Ballencrieff
Ballencrieff is a rural community in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies between the towns of Aberlady, Drem, Haddington and Longniddry and is approximately 20 miles north-east of Edinburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ballencrieff, East Lothian”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballencrieff Castle and Myreton Motor Museum.
Ballencrieff Castle
Building
Photo: Renata, Public domain.
Ballencrieff Castle, also known as Ballencrieff House, is a large tower house at Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Scotland. It is located three miles north west of Haddington, and one mile south of Aberlady.
Myreton Motor Museum
Museum
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Myreton Motor Museum is a museum located near the village of Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland, which has a motoring history collection which covers most of the twentieth century.
Chesters Hill Fort
Photo: Renata, Public domain.
Chesters Hill Fort is an Iron Age hill fort in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies on the north facing slope of the Drem hills, 1 mile south of the small village of Drem, 1+1⁄2 mi east of Ballencrieff Castle, 2+1⁄2 mi north of Haddington, and 2 mi west of Athelstaneford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spittal and Aberlady.
Spittal
Hamlet
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spittal is a hamlet or small village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1377, east of Longniddry, south-south-west of Aberlady and to the west of Garleton and north of Gladsmuir.
Aberlady
Village
Aberlady is a coastal village in the Scottish council area of East Lothian. The village had an estimated population of 1,260 in 2020. Aberlady is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ballencrieff.
Drem
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drem is a small village in East Lothian, Scotland. It is approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh and is close to Haddington, North Berwick, Dirleton and Gullane. Drem is situated 2 miles northeast of Ballencrieff.
Ballencrieff
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.99243° or 55° 59′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.82544° or 2° 49′ 32″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C7VX5RF+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 512775363OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Ballencrieff” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballencrieff”
- Dutch: “Ballencrieff”
- French: “Ballencrieff”
- German: “Ballencrieff”
- Irish: “Baile na Craoibhe”
- Italian: “Ballencrieff”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile na Craoibhe”
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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 “Ballencrieff”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.