Dunbar Collegiate Church
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.Photo: Mr H, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description: church in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dunbar, Parish Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Dunbar railway station is situated 500 feet southwest of Dunbar Collegiate Church.
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. John Muir’s Birthplace is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Dunbar Collegiate Church.
Lauderdale House
Building
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lauderdale House, formerly Dunbar House and then Castle Park Barracks, was a private house and then a military installation in Dunbar, Scotland. The building, which is now used as private residential accommodation, is a Category A listed building. Lauderdale House is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Dunbar Collegiate Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunbar and Belhaven.
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.
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 Collegiate Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9991° or 55° 59′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.51181° or 2° 30′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C7VXFXQ+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 97224337OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotlandWikidata ID
Q5314132
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In Other Languages
“Dunbar Collegiate Church” goes by many names.
- German: “Dunbar Parish Church”
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