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Gullane
Gullane is a community on the southerly shore of the Firth of Forth in East Lothian on the east shore of Scotland. There has actually been a church in the town since the ninth century. The ruins of the Old Church of St. Andrew constructed in the twelfth century can still be seen at the western entrance to the village; the church was abandoned after a collection of sandstorms made it unusable, and Dirleton Parish Church took its area. Gullane Bents, the town's prize-winning coastline, is backed by big dune that in the last few years have actually come to be rather overgrown by intrusive shrubs like sea-buckthorn. Gullane becomes part of the John Muir Way, a long-distance path along the coastline between Musselburgh and Dunglass. The neighborhood population consists of a greater than ordinary percentage of senior individuals, however also brings in young households and travelers for Edinburgh. Urbanisation has resulted in some current housing developments being approved on greenbelt land around the town, and also Gullane is gaining popularity as a traveler village for neighboring Edinburgh (twenty two miles away), in spite of the bad transportation to the town. Services consist of the town hall and also a selection of shops consisting of a chip shop. There is a primary school, and neighborhood youngsters go to high school five miles away in North Berwick. The Scottish Fire Solution College was situated on Gullane's Main Street.
