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East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas around Scotland, and the Lieutenancy Area. It borders a City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative capital is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh.

East Lothian is likewise the traditional county, also referred to as Haddingtonshire until 1921. When such, it borders Midlothian to the west, and Berwickshire to the south.

Towns and villages
Aberlady, Athelstaneford, Auldhame Ballencrieff, Bolton, Broxburn Cockenzie Dirleton, Dunbar, Drem East Fortune, East Saltoun, East Linton, Elphinstone Gifford, Gullane Haddington, Huntington, Humbie Kingston Longniddry Macmerry, Musselburgh North Berwick Ormiston Pencaitland, Port Seton, Prestonpans Tranent Wallyford, West Barns, Whitecraig

Places of interest
Aberlady Bay Bass Rock Dirleton Castle Gullane Bents Hopetoun Monument Lennoxlove historic house Longniddry Bents Museum of Flight, East Fortune Preston Mill Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick Tantallon Castle Chesters Hill Fort Torness Nuclear Power Station Traprain Law

Famous sons & daughters
Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister, 1902-1905. John Muir, father of the US National Parks.

Local media
East Lothian is served by deuce local paid-for every week newspapers, a East Lothian Courier & a East Lothian News. Two come officially published in Friday. But, the Messenger is usually delivered at least a day early (explorer, on the Thursday) & consequently refers to cases of the as punishment day it used to be that tense. To keep away from farther confusion it has a interesting habit of clarifying which day it means: the event took place in todays world (Friday) or there is the gala affair tomorrow (Saturday).

A Messenger, a right-selling of a deuce, began life when the Haddingtonshire Courier in 1859, presumably updating its title whenever a county changed its title within 1921. A personal business firm of D.J. Croal, depending inside Haddington, owned & operated a paper & 2 more titles around southern Scotland. Border Weeklies remained independent for lot of its history, however was bought per Dunfermline Click Class action around 2004. This resulted inside a vary of printers & format, moving from either the 'midi' size to a tabloid. A long-held boasting of existence "the only newspaper printed and published in East Lothian", which featured on the masthead, besides experienced to exist as dropped after printing moved from either Haddington to Cumbria (although editorial staff remain in Haddington). This necessitated an earliest deadline for readers' letters, although a newspaper was enhanced by owning a addition of colour exposure & text first (a exposure remain at a similar level of quality under the fresh regime). Regular features of a Messenger include court reports, web sites from either the major towns (Haddington, North Berwick, Tranent, Dunbar and Musselburgh), a around-higher of village activities, & coverage of local amateur sport.

A East Lothian News was foremost published around 1972, as a share of Scottish County Click class action, by using editorial agents within Dalkeith and printing at Bonnyrigg (both around Midlothian). SCP was acquired by Regional Independent Media within 2000, which was in turn bought by Johnston Press in 2002. A News is besides around tabloid format, and has utilized colour pic for numerous years. The content is typically super similar to the Messenger, typically including monovular readers' letters, & covering a equivalent local cases.

East Lothian Life occurs as quarterly glossy magazine, sold by subscription & inside newsstand operator, and by an independent PR company based inside Dunbar. The content is in the main modus vivendi features related to the county, including articles in local businesses & attractions, profiles of large population, activities like sport and walking in the area, and historical pieces.