Pittenweem (/ˌpɪtənˈwiːm/ listenⓘ) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.

[5] Founded as a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, it grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches were safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water.

[6] In 1779 John Paul Jones (founder of the American Navy) anchored half-a-mile off Pittenweem in the USS Bonhomme Richard.

[7] There is a baronial Lordship of Pittenweem in the Baronage of Scotland created by James VI for Frederick Stewart in 1609.

[8] Pittenweem is currently the most active of the fishing ports in the East Neuk coast of Fife.

[13] In the Middle Ages, Pittenweem Priory was a small Augustinian monastery linked to that on the Isle of May and built over the ancient sacred cave associated with St Fillan.

By the early 1980s, however, increasing regulation, higher fuel costs and a shrinking fleet were bringing this event to its knees.

[23] The local Member of the UK Parliament (representing North East Fife) is Wendy Chamberlain of the Liberal Democrats.

[25] From 1885 to 1983, Pittenweem was part of the East Fife Parliamentary constituency, its most famous MP being Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (Liberal) from 1886 to 1918.

[27] Pittenweem is served by two main bus services operated by Stagecoach East Scotland.

British power metal band Gloryhammer have a song titled "Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem" on their 2023 album Return to the Kingdom of Fife.