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.

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 Bar 

The team from our in-house bar will be on hand to serve guests a wide range of drinks from guests arrival and have a late licence of 1am

We can also source wine and fizz for the reception drinks and for dinner

Activity Days

Make memories and bring your team together with brilliant local activities including:

Rewilding Kinkell

Tour our rewilding project and meet with our very own bovine celebrities, Coco & Ginger the Highland Cows.

Maximillion Events

Compete in traditional events like the caber toss and tug o’ war in your very own Highland Games.

Blown Away

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

Kingsbarns Distillery

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 

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 

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!