Editing Dunbar (section)

{{Short description|Town in East Lothian, Scotland}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Dunbar
|gaelic_name = Dùn Bàrr<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/dunbar/ |title=''na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland'' |access-date=12 October 2017 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012201356/https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/dunbar/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|scots_name = Dunbaur
|static_image_name = Tolbooth, Dunbar High Street.JPG
|static_image_width = 280
|static_image_caption = [[Dunbar Town House]] and [[mercat cross]], Dunbar High Street
|country = Scotland
|area_total_km2 = 3.01
|area_footnotes =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-scotland.php?cityid=S19000831 |title=Dunbar (East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |publisher=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref>
 |population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Dunbar}}
 |population_ref = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
|os_grid_reference = NT678789
|coordinates = {{Coord|56.002725|-2.516901|region:GB-ELN_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|pushpin_map = Scotland East Lothian
|unitary_scotland = [[East Lothian Council]]
|lieutenancy_scotland = [[East Lothian]]
|constituency_westminster = [[Lothian East (UK Parliament constituency)|Lothian East]]
|constituency_scottish_parliament = [[East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]]
|historic_county=
|post_town = DUNBAR
|postcode_district = EH42
|postcode_area = EH
|dial_code = 01368
|edinburgh_distance_mi = 26
|london_distance_mi = 325
}}

'''Dunbar''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ʌ|n|ˈ|b|ɑːr|audio=Dunbar.ogg}}) is a town on the [[North Sea]] coast in [[East Lothian]] in the south-east of [[Scotland]], approximately {{convert|30|mi|km|-1|abbr=off}} east of [[Edinburgh]] and {{convert|30|mi|km|-1|abbr=on}} from the [[Anglo–Scottish border|English border]] north of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]].

Dunbar is a former [[royal burgh]], and gave its name to an ecclesiastical and [[Civil parishes in Scotland|civil parish]]. The parish extends around {{convert|7+3/4|mi|km|0}} east to west and is {{convert|3+1/2|mi|km|0}} deep at its greatest extent, or {{convert|11+1/4|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|0}}, and contains the villages of [[West Barns]], [[Belhaven, Scotland|Belhaven]], and East Barns (abandoned) and several hamlets and farms.

Dunbar has a [[Dunbar Harbour|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|date=December 2023}}

Dunbar is the birthplace of the explorer, naturalist, and influential conservationist [[John Muir]].{{sfn|Muir|1916}}{{sfn|Wolfe|2003}} [[John Muir's Birthplace|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 of 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.