Drem

Drem
Old farm buildings and cottages brought back to life as expensive houses
Drem is located in East Lothian
Drem
Drem
Drem is located in Scotland
Drem
Drem
Location within Scotland
OS grid referenceNT510795
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTH BERWICK
Postcode districtEH39
Dialling code01620
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56°00′22″N 2°47′13″W / 56.006°N 2.787°W / 56.006; -2.787

Drem is a small village in East Lothian, Scotland.[1]

It is approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh and is close to Haddington (to the south), North Berwick (northeast), Dirleton (north) and Gullane (north west). It has a railway station on the Edinburgh to North Berwick line with hourly service between those points and occasional service to Glasgow. The station is the last before the single track North Berwick line branches off the East Coast Main Line.

Drem Cottages

During World War II, the former West Fenton Aerodrome (later Gullane Aerodrome) became RAF Drem and the Drem Lighting System was developed to assist Spitfire landing. The disused airfield buildings were used to construct component parts of the Forth Road Bridge.

Today some of the outbuildings have become part of the Fenton Barns retail and leisure village and are used as studios by local craftspeople, particularly furniture makers.

Chesters Hill Fort, one mile south of the village, is an example of an Iron Age fort.

See also

References

  1. ^ M., Munro, David (2006). Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes. Gittings, B. M. (Bruce M.), Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Glasgow: Collins. p. 162. ISBN 9780004724669. OCLC 225152110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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