Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry
Ward in East Lothian, Scotland
| Coordinates: | 55.932, -2.951 |
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| OS grid ref: | NT 40 71 |
| Dialling code: | 01875 (Tranent) |
The cluster of Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry sits in coastal East Lothian, Scotland, just a few miles east of Edinburgh and close to Musselburgh. It’s a mixed area of a traditional market and former mining town, small commuter villages and an industrial estate, with easy road and rail links that make it popular with people working in the city while retaining a semi-rural feel.
Tranent has a strong mining heritage and is historically notable for late-18th-century unrest linked to anti-conscription protests, giving the town a distinct local identity and community traditions. Wallyford has grown as a commuter settlement with good rail services and recent housing development, while Macmerry is more industrial in character, occupying land shaped by former coal workings and the nearby wartime aerodrome, so the whole area blends historic roots with contemporary suburban and light-industrial life.
Postcode districts covering Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry
Most populated places nearby
- Edinburgh 10.3 miles
- Livingston 22.8 miles
- Dunfermline 21.2 miles
- Kirkcaldy and Dysart 14.9 miles
- Glenrothes 20.3 miles
- Musselburgh 3.8 miles
- Bonnyrigg 7.4 miles
- Penicuik 12.3 miles
- Broxburn 20.5 miles
- Rosyth 19.8 miles
- Mayfield 5.9 miles
- Dalkeith 5.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tranent Place 0.8 miles
- Elphinstone Place 0.8 miles
- Ormiston Place 1.4 miles
- Prestonpans Place 2.1 miles
- Macmerry Place 2.1 miles
- Wallyford Place 2.4 miles
- Preston, Seton and Gosford Ward 2.5 miles
- Cockenzie Place 2.6 miles
- Pencaitland Place 2.8 miles
- Whitecraig Place 3.4 miles
- Longniddry Place 3.6 miles
- Musselburgh Place 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry
EH33 2BJ, EH33 1JA, EH33 1JH, EH33 1NJ, EH33 1PJ, EH33 2QN, EH33 1QL, EH21 8QF, EH33 2BN … See all
Transport links
- Edinburgh Airport 16.4 miles
- Glasgow International Airport 57.6 miles
- Prestonpans Railway Station 1.8 miles
- Wallyford Railway Station 2.6 miles
Hotels in Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry Ad
Schools in Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry
- Macmerry Primary School Primary
- Rosehill High School Secondary
- Ross High School Secondary
- Sanderson's Wynd Primary School Primary
- St Martin's RC Primary School Primary
- Wallyford Primary School Primary
- Windygoul Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Musselburgh Racecourse Recreation 3.6 miles
- Oxenfoord Castle Estate 4.5 miles
- Gosford House Estate 4.8 miles
- Dalkeith House Estate 5 miles
- Newhailes Country house 5 miles
- Dalkeith Palace Historic site 5 miles
- Newbattle Abbey Historic site 5.6 miles
- Newbattle Abbey College 5.7 miles
- Melville Castle Historic site 6 miles
- Portobello Beach Beach 6.4 miles
- Scottish Mining Museum Museum 6.6 miles
- West Wood Forest 7 miles