This small fishing port and former royal burgh is a popular coastal resort and home to the Scottish Seabird Centre. Here visitors can discover the fascinating and secret world of Scotland’s seabirds by studying them close up, without disturbing them. Remote cameras and and the latest technology provide amazing live pictures of puffins, gannets and many others. The Centre also provides one of the best views across the Firth of Forth, the Bass Rock and Fife.
Visitors can also take boat trips across to Bass Rock, a massive 350-foot high rock of Basalt, which is home to one of the largest gannetries in the world, as well as a natural habitat for puffins, guillemots and fulmars.
For walking enthusiasts, Berwick Law – a 610-foot hill- provides a challenging climb, rewarded by magnificent views.
Just 3 miles east are the ruins of Tantallon Castle – a red sandstone castle built in 1375 by the Earl of Douglas, and best seen in the evening when the red sandstone sparkles in the setting sun. Wildlife enthusiasts can make a short trip from here to the John Muir Country Park – a nature reserve founded in honour of John Muir, a local, and founding father of the American National Parks.