Events at Kinkell Byre
Corporate & Private Events
Escape the office & the conference room…
Kinkell Byre is a rustic, old stone barn set just 2 miles away from St Andrews with breathtaking views of St Andrews Bay
It’s an ideal location for impressive corporate functions, dinners, team building activities and incentive events.
Our multi-functional & adaptable venue can seat 450 or more with an adjoining sea-view marquee. Exclusive use of our grounds and venue is available to all clients and our professional, experienced team are always willing to go the extra mile to create a unique Scottish experience for your guests.
We are next door to and work closely with the award winning 5* Fairmont St Andrews Hotel, with 211-bedrooms, two golf courses, a spa and a fine dining banqueting team who can cater for your event here at Kinkell Byre.
Activity Days
Make memories and bring your team together with brilliant local activities including..
Enjoy a Nature Tour of our Rewilding Project and meet with our growing her of 10 Highland Cows!
Compete in traditional events like the caber toss and tug o’ war in your very own Highland Games.
Catch a wave at St Andrews’ famous West Sands with team water sports including surfing and kayaking for an offsite activity before heading up to the Byre. The Blown Away team also have an amazing crazy golf to entertain your guests that fits in our raised area perfectly
Get to know the malt from the mash and the botanicals from the base with local whisky and gin tasting. The Kingsbarns team can set up in the Byre for the drinks reception or for the whole evening to keep your guests entertained. You can also head up to the distillery as part of your event and do a tour or have a lunch or dinner in their intimate dining space
This is just a flavour of the experiences available both at and nearby Kinkell – we’ll help you find the perfect fit for your event. Let us know if you have any ideas that we can help make a reality
Corporate Dinners & Award Ceremonies
Catering
We have a range of recommended suppliers that you can choose from to cater the event, whether it’s a light lunch or a 5 course dinner. Our network of outstanding local caterers can work with a variety of budgets and accommodate any requirements. They’re able to help source everything required for a perfect service – from caterhire and tableware to wait staff.
Kinkell Bars
Our team from Kinkell Bars will be on hand to serve guests a wide range of drinks from their rustic wooden clad bar and have a late licence of 1am
We can order and store wine and fizz for the reception drinks and for dinner for you to make the whole process easier
Student Events
We have hosted a number of student events at Kinkell Byre for over 20 years now! We can accommodate up to 450 for dinner and up to 1,200 standing! You can also add on a marquee for more guests.
We can do a variety of events including large balls, dinners, ceilidhs and sporting nights.
Entertainment
From pipers to greet your guests to DJs to see out the end of the night – you can do it all at Kinkell Byre
To give a real Scottish welcome, we can recommend a few great pipers to welcome your guests and who can also pipe everyone into dinner
You can have acoustic musicians to play through drinks reception and dinner and we also have speakers that you can play music from with a playlist of your choice
We work closely with several bands, who can do covers or ceilidh or a DJ to get the party going!
