Welcome to Visit Tranent Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tranent
Visit Tranent places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Tranent places to visit. A unique way to experience Tranent’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Tranent as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Tranent Walkfo Preview Tranent is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Edinburgh. It is one of the oldest towns in East Lothian, and built on a gentle slope, about 90 metres (300 ft) above sea level. The population of the town is approximately 12,140, an increase of 4,000 since 2001. When you visit Tranent, Walkfo brings Tranent places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Tranent Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tranent
Visit Tranent – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 38 audio plaques & Tranent places for you to explore in the Tranent area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Tranent places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Tranent history
The name is thought to be of Brythonic origin, possibly containing the elements Tre and Nant, meaning town over the stream Travernant. Tranent was once an important mining town, and coal was first worked there in the thirteenth century. The town possesses the oldest coal-mining charter (1202–1218) in Great Britain.
Industry
Coal was first mined in Tranent Parish when Robert de Quincy granted rights in the early-thirteenth century to the monks of Newbattle to mine at Prestoungrange. Longniddry, St. Germains, Fa’side, Ormiston and Elphinstone had their collieries and for the next 750 years, the industry prospered. The last large deep mine closed in 1961, then in 2000, the opencast mine at Blindwells closed.
Why visit Tranent with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Tranent places with Walkfo Tranent to hear history at Tranent’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tranent has 38 places to visit in our interactive Tranent map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tranent, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tranent places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tranent & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 38 audio facts unique to Tranent places in an interactive Tranent map you can explore.”
Walkfo Tranent tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Tranent
Best Tranent places to visit
Tranent has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tranent’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tranent’s information audio spots:
Cockenzie power station Cockenzie power station was a coal-fired power station in East Lothian, Scotland. It was situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, near the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, 8 mi (13 km) east of Edinburgh. The station dominated the local coastline with its distinctive twin chimneys from 1967 until the chimneys’ demolition in September 2015.
Seton Castle Seton Castle is an 18th-century Georgian castle in East Lothian, Scotland. The castle was Robert Adam’s final project in Scotland.
Seton Palace Seton Palace was situated in East Lothian, a few miles south-east of Edinburgh. The palace was erected in the 15th century by George, 4th Lord Seton. It was a popular retreat for Mary, Queen of Scots, who spent honeymoon there in 1565.
Seton Mains Halt railway station Seton Mains Halt was a railway halt of the North British Railway. It was located opposite Seton Gardens/Entrance to Seton Castle. The signal box and halt have been demolished.
Prestongrange Parish Church Prestongrange Parish Church is a Church of Scotland kirk situated in the small, former mining town of Prestonpans in East Lothian. The church was built in 1596, one of the first churches to be built in Scotland following the Scottish Reformation in 1560. In 1606, the town was created a parish in its own right following centuries of being part of the parish of Tranent.
Preston Tower, East Lothian Preston Tower is a ruined L-plan keep in the ancient Scottish village of Prestonpans. It is situated within a few metres of two other historic houses, Hamilton House and Northfield House.
Northfield House, East Lothian Northfield House is a seventeenth-century historic house at Preston, East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated very close to Hamilton House and Preston Tower, and one mile east to Prestongrange House and the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
Tranent Parish Church Tranent Parish Church is a kirk belonging to the Church of Scotland. It is situated in the East Lothian town of Tranent 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Edinburgh.
Tranent Tower Tranent Tower is a ruined L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century. The remains are protected as a scheduled monument.
Prestongrange House Prestongrange House is situated near to two other historic houses, Hamilton House and Northfield House. The house is set in a thickly wooded park and is in the Scottish baronial style. It is now the site of Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
Visit Tranent plaques
0 plaques hereTranent has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Tranent plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Tranent using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Tranent plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Tranent audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Tranent allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Tranent’s 38 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Tranent freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Tranent Map App
Our visit Tranent map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Tranent & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Tranent tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Tranent centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Tranent area at LONG:-2.954, LAT:55.945.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Tranent, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Tranent / surrounding areas
● Cockenzie and Port Seton ● Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway ● Prestonpans ● Seton Collegiate Church ● Seton Castle ● Seton Palace ● Battle of Prestonpans ● Prestongrange Parish Church ● Blindwells ● Preston Tower, East Lothian ● Bankton House ● Preston, Prestonpans ● Hamilton House, East Lothian ● Seton Sands ● Northfield House, East Lothian ● Tranent Parish Church ● Tranent ● Tranent Tower ● Radio Saltire ● Tranent Juniors F.C. ● Wallyford ● Morrison’s Haven ● Prestongrange House ● Royal Musselburgh Golf Club ● Prestongrange ● Fa’side Castle ● Massacre of Tranent ● Elphinstone Research Centre ● Hibernian Training Centre ● Macmerry
● Elphinstone, East Lothian ● Ormiston ● RAF Macmerry ● Elphinstone Tower (East Lothian) ● Ding Dong tree ● Prestonpans Town Hall
Getting to / around Tranent – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Tranent using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Tranent places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Tranent Public Transport Stations
Tranent Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Cockenzie power station
Seton Mains Halt railway station
Prestonpans railway station
Wallyford railway station
Macmerry railway station
Ormiston railway station, Scotland
Pencaitland railway station
Winton railway station, Scotland
Roads
The A199 road runs through the town westbound to Edinburgh and eastbound to Macmerry. The A1 road also runs by the town with a junction at the north of the town.
Public transport
Most bus services in the town are operated by Transport For Edinburgh. Lothian Buses and East Coast Buses provide services: 26 Clerwood – Edinburgh Zoo – Haymarket – Princes Street – Portobello – Eastfield – Musselburgh – Prestonpans – Tranent. The town is also served by Prentice, a bus & coach company based in Haddington.
Local Tranent historians & Tranent tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Tranent? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Tranent’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Tranent place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Tranent Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Tranent destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Tranent’ web pages (for example: www.visitTranent.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Tranent places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Tranent places to visit. A unique way to experience Tranent’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Tranent as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Tranent places with Walkfo Tranent to hear history at Tranent’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tranent has 38 places to visit in our interactive Tranent map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tranent, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tranent places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tranent & the surrounding areas.
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