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East Lothian region has an abundance of quality golf courses Luffness, which can be found of the A198,  17 miles east of Edinburgh, the golf course is 18 holes 6122 yards, Kilspindie is of the A198 North Berwick Road, off A1 East of Edinburgh sign posted at east end of Aberlady overlooking nature reserve and bordering Aberlady Bay and the Firth of Forth. Traditional Scottish the course has 18 holes 5480 yards and  the Craigielaw golf course it is situated just 20 miles east of Edinburgh amidst the glorious coastal scenery of East Lothian it has an 18-hole links course with US PGA standard greens & several tees, The South Links 6-hole Par 3 course Haddington, is approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh. It is the main administrative centre for East Lothian Council,  people and property have been here since the 14th-century   Dunbar,  approximately 30 miles east of Edinburgh, people and property have been here since around 680AD, Dunbar gained a reputation as a seaside holiday and golfing resort in the 19th century, the 'bright and breezy burgh' famous for its 'bracing air'. Due to its geographical location, the Met Office has reported that the county of Dunbar receives less rain and more hours of direct sunshine per year than anywhere else in Scotland Agriculture remains important, but fishing has declined, Prestonpans It is the site of the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans,  people and property  have a history dating back to the 11th century. The town boasts some impressive examples of historic architecture, such as Preston Tower and the local Mercat Cross, which is the only one of its kind in Scotland which remains in its original form and location.Today  new developments have prvided affordable housing. The town has two Primary Schools Prestonpans Primary School was opened in 1973. It is situated between the A198 Edinburgh - North Berwick road and Preston Road, directly opposite the railway station.
 Musselburgh on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre it is said to be  Scotland's oldest town, people and property have been here since  the Roman period  They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here, this opened up the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. Schools here include a private boarding Loretto School, and the Musselburgh Grammar School, the local large comprehensive that is one of the oldest Grammar schools in the country, dating from the 17th Century. A new campus of Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University College is being built in Musselburgh. Musselburgh has a railway station situated on the North Berwick Line.Other tqwns in the county to find property are Athelstaneford,Auldhame, Ballencrieff, Bolton, Cockenzie, Dirleton, Drem, is a small village it is approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh and is close to Haddington and  North Berwick it has a railway station. Here you will find the  West Fenton Aerodrome later to be called the  Gullane Aerodrome  during the second world war the Aerodrome became RAF Drem, this became the place that developed the Drem Lighting System to assist  the Spitfire airoplane landing. Today some of the outbuildings have become part of the Fenton Barns retail & leisure village and are used as studios by local craftspeople, particularly furniture makersworth the visit, also to be found here is an example of an Iron Age fort1 mile south of the village called Chesters Hill Fort, East Fenton, East Fortune, East Linton,is  situated on the River Tyne and the  A1 road five miles east of Haddington, East Saltoun, Elphinstone,Fenton Barns,Gifford, Gullane, Macmerry, Tranent, Pencaitland, Port Seton, Whitecraig, Whitekirk,is 8 miles from Dunbar and 25 miles east of Edinburgh  property here is made from the red sandstone, Ormiston, Longniddry, Luffness, Wallyford, West Barns, Humbie, Scoughall, Kingston, is a small hamlet near North Berwick it is Surrounded by farmland,.West Saltoun, West Fenton, 

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