Burnmouth
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Burnmouth | |
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Burnmouth Harbour | |
Location within theScottish Borders | |
OS grid reference | NT953608 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Eyemouth |
Postcode district | TD14 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Burnmouthis a smallfishing villagelocated adjacent to theA1 roadon the east coast ofScotland.[1]It is the first village in Scotland on the A1, after crossing theborder with England.Burnmouth is located in the Parish ofAyton,in theScottish Bordersarea of Scotland and governed byScottish Borders Council.
Burnmouth lies at the point where aburnslices through the high cliffs lining this coast en route to the sea. There may have been a mill here in theMiddle Ages,but little else until a fishing harbour was built in the 1830s, later extended in 1879 and 1959. TheEast Coast Main Linerailway passes along the top of the cliff here, and was once served byBurnmouth railway stationfrom 1846 to 1962. TheBerwickshire Coastal Pathis nearby.
Burnmouth itself is split into two areas: Upper Burnmouth and Lower Burnmouth. Upper Burnmouth is sited at the top of the cliff. Lower Burnmouth is hidden away at the foot of cliff and stretches out along the foreshore.
Lower Burnmouth is further split into four smaller communities: Lower Burnmouth, Partanhall, Cowdrait and Ross. Lower Burnmouth sits beside the harbour and Partanhall is located to the north. Cowdrait is located to the south of the harbour. The tiny community ofRossis located just south of Cowdrait. Ross, which now consists of only six houses, was once considered a separate community, as it lies just across the parish boundary, in the parish ofMordington.
Burnmouth has a small church sited halfway down the Brae (the road which ascends the cliff between Lower and Upper Burnmouth). Until 2005, the village had a small primary school. Burnmouth had two pubs - The Flemington Inn and The Gulls Nest (now called theFirst and Last) - which were sited next to each other adjacent to the A1 road. The Flemington Inn had signs on the north and south gables proclaiming to passing motorists that that pub was "The last inn Scotland" and "The first inn Scotland". In February 2006 the Flemington was gutted by fire and the building was later demolished.
Burnmouth lost 24 fishermen, drowned, in the 1881Eyemouth Disaster.This is commemorated on a bronze plaque mounted on the harbour wall.
Burnmouth hosts an annual bike race, known as the "Brae Race" which takes place every May. The course consists of the steep road which ascends the cliff from lower to upper Burnmouth.
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References[edit]
- ^"Settlement Profile: Burnmouth".1 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- RCAHMS: Burnmouth, North Sea
- RCAHMS: Burnmouth, Flemington Inn
- Burnmouth,document from theScottish Borders Council
- Burnmouth Community websiteArchived17 May 2008 at theWayback Machine