Prestonpans
Prestonpans is a little angling community east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the unitary council location of East Lothian. Since the 2001 census recorded the population as 7,153, new houses have attracted numerous new homeowners. It is the site of the Battle of Prestonpans, fought in 1745, as well as has history dating from the l lth century. The community's crucial historical architecture consists of Preston Tower as well as the doocot and also the regional Mercat Cross, which is the just one of its kind in Scotland which stays in its initial kind and also place. Prestonpans is "Scotland's Mural Town", with lots of murals depicting neighborhood history. In 2006, Prestonpans and the adjoining communities of Cockenzie, Port Seton as well as Longniddry were twinned with the community of Barga, Tuscany, Italy. In 2010, the Prestonpans Tapestry was finished and has been touring Scotland as well as England. In October 2011, Prestonpans was granted Fairtrade Town condition.