Dunbar

Dunbar () is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Key facts

UK place.scots_name: Dunbaur
UK place.official_name: Dunbar
UK place.gaelic_name: Dùn Bàrr
UK place.static_image_name: Tolbooth, Dunbar High Street.JPG
UK place.static_image_width: 280
UK place.static_image_caption: Dunbar Town House and mercat cross, Dunbar High Street
UK place.country: Scotland
UK place.area_total_km2: 3.01
UK place.population_ref: ()
UK place.os_grid_reference: NT678789
UK place.pushpin_map: Scotland East Lothian
UK place.unitary_scotland: East Lothian Council
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland: East Lothian
UK place.constituency_westminster: Lothian East
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament: East Lothian
UK place.post_town: DUNBAR
UK place.postcode_district: EH42
UK place.postcode_area: EH

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Wikidata facts

Population: 9030
Official website: www.dunbar.org.uk
Image: Tolbooth, Dunbar High Street.JPG
Dialing code: 01368

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OS grid reference: NT678789
Commons category: Dunbar
postal code: EH42
P8168: Thomas Huber

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History
Etymology
Pre-history
Early history
Scottish conquest
Later history
Archaeology
Climate
Environment
Economy
Transport
Sport
Football
Golf
Rugby
Basketball
Coastal Rowing
Wakeboarding
Surfing and paddle boarding
Education
Religion
Presbytery of Dunbar
Church of Scotland
Episcopal and Methodist Church
Catholic Church
On film
Notable buildings
Notable people
Pre 1000
1001-1500
1501-1900
1901-present
Twin towns
Gallery
See also
References
Sources
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Dunbar () is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecclesiastical and civil parish. The parish extends around east to west and is deep at its greatest extent, or , and contains the villages of West Barns, Belhaven, and East Barns (abandoned) and several hamlets and farms.