About the town » Anstruther, Fife, Scotland, Great Britain

(For other uses, see Anstruther (disambiguation).) Anstruther /ˈænstrəðər/ (Scots: Ainster /ˈeɪnstər/ or /ˈɐ̟nstər/; Scottish Gaelic: Ànsruthair) is a small town in Fife, Scotland, nine miles south-southeast of St. Andrews. The two halves of the town are divided by a stream, the Dreel Burn. With a population of 3,500, it is the largest community on the Firth of Forth's north-shore coastline known as East Neuk. To the east, it merges with the village of Cellardyke.