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Beaches in East Lothian

22 named beaches. Wildest: Broad Sands. Easiest beach day: West Beach.

Wild beaches: Top 10

Nature is the point: famous, protected, big and quiet
Broad Sands
Broad Sands. Photo Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0
  1. Broad Sandsabout 45 hectares · Sufficient water (2025)
  2. Hedderwick Sandsabout 60 hectares
  3. Ravensheugh Sandsabout 29 hectares
  4. Tyne Sandsabout 21 hectares
  5. Seton Sandsabout 63 hectares · Good water (2025)
  6. Gutcher's Holeabout 1.6 hectares
  7. Milsey Bayabout 8.1 hectares · Good water (2025)
  8. Oxroad Bayabout 4900 m²
  9. Peffer Sands
  10. Musselburgh Sandsabout 23 hectares

Easy beach days: Top 10

Cafe, toilets and parking a few steps from the sand
Gullane Sands
Gullane Sands. Photo Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0
  1. West BeachCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Showers or water · Good water (2025)
  2. North Berwick Bay (West Bay)Cafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Showers or water · Good water (2025)
  3. Gosford SandsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m
  4. Longniddry BentsCafe or food, Toilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m · Good water (2025)
  5. Seton SandsToilets, Parking, Showers or water, Bus under 100 m · Good water (2025)
  6. Gullane SandsToilets, Parking, Bus under 100 m
  7. Belhaven BayToilets, Parking, Showers or water · Good water (2025)
  8. Gullane BentsToilets, Parking · Excellent water (2025)
  9. The ReefToilets, Parking · Excellent water (2025)
  10. WhitesandsToilets, Parking · Excellent water (2025)

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