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Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles north east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665. It has been suggested by some that Cockenzie's name may derive from the Celtic - perhaps from "Culchoinnich" - meaning the nook/cove of Kenneth. The local pronunciation of the name is "Koh-kinn-ie"

The town has a population of 4,493 (2001). To the west of the town, between Cockenzie and Prestonpans is the site of Cockenzie Power Station, a large coal-fired power station.

Cockenzie and Port Seton has grown from what was initially two small fishing villages. The older parts of the town, between the two harbours, retain a more traditional feel and look, similar to many other small fishing villages on the east coast of Scotland. Although the fishing industry has declined in recent years the harbour at Port Seton still retains a small fleet of vessels, mainly fishing for prawns. In the past Cockenzie was also involved in the salt making and coal mining industries. The nearby coal-fired power station has also been a major employer since the 1960s and has enabled the town to survive and prosper. Cockenzie and Port Seton has continued to grow over the years and is now a dormitory town for Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh.

The town is a popular site for tourists and day-trippers. To the east of Port Seton there is a large caravan campsite at Seton Sands. Improvements to the promenade area and the creation of a coastal walk which forms part of The John Muir Way have improved the environment in recent years.

The town is also home to the popular and active Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club (CPSARC) which draws members from the local area and across the country.

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East Lothian Towns & Villages
Aberlady | Athelstaneford | Auldhame & Scoughall | Bolton | Cockenzie and Port Seton | Dirleton | Drem | Dunbar | East Linton | East Saltoun and West Saltoun | Gifford | Gullane | Haddington | Humbie | Innerwick | Kingston | Longniddry | Macmerry | Musselburgh | North Berwick | Oldhamstocks | Ormiston | Pencaitland | Prestonpans | Tranent | Whitekirk and Tyninghame | Wallyford


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East Lothian
Lodainn an Ear

Location

Geography

Area Ranked 18th
 - Total 679 km²
 - % Water ?
Admin HQ Haddington
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ONS code 00QM
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Population Ranked 21st
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Firth of Forth (Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe) is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south.
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Musselburgh


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James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I.

He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary, Queen of Scots.
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George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton (c1641 - March 6, 1704), was a Scottish Royalist, Privy Councillor, and Sheriff of Haddingtonshire.[1]

He was in Europe for his studies, a boy of under ten years of age, when he succeeded his grandfather in the family estates in
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Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. This was the 19th UK Census.

Census 2001 was organised by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics
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Prestonpans is a small town to the East of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the unitary council area of East Lothian. It has a population of 7,153 (East Lothian Council Census, 2001). It is the site of the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans, and has a history dating back to the 11th century.
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Cockenzie power station

Cockenzie Power Station

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commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commute out of the community to earn their livelihood. Most commuter towns are suburbs of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns.
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Edinburgh
Gaelic - Dùn Èideann
Scots - Edinburgh[1]
Auld Reekie, Athens of the North


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Seton Sands is a rocky beach to the east of Port Seton, which is to the western end of Longniddry Bents and also part of the John Muir Way coastal walk.

Low tide reveals many rock pools, then a flat sandy bed to the north which runs about 200 yards out to meet the Firth of
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The John Muir Way is a continuous coastal path project currently in development by the local authority, East Lothian Council, Scotland, UK.

It is named in honour of the Scottish 19th century conservationist, John Muir, who was born at Dunbar, East Lothian in 1838.
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Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service that uses various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training.
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East Lothian
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Location

Geography

Area Ranked 18th
 - Total 679 km²
 - % Water ?
Admin HQ Haddington
GB-ELN
ONS code 00QM
Demographics

Population Ranked 21st
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Aberlady (Gaelic: Obar Lìobhaite) is a village in the Scottish council area of East Lothian. On Aberlady Bay, it is 5 miles northwest of Haddington and approximately 18 miles east of Edinburgh, to which it is linked by the A198 Dunbar - Edinburgh road.
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Athelstaneford is a village in East Lothian, Scotland. It is close to the town of Haddington and lies approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh.

According to popular legend, Athelstaneford is where the original Scottish saltire - the white diagonal cross on a sky blue
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Auldhame and Scoughall are hamlets in East Lothian, Scotland. They are close to the town of North Berwick and the village of Whitekirk, and are approximately 25 miles east of Edinburgh.
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Bolton is a small village in East Lothian, Scotland, approximately 2 miles south of Haddington and 20 miles east of Edinburgh.

The most notable buildings in the town are the Parish Church, which dates from 1809, and an 18th-century dovecote or "doo'cot".
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Dirleton is a village in East Lothian, Scotland approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh on the A198. Dirleton is notable for Dirleton Castle, a well-preserved medieval fortress, which was besieged and severely damaged by Oliver Cromwell's Army in 1651, and today belongs to
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Drem


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Dunbar
Gaelic - Dùn Barra

UK Parliament East Lothian
Scottish Parliament East Lothian
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List of places: City of Edinburgh

This article is about Dunbar in Scotland.

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East Linton is a town in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the River Tyne and A1 road five miles east of Haddington, with a population of 1,774 (Census 2001). (In 1881 it had a population of 1,928).
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East Saltoun and West Saltoun are villages in East Lothian, Scotland. They are approximately 5 miles south-west of Haddington and 25 miles east of Edinburgh.

East Saltoun features several historic buildings including a gothic Parish Church which dates back to 1805.
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Gifford (pronounced [ˈgɪfəd], with a hard g as in gift) is a village in the parish of Yester in East Lothian, Scotland.
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Gullane
Gaelic - A' Ghualainn


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Haddington
Scots - Hadentoun


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Humbie is a hamlet and rural parish in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies in the south-west of the county, approximately 10 miles south-west of Haddington and 15 miles south-east of Edinburgh.
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Innerwick is a coastal parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, 5 miles from Dunbar and approximately 32 miles from Edinburgh.

Innerwick Castle was originally a Stewart stronghold, then passed to a grandson of Walter fitz Gilbert de Hamilton
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Kingston is a small hamlet near North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. Surrounded by farmland, the only non-residential building in Kingston is the industrial kitchen of the Kingston Country Bakery.
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