Tranent

Tranent is the largest of a string of villages in in central Scotland, 9 miles east of Edinburgh city centre. In 2022 it had a population of 20,700.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Prestonpans railway station and Bankton House.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the mining town of , , . It is located on the North Berwick Line, 9.75 miles east of . It serves the town of , 1.37 miles away.

Garden
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is a late 17th-century house situated south of in , Scotland. The house is located between the A1 road and the East Coast Main Line railway at grid reference NT394736.

Castle
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is a ruined L-plan keep in the ancient Scottish village of . It is situated within a few metres of two other historic houses, Hamilton House and Northfield House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prestonpans and Cockenzie and Port Seton.

Town
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is a mining town, situated approximately eight miles east of , , in the council area of . The population as of 2020 is 10,460.

Town
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is a unified town in , . It is on the coast of the , four miles east of . The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland.

Village
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is a village located on the old A1 just east of Tranent. The village has a primary school with a roll of around 100. There is an industrial estate to the east of the town.

Tranent

Latitude
55.9445° or 55° 56′ 40″ north
Longitude
-2.9535° or 2° 57′ 13″ west
Population
11,600
Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TNT
Open location code
9C7VW2VW+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 292318332
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2635563
Wiki­data ID
Q1011336
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Tranent” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ترنينت”
  • Asturian: “Tranent”
  • Basque: “Tranent”
  • Bulgarian: “Транент”
  • Cebuano: “Tranent”
  • Chinese: “特拉嫩特”
  • Dutch: “Tranent”
  • French: “Tranent”
  • German: “Tranent”
  • Hebrew: “טרננט”
  • Irish: “Tranant”
  • Italian: “Tranent”
  • Japanese: “トラネント”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tranent”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tranent”
  • Norwegian: “Tranent”
  • Persian: “تران‌انت”
  • Polish: “Tranent”
  • Russian: “Транент”
  • Scots: “Turnent”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tranant”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tranent”
  • Spanish: “Tranent”
  • Swedish: “Tranent”
  • Urdu: “ٹریننٹ”
  • Welsh: “Tranent”
  • “Tranent”

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