Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower)
Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower) is a ruins in East Lothian, Scotland. Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower) is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Dunbar Camping and Caravanning Club Site, as well as near the forest Vaults Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunbar railway station and Barns Ness Lighthouse.
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 1¼ miles west of Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower).
Barns Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1½ miles east of Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower).
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. Dunbar Collegiate Church is situated 1¼ miles west of Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broxburn and Dunbar.
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.
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.
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. Belhaven is situated 2 miles west of Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower).
Broxmouth Park, Observatory (Also Known As Sloe Bigging Lookout Tower)
- Type: Ruins
- Category: building
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.99293° or 55° 59′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.48228° or 2° 28′ 56″ westOpen location code
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Highlights include Dunbar Camping and Caravanning Club Site and Vaults Wood.
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