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The ESSENTIAL GUIDE for visitors |
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WORTH VISITING in North Berwick |
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Firth of Forth Lobster Hatchery, the Harbour.
Open daily, 10am – 4pm, April to October. On bus route 120
and 121. Housed in a fitted-out container at the harbour, near
the new sea wall, the hatchery releases tens of thousands of
juvenile lobsters into the Firth of Forth every year. Juvenile
lobsters are reared from eggs collected daily from local female
lobsters known as berried hens. The eggs are reared and nurtured
into juveniles within the hatchery and, at around three months
old, released back to the sea when they have passed the most
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Scottish Seabird Centre, the Harbour, EH39 4SS.
Tel: 01620 890202. Open daily (except Christmas Day), 10am –
6pm, April to August, February, March, September and October,
10am – 5pm (5.30pm, Saturday & Sunday), November to
January 10am – 4pm (5pm, Saturday & Sunday). On bus
route 120 and 121. Control the cameras to zoom in on amazing
local wildlife on the Firth of Forth islands, including the Bass
Rock, the world’s largest colony of Northern gannets and
BBC Countryfile Magazine’s Nature Reserve of the Year. Gift
Shop and Seabird café with East Lothian’s only seaside
sun deck. The Seabird Centre offers a range of boat trips (Easter
to Autumn) to the Bass Rock and Isle of May National Nature Reserve,
plus the Forth Ferry, a 45-minute excursion to Anstruther in
Fife. There are trips available on both the 12-seat RIBs (rigid
inflatable boats) and 55-seat catamaran, plus joint tickets for
boat trips/the Seabird Centre. |
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Westgate Galleries & Orangery café, 41 Westgate,
EH39 4AG. Tel 01620 894976. Open daily, 10am – 5.30pm Monday
to Saturday, 12noon – 5pm Sunday. Gift shop, gallery and
café with extensive ranges of artwork, jewellery, handbags,
fine toiletries, home fragrances and candles, china and glass,
gift stationery, cards and wrap, baby and occasions gifts and
more. The licensed gallery café offers light lunches and
snacks, cakes and scones, coffees and teas and wines and beers.
Nearest ‘public’ toilet to the railway station. |
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North Berwick Sports Centre, Grange
Road, EH39 4QS. Tel: 01620 820730. Open daily. 9am – 10pm,
Monday, Wednesday & Friday. 7am – 10pm Tuesday &
Thursday. 9am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday. Telephone in
advance to confirm swimming pool opening times. 0.75 mile south,
on B1347. Parking. On bus route 124, X24 and X5. Largest range
of indoor sporting facilities in the county. 25m swimming pool
with flexible floor depth, health suite with steam room, sauna
and spa pool, bodyworks gym with free weights area, dance and
fitness class studio, sports hall, badminton and squash courts,
indoor bowling carpets, crèche service, children’s
trampolines and soft play area. Café. |
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The ESSENTIAL GUIDE for locals |
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