Dunbar Quarry

Dunbar Quarry is a quarry in East Lothian, Scotland. Dunbar Quarry is situated nearby to the power station Dunbar Energy Recovery Facility, as well as near the recreation area Whitesands.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barns Ness Lighthouse and Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Barns Ness Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Barns Ness Lighthouse is 3.1 miles from Dunbar and was constructed by the engineers and brothers David A. Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson, cousins of the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, between 1899 and 1901. Barns Ness Lighthouse is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Dunbar Quarry.

Torness Nuclear Power Station

Power station

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Torness nuclear power station is a nuclear power station located approximately 30 miles east of Edinburgh at Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. Torness Nuclear Power Station is situated 2 miles southeast of Dunbar Quarry.

Dunbar railway station

Railway station

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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 364.1 miles from London King's Cross. Dunbar railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Dunbar Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broxburn and Innerwick.

Broxburn

Hamlet

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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.

Innerwick

Village

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Innerwick is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, five miles from Dunbar and approximately 32 miles from Edinburgh. Innerwick is situated 1½ miles south of Dunbar Quarry.