Broxburn
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 The Dunbear and Dunbar railway station.
The Dunbear
Work of art
Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dunbear is a five-metre-high steel sculpture of a brown bear standing on its hind legs. The public artwork is located immediately adjacent to the A1 at Dunbear Par, Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland.
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 364.092 miles from London King's Cross.
Dunbar Collegiate Church
Church
Photo: Mr H, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunbar Collegiate Church 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 Dunbar town centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunbar and Spott.
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.
Spott
Village
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
Spott is a small village on the eastern fringes of East Lothian in Scotland, just over 2 miles south-west of Dunbar. The village straddles an unclassified road leading from the main A1 highway at grid reference NT673755. Spott is situated 1½ miles southwest of Broxburn.
Belhaven
Suburb
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Belhaven is situated 1½ miles northwest of Broxburn.
Broxburn
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.98793° or 55° 59′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.49392° or 2° 29′ 38″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C7VXGQ4+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 1751144376OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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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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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 “Broxburn”. Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.