Broxburn

Broxburn is a hamlet consisting of a handful of scattered houses which serve the Broxmouth estate in , Scotland. It is named after the stream upon which it stands, the Brox Burn.
Wikipedia
Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Broxburn, East Lothian”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunbar railway station and Dunbar Collegiate Church.

Railway station
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of , in , Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a two platform station. It is 29 miles 5 chains from and 364.1 miles from .

Church
Photo: Mr H, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is renowned as having been the first collegiate church, in 1342, to have been established in the Lothians. The church was situated on the same site as the present-day parish church, on Queen's Road just south of town centre.

Museum
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
John Muir's Birthplace, in , , , is a museum run by East Lothian Council Museums Service as a centre for study and interpretation of the work of the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunbar and Spott.

Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a harbour town in , on the south-east coast of central Scotland. In 2021 its population was 10,400.

Village
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
is a small village on the eastern fringes of in , just over 2 miles south-west of . The village straddles an unclassified road leading from the main A1 highway at grid reference NT673755. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Broxburn.

Suburb
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Scotland, and was originally the ancient port of of which town the village has always been a part. takes its name from its situation at the mouth of the Biel Water. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Broxburn.

Broxburn

Latitude
55.98793° or 55° 59′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.49392° or 2° 29′ 38″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
9C7VXGQ4+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1751144376
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13277097
Wiki­data ID
Q4976922
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In Other Languages

From Basque to French—“Broxburn” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Broxburn (Ekialdeko Lothian)”
  • Basque: “Broxburn”
  • Dutch: “Broxburn, East Lothian”
  • Dutch: “Broxburn”
  • French: “Broxburn”

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