Canty Bay

Canty Bay
240px The hamlet of Canty Bay
Canty Bay  Canty Bay shown within East Lothian
OS grid reference	NT585850
Civil parish	North Berwick
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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Canty Bay is a coastal hamlet off the A198, in East Lothian, Scotland, situated opposite the Bass Rock and Tantallon Castle. Settlements nearby include Auldhame, Scoughall, Seacliff, and the Peffer Sands.

The Glen Golf Club is close to its western side, and to the east there are high coastal cliffs. There are two beaches separated by a rocky headland. The western beach is uninhabited and accessible by two paths that descend the grass covered cliffs from the eastern end of the Glen golf course. The eastern beach is by the hamlet.

This former fishing hamlet has been immortalised by William McGonagall in his poem Beautiful North Berwick and its surroundings. The Canty Bay Inn offered hospitality to the many tourists who came to see the Rock. The tenant of the Rock was usually also the innkeeper.

The William Edgar Evans Charitable Trust maintains a house and two cottages for use by Scout and Guide troops.

Dolphins can be seen at Canty Bay and from the Scottish Seabird Centre.

See also

• List of places in East Lothian

External links

• SCRAN image of Canty Bay, North Berwick
• CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Canty Bay House, Archaeological Landscape
• CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Castleton Farm, Canty Bay Road
• RCAHMS record of North Berwick, Canty Bay House
• Scottish Seabird Centre: sightings of dolphins and whales
• Evans Trust
• Scapetrust: Map 1: North Berwick to Canty Bay