Beaches
in Lothian.

Bays facing the Bass Rock.

The beaches along the Forth range from town sands with a promenade to long, quiet bays behind the pinewoods. North Berwick has sand on both sides of its harbour, with rock pools, a boating pond and the Bass Rock out to sea. Further east, there's a private beach with a tiny harbour cut into the rocks, and the great curve of Ravensheugh Sands at Tyninghame. On Edinburgh's own shore, Portobello has its Victorian promenade and a café for cake and gelato, and at Cramond a causeway runs out to the island at low tide. Check the tide times before you walk out to Cramond Island.