Dunbar
Dunbar is a community on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately 30 miles (48 kilometres) east of Edinburgh and also 30 miles (48 kilometres) from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, as well as gave its name to an ecclesiastical and also civil parish. The parish expands around 7 1/2 miles (12.1 km) eastern to west and is 3 1/2 miles (5.6 kilometres) deep at biggest level, or 11 1/4 square miles (29 km2), and also contains the villages of West Barns, Belhaven, East Barns (abandoned) and several communities and farms. Its strategic place generated a background filled with incident and also strife; but Dunbar has actually become a peaceful dormitory town preferred with workers in close-by Edinburgh, who discover it a budget-friendly choice to the funding itself. Till the 1960s, the population of the community was little more than 3,500. The town is loving one of the most recent population released for the town at 8,486, and also there are lots of energetic and also scheduled housing developments ongoing. There are effectively pertained to primary schools, a senior high school and also a private school in the town. The town is served by Dunbar railway station with web links to Edinburgh et cetera of Scotland, in addition to London and terminals along the north-east passage. Dunbar is house to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second-oldest RNLI terminal in Scotland. Dunbar is the birthplace of the traveler, conservationist and also prominent preservationist John Muir. Your home in which Muir was born is found on the High Street, as well as has been converted into a gallery. There is also a commemorative statue next to the community clock, and John Muir Country Park lies to the north-west of the town. The eastern section of the John Muir Method seaside course begins with the harbour. One of both campuses to Dunbar Primary School: John Muir School, is named in his honour.
