West in Thirle Bay

West in Thirle Bay is a bay in .

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Abb’s Head and St Abb’s Head Lighthouse.

Nature reserve
Photo: Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Abb's Head is a rocky promontory by the village of in , , and a national nature reserve administered by the National Trust for Scotland. was designed and built by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and began service on 24 February 1862.

Lighthouse
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Abb's Head Lighthouse stands on the cliffs at the rocky promontory of , near the village of in . A signal station was established on the cliffs before 1820 and the facilities were shared by Trinity House and Her Majesty's Coastguard.

Ruins
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the ruined remains of a coastal fortress in , south-east , in the . It lies 4 miles north west of the village of , and just outside the National Nature Reserve, run by the National Trust for Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eyemouth and Coldingham.

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a harbour town in the . 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.

Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and parish in in the . It lies a short distance inland from , three miles northeast of the fishing village of .

Village
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is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the parish of . The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name being adopted in the 1890s.

West in Thirle Bay

Latitude
55.9152° or 55° 54′ 55″ north
Longitude
-2.1567° or 2° 9′ 24″ west
Open location code
9C7VWR8V+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 825016183
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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