Canty Bay

Human settlement in Scotland

North Berwick

Council area

East Lothian Council

East Lothian

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East Lothian

Scottish Parliament

East Lothian

List of places: UK; Scotland

56°03′25″N 2°39′54″W / 56.057°N 2.665°W / 56.057; -2.665

Canty Bay is a small inlet and coastal hamlet on the northern coast of East Lothian, Scotland.^[1] It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of North Berwick and is opposite the Bass Rock and Tantallon Castle. Other settlements nearby include Auldhame, Scoughall, Seacliff, and the Peffer Sands. Canty Bay means "bay of the little head" from the Gaelic ceanntan, diminutive of ceann.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

The William Edgar Evans Charitable Trust maintains a house and two cottages for use by Scout and Guide troops.^{[citation needed]}

Dolphins can be seen at Canty Bay and from the Scottish Seabird Centre.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ M., Munro, David (2006). Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes. Gittings, B. M. (Bruce M.), Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Glasgow: Collins. p. 105. ISBN 9780004724669. OCLC 225152110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Milne, John (1912). "Place names of East Lothian". Gaelic place names of the LothiNA. London, Edinburgh: McDougall's Educational Company. p. 11.