Dunbar

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Dunbar Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bàrr[1] Scots: Dunbaur
Dunbar Town House and mercat cross, Dunbar High Street
Dunbar Show map of East Lothian Dunbar Location within Scotland Show map of Scotland
Area	3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi) [2]
Population	10,270 (2022)[3]
• Density	3,412/km2 (8,840/sq mi)
OS grid reference	NT678789
• Edinburgh	26 mi (42 km)
• London	325 mi (523 km)
Council area	East Lothian Council
Lieutenancy area	East Lothian
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNBAR
Postcode district	EH42
Dialling code	01368
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Lothian East
Scottish Parliament	East Lothian
List of places UK Scotland 56°00′10″N 2°31′01″W / 56.002725°N 2.516901°W / 56.002725; -2.516901

Dunbar (/dʌnˈbɑːr/ ^ⓘ) is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately 30 miles (50 kilometres) east of Edinburgh and 30 mi (50 km) from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecclesiastical and civil parish. The parish extends around 7+3⁄4 miles (12 km) east to west and is 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) deep at its greatest extent, or 11+1⁄4 sq mi (29 km²), and contains the villages of West Barns, Belhaven, and East Barns (abandoned) and several hamlets and farms.

Dunbar has a harbour dating from 1574 and is home to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second-oldest RNLI station in Scotland. The Dunbar Primary School and Dunbar Grammar School opened in the 1950s and 1960s.^{[citation needed]}

Dunbar is the birthplace of the explorer, naturalist, and influential conservationist John Muir.^[4][5] The house in which Muir was born is located on the High Street, and has been converted into a museum. There is also a commemorative statue beside the town clock, and John Muir Country Park is located to the north-west of the town. The eastern section of the John Muir Way coastal path starts from the harbour. One of the two campuses to Dunbar Primary School: John Muir Campus, is named in his honour. A sculpture, The DunBear, the focal point of the DunBear Park mixed-use development, was erected as a tribute to John Muir and his role in the establishment of National Parks in the USA.