Skip to content
Geonivora
City

Haddington

Located in East Lothian, Scotland Coordinates: 55°57′22″ N 2°47′00″ W

Haddington
Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
9,020
9K
Elevation
55 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
EDI Edinburgh Airport37 km
DND Dundee Airport57 km

About Haddington

Haddington is a city. Location: East Lothian, Scotland. Population: 9,020. Elevation: 55 m.

From Wikipedia

Haddington (Scots: Haidintoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Adainn) is a historic market town in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies about 17 miles (27 kilometres) east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the sixth or seventh century AD when the area was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the rest of the Lothian region, was ceded by Edgar, King of England and became part of Scotland in the tenth century.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Official website
haddingtoncc.org.uk

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Haddington

From Wikivoyage

Haddington is a market town in East Lothian, 15 miles east of Edinburgh in central Scotland. It's the administrative centre of East Lothian council area, with a population of 10,360 in 2020.

Understand+

"Haddington" means the farm where Hada's folk live. The name is Anglo-Saxon not Gaelic, as until the 10th century East Lothian and Edinburgh were ruled by Northumbria. The area is lowland, with well-drained bright red sandstone soil and bedrock, and it's astride the main transport route from England. When it was ceded to Scotland, Haddington became a Royal Burgh and developed as a market town, manufacturing cloth. In 1645 those who worked in the cloth mills were exempted from military service, so hiring became a whole lot easier. However this enterprise foundered in the 18th century and Haddington never became industrial as the villages on the coalfield to the west had long been. That meant its medieval street pattern was preserved, and modern developments have respected this. The town therefore retains a pleasant rural ambience while traffic scurries past just north on the A1.

Get in+

Haddington is just off the A1. East Coast Bus X7 runs from Edinburgh to Haddington (50 min), East Linton and Dunbar, daily every 30 min.

East Coast Bus 104 runs from Edinburgh to Haddington via Musselburgh, Wallyford and Tranent. It runs daily every 30 min and takes an hour.

Night bus N106 runs after shortly midnight F Sa from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, Wallyford, Tranent, Macmerry, Haddington, East Linton and Dunbar.

Cyclists may not use A1, take the old road parallel, nowadays A199.

1 East Linton, opened in Dec 2023, has trains every hour or two from Newcastle, Berwick and Dunbar, heading for Edinburgh. It's a platform halt with ticket machines but no other facilities. Both platforms have step-free access.

2 Drem four miles north of Haddington has hourly trains on the Edinburgh to North Berwick line. Bike-on-train from Edinburgh would work.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Haddington

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 79 mm

Hottest month
July (day 19°)
Coldest month
January (night 1°)
Wettest month
October (85 mm)
Driest month
April (51 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Haddington
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°7°9°11°14°17°19°19°16°13°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°5°8°10°10°8°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)795763515861677676857974

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Haddington

The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 37 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 26 km to the west.

Airports

  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 37 kmwest
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 57 kmnorth
  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 104 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 26 kmwest
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 58 kmnorth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 93 kmwest
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 132 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 139 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Haddington

Within 100 km: 345 historic and cultural sites, 2,301 natural sites, 531 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km160 places

  • Portobello Beach Beach 20 kmW
  • Gullane Beach Beach 10 kmN
  • Seacliff Beach Beach 14 kmNE
  • Lamb Island Island 13 kmN

25–60 km975 places

  • Burntisland Beach Beach 30 kmNW
  • Cramond beach Beach 32 kmW
  • Cocklawburn Beach Beach 58 kmSE
  • Cheswick Sands Beach 59 kmSE

60–100 km2,042 places

  • Longhoughton Beach Beach 95 kmSE
  • South Wamses Island 81 kmSE
  • Old Law Island 71 kmSE
  • North Wamses Island 81 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources