St Andrews Country Lodges

23/08/2025

We're heading into the autumn and know our lodges are a firm favourite for couples ... especially those with a four legged friend.

Each lodge sleeps up to six in real comfort, so if you're a couple with (or without) a furry friend, enjoy a lodge to yourselves and take advantage of our autumn offer.

There's 15% off for couples booking a break between now and the 19th December.

Just use the code 'COUPLE15' when booking and we look forward to welcoming you to Cuplahills!

19/08/2025

Blackberries and apples are now in our hedgerows around Cuplahhills as the season starts to change. Mellow, misty mornings giving way to sunny afternoons - a perfect time to visit and explore.

14/08/2025

The most sensible article I've seen on this to date.

Our Badger population at Cuplahills has rocketed in the past 30 years due to their protected status. During this time the hedgehog numbers plummeted to the point whereby last year I saw my first one at the farm since I was a boy. All ground nesting bird numbers are down despite us as a farming family investigating heavily in wildlife habitat specifically for them around the farm. This includes 6ha of wild bird seed plots, 5 miles of hedges, small tree stances, 6m margins around all arable fields, 15ha of green manure each year and designated species rich grassland. T
The badgers seek out and destroy the nests that contain the eggs. The badger dig up all of the wild bee and wasp nests along the farm tracks, hedge boundaries and through the woodlands. In addition the badgers dig up our community woodland footpaths looking for worms, build huge setts that renders areas of land useless and due to their protected status any work that needs done near a badger set is either not allowed or requires huge expensive in the form of badger monitoring experts, surveys and protection measures.
BUT WHY? To protect an animal at the top of the food chain with no predator.
It's high time the badger numbers were drastically reduced. Protecting the voracious badger has upset the natural balance in the countryside. I for one would rather see more groundnesting birds thriving and bees helping to pollinate our essential food source. Badgers may look cute, which as far as I can see is the only reason they are protected, but the are nothing more than a voracious predator that is causing serious environmental imbalances and costing the general public huge amounts of money to protect.

Those of us lucky enough to live in badger cull zones are seeing a welcome rise in hedgehog numbers, although the once numerous waders and ground nesting birds are almost wiped out and will not return.

Our vulnerable wildlife cannot cope with the massive overabundance of such a voracious generalist predator, which wipes out one food source and moves on to the next. It's high time we started taking the bumblebee situation more seriously - it's been a disastrous year for them, with badgers grubbing up more and more nests as earthworms became harder to find.

Time we followed Germany's lead and carried out a licensed badger cull every year. Better for our cattle, and miles better for our wildlife and biodiversity.

07/08/2025

Cuplahills is a working family farm. Our guests love being able to visit the wee goats who make their home in the field next to our lodges - and to just kick back and make the very most of our luxury accommodation that overlooks the Eden Valley, St Andrews and the sea beyond. What's keeping you?

06/08/2025

It is hard to believe that on that tiny spit of land that juts out into the Eden estuary you will find not one, not two ... but six courses of St Andrews Links. The Old, New, Jubilee, Eden, Strathtyrum and Balgove. This shot is taken from the top of Lucklawhill - above Cuplahills Farm - and a favourite destination of those heading out for a walk from our luxury lodges. The view is spectacular - to St Andrews, the home of golf and the wonderful beaches of West and East Sands.

05/08/2025

Changing seasons. The light starts to alter as August rolls around - the harvested fields, turned to gold by summer sunshine and the first shades of purple in the heather on Lucklawhill.

Why not plan a break at our lodges and enjoy this stunning corner of Scotland - miles of walks, sandy beaches, golf galore - all to be enjoyed in your home-from-home on our family farm.

Just visit https://bit.ly/Cuplahills2025 or the link in our Bio to check availability and to book.

04/08/2025

The Fife Coastal Path snakes around our shoreline and is enjoyed by many-a-guest staying at our lodges. You can dip in and out with bite-sized chunks of the path at many points. This snap - with one of the beach access points at West Sands - looks back towards Cuplahills over the dunes.


Fife Coast & Countryside Trust