East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as an historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
Dirleton Castle
County Buildings in Court Street, Haddington, the former headquarters of East Lothian County Council
Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth
Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the shore of the Firth of Forth, five miles east of the Edinburgh city centre. It had a population of 21,100 as of 2020.
East Lothian
…to the south-west and the Scottish Borders to the south. Its administrative centre and former county town is Haddington while the largest town is Musselburgh. Haddingtonshire has ancient origins and is named in a charter of 1139 as Hadintunschira and in another of 1141 as Hadintunshire. Three of the county's…
Rennie Bridge over the River Esk
Musselburgh Tolbooth in the High Street
Monument to the town's eponymous shellfish
Musselburgh from the air (winter)