Sea Cliff Beach July 2024 mini 4 pro

Seacliff is a little known corner of East Lothian five miles east of North Berwick and immediately to the south-east of Tantallon Castle, of which it offers some of the finest views available. It comprises an estate including the sad ruin of a once great house; a beautiful beach looking north towards Bass Rock; a remarkable, tiny harbour; and the almost hidden ruins of a castle. Truly a wonderful slice of Undiscovered Scotland! You access Seacliff via a private road that heads east from the farmstead at Auldhame, which is on a sharp corner on the A198 half a mile or so south of the turning to the Tantallon Castle visitor centre. A little further on you are directed left, though a barrier that gives access, on payment of £3, onto a track that leads you down and along the rear of Seacliff Beach to the main parking area, a large grassy space just before the road turns away from the beach and back on itself. There's a smaller parking area beside the road as you descend towards the west end of the beach. A path from the main parking area leads you to the east end of the broad sweep of Seacliff beach. A broad sweep at low tide, anyway: much of the beach is covered at high tide. The rocks at the east end of the beach extend north to form the jagged St Baldred's Boat, whose presence is marked by a stone beacon surmounted by a cross. This is one of several local features named after St Baldred: another is a shallow cave behind the access track.