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Dunbar High Street

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It’s worth having a look along the High Street in Dunbar to grab a souvenir in one of the many wee gift shops.

Round the cornerThe Creel, DunbarA small restaurant by Dunbar harbour cooking local seafood and East Lothian produce, much recommended by the town's own people.1 min by roadSee itThe Creel Restaurant lit up on a wet street corner at night
Close by
  1. Dunbar High Street under a blue sky, the white Town House with its tower and spire among the old buildings.Dunbar Town House Museum & GalleryDunbar's 16th-century tolbooth on the High Street, with its witch's hat tower, now a free museum and gallery of the town's history.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. John Muir's Birthplace on Dunbar High Street, a white-harled house with flowers by the open door.John Muir's BirthplaceThe house on Dunbar's High Street where John Muir, the Scot who helped create America's national parks, was born in 1838, now a free museum.Under a mile1 min by road
  3. Fishing boats moor beneath Dunbar Castle's red sandstone ruins on the harbourThe Creel LoadersUnder a mile1 min by road
  4. Dunbar CastleDunbar CastleUnder a mile1 min by road
  5. Dunbar BatteryDunbar BatteryUnder a mile1 min by road
Directions
The Creel Restaurant lit up on a wet street corner at nightRestaurantsThe Creel, Dunbar0.2 miles
White clubhouse with red tiled roof beside a links golf courseAttractionsDunbar Golf Course0.8 miles
Metal footbridge crosses a tidal creek on a wide sandy beachAttractionsBelhaven Bridge1.3 miles
Waves breaking on a sandy beach under a blue sky with scattered cloudsWalksDunbar Clifftop Path to Belhaven Bay1.3 miles
Grassy dunes overlook a curving sandy beach with Bass Rock offshoreAttractionsTyninghame Links3.3 miles over the water
Stone dovecot with conical tiled roof and outside stair, set in grassAttractionsPreston Mill7.8 miles
Ruined stone castle with wooden staircase leading to an arched doorwayAttractionsHailes Castle8.3 miles
Grassy headland overlooking a rocky shoreline and calm coastal watersAttractionsBerwickshire Coastal Path8.5 miles
A landscape view of the Blue Cabin at the foot of the brae, lamps lit by its red door and boats drawn up on the grass.CockburnspathBlue Cabin by the SeaSleeps 4 · 8.6 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near Dunbar High Street, and when each is next free.

A landscape view of the Blue Cabin at the foot of the brae, lamps lit by its red door and boats drawn up on the grass.Blue Cabin by the Sea
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Cockburnspath
  • 8 miles from Dunbar High Street
Check datesA stone cottage with red pantiled roofs and a gabled dormer sits behind a gravel courtyard, an apple tree in the foreground.Maybell Cottage
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Lothian
  • 17 miles from Dunbar High Street
Check datesAn orange leather sofa draped with a sheepskin faces a stone fireplace beneath a timber ceiling, a staircase rising behind.The Old Stable
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Lothian
  • 17 miles from Dunbar High Street
Free 18–20 OctThe Crow’s Nest, FifeThe Crow’s Nest
  • Sleeps 5
  • In Lothian
  • 17 miles from Dunbar High Street
Free 2–4 NovPlaces to stayEvery stay in LothianAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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