Dunbar

Dunbar is a harbour town in , on the south-east coast of central Scotland. In 2021 its population was 10,400.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunbar railway station and John Muir’s Birthplace.

Railway station
serves the town of Dunbar in , . It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a two platform station. It is 29 miles 5 chains from and 364.092 miles from .

Museum
John Muir's Birthplace, in Dunbar, , , 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.

Hospital
is a community hospital in Beveridge Row, Dunbar, . The hospital is managed by NHS Lothian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Barns and Belhaven.

Village
is a small village in , Scotland. It lies 2 miles west of Dunbar and approximately 28 miles east of . It is close to John Muir Country Park and Belhaven Bay.

Suburb
is a village in , Scotland, and was originally the ancient port of Dunbar of which town the village has always been a part. takes its name from its situation at the mouth of the Biel Water.

Hamlet
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.

Dunbar

Latitude
56.0021° or 56° 0′ 8″ north
Longitude
-2.5158° or 2° 30′ 57″ west
Population
9,030
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DBR
Open location code
9C8V2F2M+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29541385
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2650776
Wiki­data ID
Q1002133
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Dunbar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: دنبار
  • Asturian: Dunbar
  • Basque: Dunbar
  • Bengali: ডানবার
  • Catalan: Dunbar
  • Cebuano: Dunbar
  • Chinese: 登巴
  • Chinese: 苏格兰
  • Chinese: 蘇格蘭
  • Chinese: 鄧巴
  • Czech: Dunbar
  • Danish: Dunbar
  • Dutch: Dunbar
  • Egyptian Arabic: دنبار
  • Esperanto: Dunbar
  • French: Dunbar
  • Galician: Dunbar
  • German: Dunbar
  • Greek: Ντάνμπαρ
  • Gujarati: ડંબર
  • Hebrew: דנבאר
  • Indonesian: Dunbar
  • Irish: Dún Bárr
  • Irish: Dùn Bàrr
  • Irish: Dún Barra
  • Irish: Dùn Barra
  • Italian: Dunbar
  • Japanese: ダンバー
  • Kannada: ಡನ್ಬಾರ್
  • Korean: 던바
  • Lithuanian: Dunbaras
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dunbar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dunbar
  • Norwegian: Dunbar
  • Persian: دانبار، اسکاتلند
  • Polish: Dunbar
  • Portuguese: Dunbar
  • Russian: Данбар Шотландия
  • Russian: Данбар, Шотландия
  • Russian: Данбар
  • Russian: Шотландия Данбар
  • Scots: Dunbar
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bàrr
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Barra
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dunbar
  • Serbian: Данбар (Шкотска)
  • Serbian: Данбар
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dunbar, Škotska
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dunbar
  • Slovak: Dunbar
  • Slovenian: Dunbar
  • Spanish: Dunbar
  • Swedish: Dunbar
  • Tamil: அஃப்ப்லேடோன்
  • Telugu: డన్బార్
  • Ukrainian: Данбар
  • Urdu: دونبر
  • Welsh: Dùn Bàrr
  • Welsh: Dunbar
  • Yue Chinese: 登巴
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