It has been sacked more times than the England manager but Dunbar is still standing, even if it’s present day importance is of less strategic significance now that age-old squabbles between the Scots and the English have subsided. As early as the Iron Age, Dunbar was an important fort; it’s location on the eastern flank of Scotland marked it as an important centre for trade, its port seeing much traffic. Significantly, it was vulnerable to attacks from Scotland’s Nordic neighbours. Back in the 5th and 6th Centuries, Dunbar was part of Anglian Northumbria – a portent of its later fate when Edward I warmed the English throne. The Norse onslaught loosened the English grip and eventually, the Scots would assume the town as their own in 1018 – after Malcolm II of Scotland saw victory at the Battle of Carham. Quarrelled over through the centuries, on the 27th April, 1296, John de Warenne, the 7th Earl of Surrey, led the English to victory during the First War of Scottish Independence. When the Earl of March’s castle fell at Dunbar it came hot on the heels of Edward I’s brutal sacking of Berwick; Scotland was there for the taking. Again in 1650, when the Wars of the Three Kingdoms raged through Britain, Dunbar saw some fierce conflict between the Scottish Covenanters and the Royalists. In contemporary Dunbar, the only struggle is on its golf course; the traditional links course offering the most resolute Pringle-wearing, golf shark the stiffest of challenge. Still, if the language on the fairway ever gets too colourful, it is sure to be drowned out by the brisk sea wind that rushes in from the North Sea. Now with a population of just over 6,000, Dunbar enjoys a tranquil and untroubled setting, and visitors to the area come for the views of Bass Rock, and the John Muir Country park. Dunbar's natives are more than content now that sacking and pillaging is so passé.
Attraction
Camping
Ballhaven Bay Caravan & Camping Park
Thurston Manor Holiday Home Park
Care Home
Classes
Dance - Dunbar School of Dancing
Yoga - Chris Roberts
Cottage
Dentist
Doctor
Dunbar Medical Centre
The Surgery
Estate Agent
Golf Club
Dunbar Golf Course
Winterfield
Holiday Park
Belhaven Bay
Thurston Manor Holiday Home Park
Pub and Bar
Black Bull Inn
Dolphin Bar
Eagle Inn
Masons Arms
Restaurant
Dunbar Indian Restaurant
Kings Palace
Masons Arms
Sizzlers
The Creel
Umberto's
School
Belhaven Hill
Dunbar Grammar School
Dunbar Primary School
West Barns Primary School
Self-Catering
Solicitor
Taxi
Vet
Shops
Knowes Farm Shop
Dunbar Pet Food Ltd
Lindsays
Male Image
Humble Pie Food
Lloyds Pharmacy
Lilac Tree
Places to Stay near Dunbar
The Rossborough Hotel (0.43 miles)
Rowan Cottage Guest House (0.48 miles)
Relaxing and comfortable furnished rooms overlooking the golf course and with sea views.Easy travel distance to Edinburgh of 20-30 minutes. Ideal Location for travelling around or visiting Scotland.This is warm, friendly, guest house, in a ... More | visit website
Portleith Guest House (0.53 miles)
Portleith Guest House is a small Guest House and has wonderful sea views and is right next to Winterfield Golf Course. Edinburgh the capital city is only 20/30 minutes drive ... More
Overhailes Farmhouse (7.62 miles)
Fenton Tower (8.72 miles)
Fenton Tower is a magnificent, fortified 16th Century tower located just 20 miles east of Edinburgh between Gullane and North Berwick. Set amongst the rolling countryside and surrounded by beautiful links golf courses, including Muirfield, ... More
County Hotel (8.72 miles)
Nether Abbey (9.34 miles)
The Nether Abbey Hotel has been owned by successive generations of the same family for fifty years. In 2004 the Hotel shut for extensive renovations and refurbishment with simply stunning ... More | visit website
One Green Hope Guest House (9.75 miles)
Green Hope nestles in the quiet seclusion of the Whiteadder river valley in the Scottish borders. Once a traditional stone built cottage, now thoroughly modernised and very spacious and comfortable. The windows ... More
Maitlandfield House Hotel (10.52 miles)
Within walking distance of the picturesque county town of Haddington and just 16 miles (26 km) from Edinburgh, Maitlandfield House boasts traditional charm and original elegance. The Maitlandfield House Hotel combines the ... More
Drem Farmhouse (10.52 miles)
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