The Wilderness
The Wilderness is a forest in East Lothian, Scotland. Access is restricted and requires permission. The Wilderness is situated nearby to the hamlet Broxburn, as well as near the locality Mill Stone Neuk.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunbar railway station and John Muir’s Birthplace.
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 364.1 miles from London King's Cross.
John Muir’s Birthplace
Museum
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
John Muir's Birthplace, in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, 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.
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 West Barns.
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.
West Barns
Village
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Barns is a small village in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies 2 miles west of Dunbar and approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh. It is close to John Muir Country Park and Belhaven Bay.
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.
The Wilderness
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Forest
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9911° or 55° 59′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.4918° or 2° 29′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C7VXGR5+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 210640462OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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