Coffee at Steampunk and the Coastal Communities Museum

East Lothian

Steampunk – Coffee in a Roastery, Then the Coast's Story

A few hours, from North Berwick station and back.

The route

Steampunk roasts its coffee in an old joinery workshop in North Berwick, a tall warehouse of bare brick and old timber with a wood-burning stove and a bicycle hung on the wall.

A short walk away, the Coastal Communities Museum tells the story of North Berwick and the villages along this coast, run by volunteers and free to visit. Both are an easy walk from the station.

Before you go

Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
11 miles awayMaybell CottageSleeps 2 11 miles awayThe Old StableSleeps 2 11 miles awayThe Crow’s NestSleeps 5 11 miles awayFifiesSleeps 2

The day

North Berwick

Coffee and a pastry in a roastery, then an hour among the stories of the East Lothian coast, all within a short walk of the station.

About two hours

Steampunk Coffee
Coffee and cake
From North Berwick station it's a short walk into the town to Steampunk, the white warehouse with a camper van drawn on its sign. It began in 2012 with coffee served from old camper vans, and moved into this former joinery workshop in 2014. The coffee bar opens every day, 9am to 5pm, and the beans are roasted here during the week, single-origin coffee poured as espresso or filter, with home baking alongside. There's no savoury food. Tables on the ground floor and the terrace are first come, first served, with more seats upstairs at weekends. Bags of beans and brewing kit are for sale to take home.
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5 min on foot
Coastal Communities Museum
An attraction
Then it's about 5 minutes' walk to the Coastal Communities Museum on School Road, in a handsome red sandstone building. It's free, and the volunteers who run it are glad to share what they know. The displays cover North Berwick and the villages along this part of the coast, Dirleton, Gullane, Aberlady and Whitekirk among them. They run from the rocks under the shore to the seabirds of the Bass Rock and the people who made their lives here. Each year a new theme refreshes them, with things for children to do, and there's even an old West Bay beach hut. It opens Wednesday to Saturday: check its hours on its website before you go. There's a lift to every floor. From here it's a short walk back to the station for the train to Edinburgh: check the times.
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