Prestongrange Parish Church, Prestonpans

Name: Prestongrange Parish Church
Address: Prestonpans, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Prestonpans

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Prestongrange Parish Church, Prestonpans

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Prestongrange Parish Church is a Church of Scotland kirk situated in the small, former mining town of Prestonpans in East Lothian. The church was built in 1596, one of the first churches to be built in Scotland following the Scottish Reformation in 1560. In 1606, Prestonpans was created a parish in its own right following centuries of being part of the parish of Tranent. ()

Coordinates: 55°57'36"N, 2°58'54"W

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Prestonpans United Kingdom

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Prestongrange Parish Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum, Preston Tower, Tranent Parish Church, Bankton House.

0.7 miSW
Museum, Science museum
Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum, Prestonpans
18 min walk • Prestongrange Museum is an industrial heritage museum at Prestongrange between Musselburgh and Prestonpans on the B1348 on the East Lothian coast, Scotland. Founded as the original site of the National Mining Museum, its operation reverted to East Lothian Council Museum Service in 1992.
~1750 ftSE
Architecture, Sculpture, Forts and castles
Preston Tower, Prestonpans
9 min walk • Preston Tower is a ruined L-plan keep in the ancient Scottish village of Prestonpans. It is situated within a few metres of two other historic houses, Hamilton House and Northfield House.
1.2 miSE
Church
Tranent Parish Church, Tranent
30 min walk • Tranent Parish Church is a kirk belonging to the Church of Scotland. It is situated in the East Lothian town of Tranent 10 miles south-east of Edinburgh.
0.7 miSE
Museum, Park, Vernacular architecture
Bankton House, Prestonpans
17 min walk • Bankton House is a late 17th-century house situated south of Prestonpans in East Lothian, Scotland. The house is located between the A1 road and the East Coast Main Line railway at grid reference NT394736.
0.4 miS
Tower
Northfield House, Prestonpans
11 min walk • Northfield House is a seventeenth-century historic house at Preston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is situated very close to Hamilton House and Preston Tower, and one mile east to Prestongrange House and the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
1.1 miSW
Harbor
Morrison's Haven
29 min walk • Morrison's Haven is a harbour at Prestongrange, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1348, close to Levenhall Links, Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum, Prestonpans, and Prestongrange House. The name comes from the Morisons of Prestongrange.
1.5 miSE
Forts and castles, Restaurant
Tranent Tower, Edinburgh
39 min walk • Tranent Tower is a ruined L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century, in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland. The remains are protected as a scheduled monument.
0.9 miSW
Golf
Royal Musselburgh Golf Course
24 min walk • The Royal Musselburgh Golf Club is a golf club at Prestongrange House, Prestongrange near Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland, on the B1361. Between 1774 and 1926, the club was based at Levenhall Links, Musselburgh.
1.2 miNE
Town, Hotel
Cockenzie and Port Seton
30 min walk • Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665.
~1160 ftSW
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Pennypit Park, Prestonpans
6 min walk • Pennypit Park is a sports complex located in the town of Prestonpans, East Lothian in Scotland. It consists of two sports fields, one for association football and the other rugby union.

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Which popular attractions are close to Prestongrange Parish Church?

Nearby attractions include Preston Tower, Prestonpans (9 min walk), Northfield House, Prestonpans (11 min walk), Bankton House, Prestonpans (17 min walk), Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum, Prestonpans (18 min walk).