Woman hurt on Elie Chain Walk

A woman was rescued from the sea after falling from Elie Chain Walk.

She suffered a broken ankle when she plunged from the rocky route near Elie on Monday afternoon.

After she was located by the coastguard teams from both Leven and St Andrews coastguard she was treated at the scene by paramedics.

Anstruther’s inshore lifeboat and all-weather lifeboats were launched.

The woman was then transported by an Anstruther lifeboat crew to Elie beach, where she could be transferred to a waiting ambulance and taken to hospital.

The challenging scramble over rocks using a series of chains and footholds, is a popular tourist attraction.

However, concerns have repeatedly been expressed about its safety, as numerous people have had to be rescued over the years after they have fallen or become cut off by the tide while tackling it.

Signs at the start of the walk, which runs for around a third of a mile from Earlsferry, advise walkers of the risk of falling and the incoming tide, which submerges some of the chains at high tide.

Some of the eight chains aid vertical climbs or descents of up to 33 feet.

Witnesses said there was a large emergency response to the incident, which also saw Kinghorn Coastguard team and Police Scotland called out to support the rescue.