Dunbar
Dunbar is a community on the North Sea coastline in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, about 30 miles (48 kilometres) eastern 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 offered its name to a clerical and also civil parish. The parish prolongs around 7 1/2 miles (12.1 km) east to west as well as is 3 1/2 miles (5.6 km) deep at biggest degree, or 11 1/4 square miles (29 km2), and also contains the towns of West Barns, Belhaven, East Barns (deserted) and also numerous communities and also ranches. Its strategic location triggered a history loaded with case and also rivalry; but Dunbar has actually come to be a peaceful dorm community popular with workers in nearby Edinburgh, who locate it a budget-friendly choice to the capital itself. Up until the 1960s, the populace of the town was little more than 3,500. The town is loving the most current population released for the town at 8,486, and also there are several active and also scheduled housing developments recurring. There are effectively pertained to primary schools, a secondary school and also a private school in the town. The community is offered by Dunbar train station with web links to Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland, as well as London and terminals along the north-east hallway. Dunbar is home to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second-oldest RNLI terminal in Scotland. Dunbar is the native home of the traveler, conservationist and also influential conservationist John Muir. Your house in which Muir was birthed is situated on the High Street, and has actually been converted into a gallery. There is also a celebratory statue next to the town clock, and also John Muir Country Park lies to the north-west of the town. The eastern area of the John Muir Way coastal course begins with the harbour. One of both schools to Dunbar Primary School: John Muir University, is named in his honour.
