Craigleith
Craigleith is a small island in the Firth of Forth off North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Creag Lìte meaning "rock of Leith". It is 45 metres at its highest point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Brendandh, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scottish Seabird Centre and Lamb.
Scottish Seabird Centre
Museum
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Scottish Seabird Centre is a marine conservation and education charity, that is supported by an award-winning visitor attraction in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.
Lamb
Island
Photo: Alastair Seagroatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamb, sometimes called Lamb Island or The Lamb, is a small uninhabited island measuring approximately 100 by 50 metres, between the islands of Fidra and Craigleith in the Firth of Forth, off the east coast of Scotland.
North Berwick Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Berwick Lifeboat Station is located on Victoria Road, in North Berwick, a seaside town and former royal burgh, sitting on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 20 miles east of Edinburgh in East Lothian, formerly Haddingtonshire, in south-east Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Berwick and Canty Bay.
North Berwick
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Berwick is a town on the coast of East Lothian in central Scotland, with a population of 7840 in 2020. It's an attractive fishing port and beach resort, nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh 20 miles west.
Canty Bay
Hamlet
Photo: Keith Burns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Canty Bay is a small inlet and coastal hamlet on the northern coast of East Lothian, Scotland. It is 2 miles east of North Berwick and is opposite the Bass Rock and Tantallon Castle. Canty Bay is situated 2½ miles southeast of Craigleith.
Castle Tarbet
Locality
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Tarbet is located on the island of Fidra, East Lothian, within the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Castle Tarbet is situated 2½ miles west of Craigleith.
Craigleith
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.07366° or 56° 4′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.72021° or 2° 43′ 13″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C8V37FH+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 3469293OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2652133Wikidata ID
Q1138743
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Craigleith” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Craigleith”
- Cebuano: “Craigleith”
- Dutch: “Craigleith”
- French: “Craigleith”
- German: “Craigleith”
- Japanese: “クレイグリース島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Craigleith”
- Russian: “Крейглит”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Creag Lìte”
- Swedish: “Craigleith”
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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 “Craigleith”. Photo: Brendandh, Public domain.