Beaches in Dunbar, Scottish Borders
- Dunbar beaches map
- The beaches:
- East
- Belhaven
- Whitesands Bay
- Tyninghame Beach
- Peffersands
The beach guide has 5 beaches listed in and around the town of Dunbar. We have arranged these beaches in order of closest to the town first (distance in brackets).
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East Beach (0.5 miles)
Dunbar is a popular seaside resort about 30 miles east of Edinburgh. The town's East Beach is a mix of sand and shingle stretching south-east from the harbour. The beach is quite popular with kayakers and a surf school runs paddle boarding sessions here. When the tide is out a number of rockpools are exposed.…
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Belhaven Beach (1.3 miles)
Set within the John Muir Country Park, Belhaven is a wide stretch of sandy beach spanning approximately one mile in length; from the mouth of the River Tyne in the north, to the village of Belhaven on the outskirts of Dunbar to the south. The beach has lovely views out onto the Forth Estuary and…
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Whitesands Bay (2.4 miles)
Just over 2 miles down the coast from Dunbar, down a single track road off the A1087, Whitesands is a rural, secluded beach. An attractive stretch of fine, clean sand curves gently round the bay and is backed by grasslands. The bay faces east, so gets lots of early morning sunshine. This fact, together with…
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Tyninghame Beach (3.4 miles)
This long sandy beach is often cited as one of the finest in the South of Scotland. A wild expanse of golden sand backed by dunes the beach here is often deserted except for during the summer months.
Set a little way from the nearest parking it is a fair walk to the beach. Depending on…
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Peffersands Beach (4.1 miles)
Peffersands is a sandy beach with plenty of rocks to the north of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is in a remote location, which means it is quiet and undeveloped. The beach is backed by sand dunes and the John Muir country park. There are a choice of nature reserves in the area,…
