Skate park
About Dunnikier Park
Area: 165 acres / 66.89 hectares
The layout of the park is inspired by the design of an 18th-century country estate. The mansion is set within parkland, offering views of the Firth of Forth. Much of the park consists of long-established woodland. Cricket has been played here since 1865. The mansion, known as Oswald House, is privately owned.
Park History
The Statistical Account of Fife (1791–99) mentions that Mr Oswald built a mansion house at Dunnikier on a fine, commanding site. It notes: “In the prospect of the building, that gentleman sometime ago enclosed and planted a romantic valley, which stretches to the east end of Kirkcaldy towards the site of his new house. This valley is now beginning to be closely and beautifully wooded: Fanciful walks, partly of turf and partly of gravel, are cut through it in different directions.” The Royal Burgh of Kirkcaldy acquired the park in 1945 from the trustees of Colonel St Clair Oswald.
Other activities available
- Dunnikier Golf Course - Fife Golf Trust
- The Club - Dunnikier Park Golf Club
- Oswald House | Georgian Country House Events Venue
- Kirkcaldy High School Community Use
- What's on | Fife Council
