Gunsgreen Point

Gunsgreen Point is a point in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Gunsgreen Point is situated nearby to the village St Abbs, as well as near Burnmouth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eyemouth Fishing Disaster Memorial and Eyemouth Lifeboat Station.

Eyemouth Fishing Disaster Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eyemouth Lifeboat Station

Building

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eyemouth Lifeboat Station is located at Gunsgreen Quay in Eyemouth, a harbour town in the Scottish Borders, approximately 9 miles north of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the south-east coast of Scotland.

St Abbs Harbour

Marina

Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Abbs Harbour is a marina, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Gunsgreen Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eyemouth and St Abbs.

Eyemouth is a harbour town in the Scottish Borders. With a population of 3580 in 2022, it's the largest of a string of picturesque fishing villages along the rugged Berwickshire coast. Others, also described here, are Burnmouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.

St Abbs

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s. St Abbs is situated 2 miles northwest of Gunsgreen Point.

Burnmouth

Village

Photo: A15773, Public domain.

Burnmouth is a small fishing village located adjacent to the A1 road on the east coast of Scotland. It is the first village in Scotland on the A1, after crossing the border with England. Burnmouth is situated 2½ miles south of Gunsgreen Point.

Gunsgreen Point

Type: Point
Description: landform projecting into the North Sea at Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, north-northeast of the harbour
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.875° or 55° 52′ 30″ north

Longitude

-2.09167° or 2° 5′ 30″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

9C7VVWF5+X8

GeoNames ID

3210214

Wikidata ID

Q24658960

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gunsgreen Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Gunsgreen Point”
Swedish: “Gunsgreen Point”

Localities in the Area

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