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White Sands Bay is a sandy beach with golden sands and a large area of grass at the back of the beach. The beach and ample parking on the grass at the back of the beach and provides a good starting point for easy coastal walks. It is an ideal place for an early-morning swim. There are pleasant views to be had along the coast.Address : Torpoint EH42, UK
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The DunBearThe DunBear is a five-metre-high steel sculpture of a brown bear standing on its hind legs. Part of the Hallhill development, it is located adjacent to the A1 at DunBear Park, Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. The DunBear sculpture Erected in November 2019, The DunBear is a tribute to John Muir, the Dunbar-born naturalist and conservationist. Muir is known as "Father of the National Parks" due to his role in the establishment of National Parks in the USA, including Yosemite and Sequoia National
East BeachThe town’s East Beach is a mix of sand and shingle stretching south-east from the harbour. The beach is quite popular with kayakers and a surf school runs paddle boarding sessions here. One of the iconic location for a holiday trip and also it is a family friendly beach.
Dunbar Harbour TrustDunbar Harbour Trust is located in Dunbar town, on the South Eastern coast of Scotland, only 28 miles away from Edinburgh. Dunbar is one of East Lothian’s most beautiful seaside resorts, with stunning landscapes and it was in the past a quite important herring and whaling port. It is the home port for a commercial fishing fleet, offering moorings and fuel and water facilities for pleasure yachts. It is the base for local sailing, rowing and diving clubs, as well as for the RNLI lifeboat station.
The John Muir Way (East end)The John Muir Way is a 215-kilometre continuous long distance route in southern Scotland, running from Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute in the west to Dunbar, East Lothian in the east. It is named in honour of the Scottish conservationist John Muir, who was born in Dunbar in 1838 and became a founder of the United States National Park Service. The route provides a coast-to-coast route across Scotland, linking Muir's birthplace with Scotland's first national park, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, and H
John Muir's BirthplaceJohn 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. The house is described as a "three storey stone building" in "the best business district of the town." His father operated a successful grain and food store in the building as well, a business which he had inherited when his first wife died.
Bass Rock GalleryBass Rock is a tiny island formed from a plug of volcanic rock in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. It contains the world’s largest colony of Northern gannets, one of the biggest seabirds in the North Atlantic. Much of the rock is “painted” white by the birds’ guano. The rock is uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which after the Commonwealth period was used as a prison.
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East Lothian CouncilEast Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was also known as Haddingtonshire.
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