Drem

Drem
240px Old farm buildings and cottages brought back to life as expensive houses
Drem  Drem shown within East Lothian
Population	93
OS grid reference	NT510795
Civil parish	Athelstaneford
Council area	East Lothian
Lieutenancy area	East Lothian
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTH BERWICK
Postcode district	EH39
Dialling code	01620
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	East Lothian
Scottish Parliament	East Lothian
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Drem is a small village in East Lothian, Scotland. It is approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh and is close to Haddington (to the south), North Berwick (north east), Dirleton (north) and Gullane (north west). It has a railway station on the Edinburgh to North Berwick line with hourly service between those points and occasional service to Glasgow. The station is the last before the single track North Berwick line branches off the East Coast Main Line.

The disused airfield buildings were used to construct component parts of the Forth Road Bridge.

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Drem Cottages

During World War II the former West Fenton Aerodrome (later Gullane Aerodrome) became RAF Drem and the Drem Lighting System was developed to assist Spitfire landing. Today some of the outbuildings have become part of the Fenton Barns retail and leisure village and are used as studios by local craftspeople, particularly furniture makers.

Chesters Hill Fort, 1 mile south of the village is an example of an Iron Age fort.

See also

• List of places in East Lothian

External links

• Census data 2001
• RAF Drem