Prestonpans General

Websites

www.prestonpans.com
www.prestoungrange.org
JohnKWilson's web page

Photographs

Take a look at some photographs of Prestonpans - here (Edinburgh University pages) and our own snaps here

Governance

County: East Lothian
Council: East Lothian Council
The area is divided into two electoral wards: Ward 7 Prestonpans West and Ward 8 Prestonpans East.
Police Area: Lothian & Borders (E Division)
Police Station: Prestonpans Police Station, 3 New Street, Prestonpans, EH32 9JN. Tel: 01875 810250

Transport

The town is served by FirstBus (129, X29, 128, 124, X5 & 66) and LothianBuses (26, X26, N26).

It has its own train station from which FirstScotrail's Edinburgh - North Berwick service runs (Edinburgh Waverley, Musselburgh, Wallyford, Prestonpans, Longniddry, Drem, North Berwick). High Speed Edinburgh to London trains pass through the station - stand clear!

Our nearest airport is Edinburgh (15 miles to the west) and nearest passenger ferry port is at Rosyth over the Forth Bridge (approximately 19 miles) from where you can travel to Zeebrugge with Superfast.

Publications

East Lothian News (Thursdays)
East Lothian Courier (Thursdays)
East Lothian Life (quarterly)
Prestoungrange History Series - covering brewing, pottery, geology, agriculture and much more can be purchased at the Prestoungrange Gothenburg or at Prestongrange Industrial Museum shop and bought/viewed online at www.prestoungrange.org - the same website where you can read Brushstrokes/Gothenburg News (the newsletter of the Prestoungrange Arts Festival Society).

The local library stocks and sells a number of publications about Prestonpans and its history including "East Lothian 1945 - 2000 Fourth Statistical Account Volume Two", edited by Sonia Baker.