Tayport viewed from the town park in summer.
Tayport is located on the Fife coast of the Tay
estuary at the mouth of the river Tay. It is a historic harbour town
with views of the Broughty Ferry coastline and Tentsmuir Forest. It
was originally known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig and was in the past a ferry
port and rail link. It is now a quiet village increasingly attracting
new residents particulary commuters to Dundee and Edinburgh.