Torness Point
Torness Point is a locality in East Lothian, Scotland. Torness Point is situated nearby to the locality Chapel Point, as well as near Skateraw Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torness Nuclear Power Station and Innerwick Castle.
Torness Nuclear Power Station
Power station
Photo: Taras, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torness nuclear power station is a nuclear power station located approximately 30 miles east of Edinburgh at Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland.
Innerwick Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Innerwick Castle is a ruined castle in East Lothian, Scotland, near the village of Innerwick, 5 miles from Dunbar, on the Thornton Burn, and overlooking Thornton Glen.
Barns Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barns Ness Lighthouse is 3.1 miles from Dunbar and was constructed by the engineers and brothers David A. Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson, cousins of the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, between 1899 and 1901. Barns Ness Lighthouse is situated 2 miles northwest of Torness Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innerwick and Bilsdean.
Innerwick
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Innerwick is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, five miles from Dunbar and approximately 32 miles from Edinburgh. Innerwick is situated 2 miles southwest of Torness Point.
Bilsdean
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bilsdean is a village between Thorntonloch and Cockburnspath on the East Lothian coast of Scotland. Bilsdean is situated 2 miles southeast of Torness Point.
Cove
Hamlet
Photo: Dysdera, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cove is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 18 mi northwest of the Scotland/England border. It is about 36 miles southeast of Edinburgh and 8 mi from Dunbar. Cove is situated 3 miles southeast of Torness Point.
Torness Point
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Tor Ness”
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.97315° or 55° 58′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.40407° or 2° 24′ 15″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C7VXHFW+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 1131780032OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2635658
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