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Counties of Great Britain, East Lothian

• East Lothian/Haddingtonshire (Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton)

East Lothian is bounded to the west by the City of Edinburgh, to the north by the estuary of the River Forth, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Lammermuir Hills.

East Lothian is bisected by one main river, the Tyne, which flows SW-NE to meet the North Sea west of Dunbar. It is joined by numerous tributaries which flow down from the Lammermuirs where there are three reservoirs, the largest being Whiteadder Reservoir.

To the west the River Esk makes a brief appearance en route to join the Firth of Forth at Musselburgh and in the east near Stenton is Pressmennan Loch, created in 1819.

The Burgh of Aberlady lies on the East Lothian coast where the Peffer (Celtic word meaning "beautiful place") Burn flows into the Firth of Forth and forms the wide and shallow Aberlady Bay.

It was once a natural sandy anchorage where quite large boats could come close into the shore and unload. Aberlady was a Burgh of Barony with its own Town Council and was the port for the County town, Haddington.

Counties England Wales Scotland Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyllshire Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire Buteshire, Cromartyshire, Caithness Clackmannanshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire East Lothian, Fife, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire