Aberlady, United Kingdom
Aberlady is a town of 1,180 people in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Why visit Aberlady
Townapedia lists 12 museums and landmarks, 6 parks and trails, 3 places to eat, 2 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Longniddry Bents, Gosford House, Myreton Motor Museum and Craigielaw Golf Club.
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About Aberlady
Aberlady (Scots: Aiberlady, Gaelic: Obar Lobhaite) is a coastal village in the Scottish council area of East Lothian. The village had an estimated population of
From the Wikipedia article Aberlady (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks12
Gosford House
Museum · 1.1 mi
Country house near Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Hopetoun Monument
Monument and historic site · 3.1 mi
Monument in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Parks, trails and playgrounds6
Restaurants and cafes3
History
There is archaeological evidence of a significant and wealthy Anglo-Saxon settlement dating from the 7th to the 10th centuries.
In the Middle Ages, Aberlady was an important harbour for fishing, sealing, and whaling and was designated "Port of Haddington" by a 1633 Act of Parliament. However, its origins are much earlier.
Aberlady had links with the monasteries at Iona and Lindisfarne from the 7th century, and its role was to facilitate the pilgrim traffic between the two sites. Previous archaeological excavations have shown traces of a Culdee chapel, and Pope Gregory X made reference to the church which he called "Aberlefdi". The 8th century Aberlady Cross fragment can be seen at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. A reconstruction of this finely carved cross was erected in 2011 by Aberlady Conservation & History Society.
Aberlady Parish Church dates back to the 15th century. It was re-built in 1887. In 1986, the parishes of Aberlady and Gullane were merged, and the manse is now in Gullane.
The "Aberlady Heritage Project" is a community-led project, and in 2008 it surveyed three sites — the medieval harbour quay commissioned in 1535, the Iron Age fort and associated souterrain at Kilspindie, and the Anglo-Saxon site at the Glebe. Aberlady has the largest collection of stray Anglo-Saxon finds yet discovered in Scotland.
From the History section of Aberlady on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Aberlady
- Richard CharterisEnglish cricketer
Born in Aberlady, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Where to stay2
Churches and places of worship1
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Map of Aberlady
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Getting there and nearby towns
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 20 miles away.
- Tranent 6 mi southwest, about 9 min by car
- East Linton 8 mi east, about 13 min by car
- Musselburgh 9 mi southwest, about 14 min by car
- Dalkeith 11 mi southwest, about 18 min by car
- Mayfield 12 mi southwest, about 19 min by car
- Bonnyrigg 13 mi southwest, about 22 min by car
- Dunbar 13 mi east, about 21 min by car
- Edinburgh 14 mi west, about 22 min by car
- Kirkcaldy 14 mi northwest, about 22 min by car
- Methil 14 mi northwest, about 22 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Aberlady Church, No machine-readable author provided. Wangi assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5
- Gosford House, near Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland-16Oct2011, Magnus Hagdorn, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Myreton Motor Museum, DeFacto, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hopetoun Monument, Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Longniddry No.3, Renata ( talk ), Public domain
- Macrothylacia rubi 98683895, Sam Robertson, CC0
- Street-level photo, smsm1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, iain_mcnicol, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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