Seacliff Harbour - The UK's smallest harbour
Seacliff Harbour is the UK's smallest harbour and is situated along the Scottish Coast east of Edinburgh and just east of North Berwick. A popular local beach destination. The harbour was cut out of the rock in 1850 using a steam engine and high pressure water.
Over the years it has been used for the navy as a staging area and U-boat defence, during the Napoleonic wars it hosted the beach hosted a base to protect against possible French invasion..
..but now its a staging area for divers to go diving in local waters and to train. Oh, how times have changed!
You can see its a pretty tiny place, not much room for too many boats (more than 2).
Just off the beach out to sea you also have the famous (at least locally famous) Bass Rock. Its a bird sanctuary and it looks like its permanently covered in snow. Well it's not snow, there are so many birds they have literally covered the island in bird poop.
The coastline here is beautiful and its a popular destination even just for a day trip as right next to the harbour is a wonderful private beach (private just means you have to pay a £1 to get past a barrier.
Once past the barrier there is a field where you can park your car for the day (though you want to go early because it gets busy). The place belongs to a family that owns the surrounding estate and farm land which they still actively farm.
Fun fact:The family that owns this land is related to the author Robert Louis Stevenson. Most well known for his book 'Treasure Island'. If you ever are in need of a place for a beach bbq laced with a little literary history, this is the place to be.
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I like this post do you take pictures yourself!?
Thanks! I did indeed :)
What a cool place wonder how long it took them to carve out the harbor
Awesome views
I have no idea, I don't think it took them that long as the stone is a kind of sand stone so it carves easy.. Less than a year I would guess.
ok interesting and not as hard as I imagined
Neat pix bro. What does it fit like 4 boats tops?
yeah, but if you put 4 boats in there wouldn't be enough room for any of them to get out :) The most I have ever seen in there has been 2.
Well how deep is it? Gotta be somewhat down if it can fit subs
Oh it does not fit subs. The boat you see in the pictures can probably fit 6 people max. Its a tiny harbour. In terms of depth it depends on the tide, but probably not deeper than 20ft.
Oh snap, the bird's eye makes it look way bigger than it really is!
oh yeah it's deceptive :)
Fantastic shots. Do you do drone photography, or were you in a helicopter? I had never heard of Seacliff Harbour till now, amazingly enough! Funny you should mention snow on the island. On our local pier here there is a sign that says to watch out for seagull snow. :-)
Thanks! I was using a drone. Seacliff is one of those places that has for years been a bit of a secret beach that only a few people knew about.. then after facebook came a long more and more people started to hear about it. Seagull snow lol!
Scotland still has a lot of hidden gems for its small size!
oh absolutely :)
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nice picture friend , good luck
Thanks!
great view photograph with great info
Thanks :)