A long dune-backed sandy beach with Excellent-rated bathing water and a boardwalk in from the car park. Good for a proper family swim in summer, though the tide pulls a long way out so factor in the walk to reach real depth.
Well-known Blue-Flag-adjacent East Lothian beach with dunes; robust and popular.
Gullane Bents car park (East Lothian Council, pay-and-display in season).
Boardwalk/path through dunes to long sandy beach.
Longniddry, East Lothian
A long managed beach backed by Gosford estate woodland, with a Good SEPA rating and a proper car park at the East Lothian Counc…
North Berwick, East Lothian
A steep little volcanic plug above North Berwick with a whale-jawbone arch at the top and a genuinely 360-degree view: Bass Roc…
Prestonpans, East Lothian
A flat, easy stretch of the John Muir Way linking Prestonpans to Cockenzie past old harbours, with the Fife coast visible acros…