Whitesands beach

Whitesands beach is a parking area in East Lothian, Scotland. Whitesands beach is situated nearby to Drinking Fountain, as well as near Dunbar Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barns Ness Lighthouse and Dunbar railway 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 3,700 feet east of Whitesands beach.

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. Dunbar railway station is situated 2 miles west of Whitesands beach.

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 2½ miles southeast of Whitesands beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broxburn and Innerwick.

Broxburn

Hamlet

Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 2 miles south of Whitesands beach.