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The Reef

A beach in East Lothian. By the sand: toilets, parking. Excellent water (2025).

On the beach

No. 1,379 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 702 for an easy beach day.

Water
Excellent in 2025, bathing water "Thorntonloch" resultsScottish Environment Protection Agency, Bathing Water Points, checked 2026-11-01
Within 300 m
Toilets, Parking · not mapped: cafe or food, lifeguards, showers or waterOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
Name
From the bay it lies in: the sand itself is unnamed on the mapOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Size
About 26 hectares as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Surface
SandOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Position
55.9600° N, 2.3943° W
Getting there
Directions in Google Mapswhat3words addressOpen in OpenStreetMap

Nearest beaches

All beaches in East Lothian
All beaches in the UK

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