Gladsmuir
Gladsmuir is a village and parish in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the A199 and near Tranent and Prestonpans.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Longniddry railway station and Redhouse Castle.
Longniddry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard West, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longniddry railway station is located at the southeast corner of the coastal village of Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland. The station is on the East Coast Main Line, 13+1⁄4 miles east of Edinburgh Waverley, and is served by stopping passenger trains on the North Berwick Line. Longniddry railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Gladsmuir.
Redhouse Castle
Ruins
Photo: Renata, Public domain.
Redhouse Castle is a ruined tower house castle, 2 km east of Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1377, close to Spittal. The castle designated as a scheduled monument. It is no longer protected as a category A listed building. Redhouse Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Gladsmuir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Macmerry and Longniddry.
Macmerry
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Macmerry is a village located on the old A1 just east of Tranent. The village has a primary school with a roll of around 100. There is an industrial estate to the east of the town. Macmerry is situated 1½ miles west of Gladsmuir.
Longniddry
Town
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Longniddry is a coastal village in East Lothian, Scotland, with an estimated population of 2,340 in 2020. The Scottish Women's Rural Institute was founded here in 1917. Longniddry is situated 2 miles northwest of Gladsmuir.
Samuelston
Hamlet
Samuelston is a small town just outside of Haddington, East Lothian. It has a population of 957. George Ker, laird of Samuelston, supervised building work at the church of Ladykirk for James IV. His daughter Nichola Ker married Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home. Samuelston is situated 2 miles southeast of Gladsmuir.
Gladsmuir
- Type: Village
- Description: village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.94936° or 55° 56′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.86821° or 2° 52′ 6″ westElevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C7VW4XJ+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1278074926OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Gladsmuir” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gladsmuir”
- Dutch: “Gladsmuir”
- French: “Gladsmuir”
- Irish: “Sliabh a‘ Chlamhain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sliabh a‘ Chlamhain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sliabh a’ Chlamhain”
- “Gladsmuir”
- “Sliabh a‘ Chlamhain”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gladsmuir”. Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.