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90-minute guided coastal experience

Discover and identify edible seaweeds

Learn how tides shape the coastal environment

Taste seaweed snacks and dishes

Identification chart and recipe to take home

Family-friendly workshop suitable for all ages

Exchangeable Experience Gift

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Anstruther

The Experience

Turn a trip to the seaside into a family adventure with this 90-minute seaweed foraging and tasting experience on the beautiful East Neuk coast of Fife.

Suitable for all ages, you'll head onto the upper shore together to discover the edible seaweeds growing among the rocks, learn why they're important to the coastal ecosystem and even taste some straight from the shore. Then settle down for a selection of prepared seaweed snacks and dishes.

Why They'll Love It

A rock pool suddenly becomes much more interesting when you know what you're looking at.

This family-friendly introduction to seaweed foraging encourages everyone to get curious about the coastline. Children and adults can explore together, discovering what grows where, learning how the tide shapes the shore and meeting some of the edible seaweeds hiding in plain sight.

There's plenty to keep younger explorers interested without turning the experience into a long expedition. The whole session lasts around 90 minutes, stays on the upper shore and moves at a gentle pace.

And because discovering wild food is even better when you can taste it, the adventure finishes with a selection of prepared seaweed snacks and dishes.

This experience is a brilliant way for curious children and grown-ups to experience the Scottish coastline from a completely different perspective.

Important Information

Meeting Point
The exact meeting point will be emailed to you a few days before your workshop, once weather and tides have settled the best shore for the day, always along the East Neuk, within easy reach of St Andrews.

Weather
Safety is paramount. If weather conditions are deemed unsuitable on the day, the workshop can be postponed at short notice.
Every effort will be made to give a day’s notice prior to postponement, but given the changeable nature of Scottish weather this may not always be possible.
If workshops are postponed due to adverse weather conditions, participants will be booked onto the next available workshop.

What To Bring
Please wear wellies or footwear with good grip, and layered clothing suitable for changeable coastal conditions.

Fitness
A moderate level of fitness and sure-footedness is recommended.

Dietary Needs and Allergies
Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free menus are available with 7 days’ notice, and shellfish is always avoidable. Every menu is built on wild seaweed, so traces can be present in any dish. Please advise about severe allergies when you book, and you will be asked again on the day.

Selected dates throughout the year.

Duration: 90 minutes

Your voucher is valid for 12 Months from the date of issue.

Please note you must have booked and taken your experience before the expiry date.

Infants aged under 3 go free.
Child age range: 3 to 15 years old.
Adults: Ages 16 and above.
Under-16s must be accompanied by a participating adult.
Pregnant ladies and those with heart conditions are welcome but advised to take care. Although the workshop stays on the upper shore at a gentle pace, the ground can be uneven and slippery.
Not suitable for wheelchair users.
Assistance dogs are welcome by prior arrangement, so please ask when booking. Other dogs are not permitted to join the workshops.

The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.

A cancellation indemnity, subject to terms, is included with every voucher.

Images are for illustrative purposes only. The experience may vary by location or availability. Please refer to the experience description for full details of what is included.

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Coastal Seaweed Foraging and Tasting Experience

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