Land At Balbaird and Catherie, Balbaird, Leven, Fife, KY8

SITUATION
The Land at Balbaird and Catherie is situated about 2 miles north east of Upper Largo, 6 miles north of Leven and 10 miles south of Cupar in the county of Fife. Cupar is a popular town with a wide range of facilities and amenities including primary and secondary schooling, supermarkets, retailers and a railway station.

The city of Dundee, approximately 20 miles north, provides a comprehensive offering of city shops, services and amenities, as well as being home to Scott’s RSS Discovery and the V&A museum. It also offers two universities, swimming pool, railway station and airport, providing daily flights to London. The city of Perth is under an hour’s drive and provides a comprehensive range of services and facilities including national retailers, theatre, concert hall, swimming pool, museum as well as bus and train stations providing excellent transport networks.

Fife is renowned for its productive and fertile lands capable of producing high yields of an extensive range of crops and the area is well suited to both arable cropping and livestock units. The local area is well served by a wide variety of agricultural contactors, merchants and suppliers with a successful local machinery ring which can provide additional farming resources if required. The livestock market at Stirling, about 63 miles west has regular sales.

DESCRIPTION
The Land at Balbaird and Catherie extends to 141.74 acres (57.36 hectares) in total and lies in two individual blocks on either side of the A915, the main road connecting Upper Largo and St Andrews. Principally arable, the land is classified as being Grade 3.2 by the James Hutton Institute meaning it is capable of growing a wide range of crops. It is well fenced and is both relatively flat or gently slopping rising from approximately 140m above sea level to 170m above sea level. The land at Balbaird, to the west, can be accessed directly from the public road whereas the Land at Catherie, to the east, is accessed by a private farm road over which there is a servitude right of access. The fields are of good practical size suitable for modern machinery.

METHOD OF SALE
The Land at Balbaird and Catherie is offered for sale as a whole