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Belhaven Brewery Dunbar Only 15 minutes drive away from Aberlady, Belhaven Brewery is the largest regional brewer in Scotland. The brewery itself dates back to 1719 making it Scotland’s oldest surviving brewery. Guided tours are available, but booking well in advance is essential. Link: www.belhaven.co.uk Glenkinchie Distillery Pencaitland, Tranent Tel: 01875 342004 Home of ‘The Edinburgh Malt’ is located in the farmlands of East Lothian, Pencaitland and has an excellent exhibition inside the listed red brick buildings. The exhibition is situated on the Old Malting Floors where you will be met by your guide and taken on a tour around the distillery, followed by a dram of Glenkinchie 12 year old Single Malt Whisky. Booking well in advance for tours is advisable to avoid disappointment. Link: http://www.discovering-distilleries.com/glenkinchie Butterfly and Insect World Edinburgh, Dalkeith Tel: 0131 663 4932 Open all Year. An indoor tropical jungle inhabited by thousands of the world’s most beautiful butterflies. Watch them as they fly around, feeding on the tropical flowers. The bugs and beasties exhibition features a huge collection of live creepy crawlies, snakes, frogs and lizards. It is also possible to handle some of the more friendly ones at the daily ‘meet the beasties’ sessions. Brunton Theatre Musselburgh Tel: 0131 665 9900 Boxoffice: 0131 665 2240 Brunton Theatre offers the best in quality music, theatre, dance and film all year round. With shows suitable for all the family and a classical music and dance programme it is the ideal venue to experience productions for a range of tastes. Link: http://www.bruntontheatre.co.uk/ Dirleton Gallery Dirleton Tel: 01620 850528 A newly opened Local Art and Craft Gallery in the nearby quaint village of Dirleton, that is Situated on the John Muir Way, a pleasant walk to the beach at Yellowcraigs. Peter Potter Gallery 10 The Sands , Haddington Tel 01620 822080 With a coffee shop upstairs overlooking the River Tyne this gallery exhibits largely Scottish artists work but also other crafts ranging from ceramics to prints Westgate Gallery 39-41 Westgate, North Berwick Tel 01620 894976 This gallery exhibits an impressive selection of items by leading artists. In particular golf prints and local landscape paintings are work to be looked out for. Link: www.westgategallery.co.uk Musselburgh Racecourse Musselburgh Tel: 0131 665 2859. Horseracing is great fun for everyone, including all the family. If you have never been before the staff are there to help make the most of your day and every customer receives a free guide to the day’s racing. The racecourse hosts special racedays such as Ladies Day, themed evenings with live music and children’s entertainments on family days. Link: http://www.musselburgh-racecourse.co.uk Deep Sea World North Queensferry Fife Tel: 01383 411 880 About 20 mintues drive from Edinburgh over the Forth Road Bridge, Deep Sea World is well worth the longer drive. You can experience an underwater safari with the Uk’s longest underwater viewing tunnel, sharks, coral reefs and an outdoor seal sanctuary. Link: http://www.deepseaworld.com Our Dynamic Earth Holyrood Road Edinburgh Tel: 0131 550 7800 A journey through Our Dynamic Earth is exciting, fun and engaging. Whether coming face to face with an extinct dinosaur, feeling the sticky heat of a tropical rainforest or flying over glaciers in prehistoric Scotland, Our Dynamic Earth presents all aspects of the planet we live. The centre even has a real ice berg too, sitting beneath the magical Aurora Borealis! Link: http://www.dynamicearth.co.uk |
