Belhaven
Belhaven is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, and was originally the ancient port of Dunbar of which town the village has always been a part. Belhaven takes its name from its situation at the mouth of the Biel Water.Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Belhaven, Scotland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belhaven Hospital and Belhaven Hill School.
Belhaven Hospital
Hospital
Photo: James Denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belhaven Hospital is a community hospital in Beveridge Row, Dunbar, East Lothian. The hospital is managed by NHS Lothian.
Belhaven Hill School
School
Belhaven Hill School is an independent, co-educational preparatory school for boarding and day pupils aged 4 to 13 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. The current headmaster is Olly Langton.
Dunbar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunbar railway station serves the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a two platform station. It is 29 miles 5 chains from Edinburgh Waverley and 364.1 miles from London King's Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Barns and Dunbar.
West Barns
Village
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Barns is a small village in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies 2 miles west of Dunbar and approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh. It is close to John Muir Country Park and Belhaven Bay.
Dunbar
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunbar is a harbour town in East Lothian, on the south-east coast of central Scotland. In 2021 its population was 10,400.
Broxburn
Hamlet
Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broxburn is a hamlet consisting of a handful of scattered houses which serve the Broxmouth estate in East Lothian, Scotland. It is named after the stream upon which it stands, the Brox Burn. Broxburn is situated 1½ miles southeast of Belhaven.
Belhaven
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9983° or 55° 59′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.53505° or 2° 32′ 6″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9C7VXFX7+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 2101660931OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Belhaven” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيلهافن (اسكتلندا)”
- Arabic: “بيلهافن”
- Basque: “Belhaven (Eskozia)”
- Basque: “Belhaven”
- Dutch: “Belhaven, Scotland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيلهافن”
- French: “Belhaven”
- Japanese: “ベルハーヴェン”
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