East Lothian

This article is about the County.
For the Highway Authority, see East Lothian Council.

East Lothian is also known as Haddingtonshire after its county town. It is a traditional county on the eastern fringe of the central belt of Scotland, to the east of Edinburgh. The county is mostly served by East Lothian Council.

Geography & Economy

The B1348 on the coast at Port Seton

The county has a long, rugged coastline with sandy bays interspersed with dramatic cliffs, occasionally topped by ruinous castles. Towns and villages, many of which are old fishing ports, line the coast every so often, but the only substantial inland settlement is the county town of Haddington. To the south, the county is hillier with forestry and upland moors taking over from the more fertile farmland near the coast.

The presence of Edinburgh just a few miles to the west of the county has long influenced East Lothians economy, and many of the towns now serve as commuter belt to the capital. Tourism is important to the county, which is marketed as Scotland's Golf Coast, but has many other attractions from the picturesque old harbours to the walking country in the south.

Roads

The former A1 at Gladsmuir

The most important route in the county is the east-west A1 heading into Edinburgh, but there is also a good network of A and B roads serving the coastal towns, with B roads heading south into the hills. The road network is, as may be expected, denser closer to the capital, but the population is also more concentrated at the western end of the county.

The A1 has seen a lot of upgrades over the last couple of decades, improving a lot of the route to dual carriageway. However, it is not completed and whilst plans exist to dual the remainder of the route to Newcastle upon Tyne, they are not complete and little progress seems likely in the near future. Most non-trunk roads within the traditional county are maintained by East Lothian Council. The trunk roads, which are the A1 and A68 are managed by Transport Scotland.

Route	From	To	Length
A1	London	Edinburgh	396 miles	View
A198	Tyninghame	Tranent Bypass	22.7 miles	View
A199	Leith	Thistly Cross	26.2 miles	View
A1087	Beltonford	Broxburn	4.5 miles	View
A6093	Fordel	Haddington	10.6 miles	View
A6137	Aberlady	Haddington	5.0 miles	View
B1343	Haddington(N)	East Fortune(W)	4.0 miles	View
B1345	Drem	Dirleton	3.6 miles	View
B1345	Broxburn	Beltonford	3.8 miles	View
B1346	Dunbar Road	Dirleton Avenue	1.0 mile	View
B1347	Haddington(E)	North Berwick	7.1 miles	View
B1348	Musselburgh	Longniddry	5.9 miles	View
B1349	Doocot Place	High Street	0.5 miles	View
B1361	Wallyford	Tranent(N)	2.7 miles	View
B1377	Longniddry	East Linton By Pass	11.3 miles	View
B1407	Tyninghame	East Linton	2.2 miles	View
B1408	Gladsmuir	Longniddry	1.8 miles	View
B6355	Tranent	Eyemouth	42.0 miles	View
B6363	Longniddry	New Town	4.6 miles	View
B6367	Middleton Mains	Oxenfoord Mains	7.0 miles	View
B6368	Haddington	Crookston	17.3 miles	View
B6369	Gifford	Haddington	4.1 miles	View
B6370	Gifford	Thistly Cross	9.3 miles	View
B6371	Cockenzie	Humbie	10.7 miles	View
B6414	Dalkeith	Tranent	5.8 miles	View
B6457	Fala	Humbie	1.3 miles	View
B6471	Oaktree Junction	Haddington	1.3 miles	View
C148	Westgate	Quality Street	0.6 miles	View
C156	Edinburgh Road	Elphinstone Road	0.05 miles	View
T1	London	Scrabster		View
T86	Newcastle	Edinburgh		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in East Lothian

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in East Lothian