Aberlady Bay

Aberlady Bay is a bay in East Lothian, Scotland between Aberlady and Gullane.

In 1952, Aberlady Bay became the UK's first Local Nature Reserve (LNR) and is served by the East Lothian Council Rangers.

The Scottish Ornithologists' Club has Waterston House as its headquarters at Aberlady, with panoramic views of the Bay.

Aberlady Bay is part of the John Muir Way, a long distance footpath from Fisherrow (Musselburgh) to Dunglass. It is also the East Lothian Section of the transnational North Sea Trail, a path network connecting seven countries and 26 areas.

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Wrecks

The wrecks of eight historic (19th or early 20th century) fishing vessels at Kilspindie have been designated as maritime scheduled ancient monuments.

Two wrecks of XT-craft, training versions of the X craft can be seen – in 1946, the craft were towed to the bay, then moored to a concrete block and used for target practice by aircraft of the Royal Air Force.

The wrecks of the submarines lie much closer to the low-water mark than the high-water mark and tides in the bay rise very quickly – those wishing to examine the wrecks should thus take note of the tides and leave plenty of time to return to the shore from the wrecks.

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Images of Aberlady Bay
Wreck of an XT-Craft 
The same XT-Craft wreck with a person showing scale 
The remains of a cart in 2007 
The wreck of a ship in 2006 
Looking over the Forth 
Aberlady Bay footbridge 
Footbridge towards the local nature reserve 
Footbridge to Luffness 
A close up view of the well known footbridge that crosses the Peffer Burn. Footbridge to Luffness 
Aberlady Bay in April 
Aberlady Bay in December 
Aberlady Bay, from Kilspindie golf course 
Aberlady Point 

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