It is 7 miles (11 km) from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars.

Balmullo was the home of the picture postcard cartoonist Martin Anderson ('Cynicus') whose red sandstone Cynicus Castle was demolished in 1939, seven years after his death.

[4] In 2002, the village appeared in news articles after a big cat was allegedly spotted nearby.

[5] The quarry at Balmullo extracts orange-pink felsite (red pathway chippings), and lies to the west of the village.

Minerals found here include azurite, baryte, malachite, metatorbernite, and pseudomalachite.