Swimming spots near Haddington
25 swimming spots within 30 km of Haddington, 25 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Nearest first — the closest is Longniddry, about 8 km away.
7 carrying a caution. 18 with no current pollution alert. 9 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Longniddry8.5 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Seton Sands9.0 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Gullane10.2 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Broad Sands12.0 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- North Berwick (West)12.1 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Yellow Craig12.2 km from HaddingtonCaution
- North Berwick (Milsey Bay)12.4 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Seacliff14.0 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Dunbar (Belhaven)15.0 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Dunbar (East)17.5 km from HaddingtonCaution
- Fisherrow Sands18.2 km from HaddingtonCaution
- Whitesands20.0 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Portobello (Central)20.1 km from HaddingtonCaution
- Portobello (West)21.1 km from HaddingtonCaution
- Thorntonloch23.9 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Elie (Ruby Bay)25.7 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry26.0 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Wardie Bay27.4 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Kinghorn (Harbour Beach)27.4 km from HaddingtonCaution
- Kinghorn (Pettycur)27.8 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Pease Bay27.9 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Kirkcaldy (Seafield)28.1 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Anstruther (Billow Ness)29.5 km from HaddingtonGood to go
- Burntisland29.7 km from HaddingtonCaution
- Leven29.9 km from HaddingtonGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Haddington?
- 25 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Haddington, spread across 1 area. This page lists them by distance from the town rather than by county, because a boundary is not what decides where you drive.
- What is the nearest beach to Haddington?
- Longniddry in Scotland, about 8 km away. It is the closest of the 25 listed here; the next few are within a short drive and each shows its current status, so the nearest is not always the one to pick.
- Is the water clean near Haddington?
- 25 of these 25 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Monitoring covers bacterial quality only — it says nothing about tides, currents, swell or cold-water shock, and nothing here is a clearance to swim.
- Which spots near Haddington have the best water quality?
- 9 of them hold Excellent, the top classification under the EU Bathing Water Directive, based on bacterial samples across the previous four bathing seasons. That describes a four-year record rather than the water today — each spot page shows both.
- Can you swim near Haddington right now?
- 7 of the 25 are currently flagged, and 18 have no current pollution alert. These change day to day, so check the individual spot before you travel.