Dunbar is a town on the North Sea shore in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately 30 miles (48 kilometres) east of Edinburgh and also 30 miles (48 km) from the English boundary north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and offered its name to a clerical and also civil parish. The parish prolongs around 7 1/2 miles (12.1 km) eastern to west as well as is 3 1/2 miles (5.6 kilometres) deep at best level, or 11 1/4 square miles (29 km2), as well as has the villages of West Barns, Belhaven, East Barns (abandoned) and a number of hamlets and ranches. Its critical area triggered a history full of occurrence and also quarrel; but Dunbar has actually come to be a quiet dorm town popular with employees in nearby Edinburgh, that locate it an economical alternative to the resources itself. Till the 1960s, the populace of the town was little bit greater than 3,500. The town is loving the most recent population released for the community at 8,486, and also there are lots of active as well as scheduled housing developments recurring. There are very well regarded primary schools, a senior high school as well as a private school in the community. The community is served by Dunbar railway station with web links to Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland, in addition to London and stations along the north-east corridor. Dunbar is residence to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second-oldest RNLI terminal in Scotland. Dunbar is the birth place of the explorer, biologist as well as influential guardian John Muir. Your home in which Muir was born is situated on the High Street, and has actually been exchanged a museum. There is also a commemorative statuary close to the community clock, and John Muir Country Park lies to the north-west of the community. The eastern section of the John Muir Means coastal path starts from the harbour. One of both campuses to Dunbar Primary School: John Muir University, is named in his honour.