Local Information
Oldhamstocks is a small, very quiet village up in the hills.
But we are only a few miles from some really good facilities
and services. You'll definitely need a car (or be a very keen
cyclist!) whilst you are staying here in order to reach any
of these places for shopping and so forth.
Of course, in the case of real emergencies, we can always help you out.
Local villages and towns
- Place: Cockburnspath
- Distance: 2 miles
- Map: Click
here for a map
- Facilities: Well-stocked village shop and Post Office
- Shop open: Monday - Saturday 7.30am to 6pm. Sunday 8.30 to
1pm.
- Post Office open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9am
to 12 noon, 1pm to 3pm; Thursday 9am to 12 noon; Saturday
9am to 12 noon
- Telephone: + 44 (0)1368 830373
- Place: Dunbar
- Distance: 6 miles
- Map: Click
here for a map
- Facilities: Co-operative (supermarket), Somerfield's (supermarket),
public library, police station, doctor's surgery, a small
cottage hospital, vet, pet shop, pharmacy / chemist, delicatessen,
surfing shops, a great fruit and vegetable shop selling
local produce (the Crunchy Carrot), and fresh fishmonger.
- Open: generally Monday - Saturday 9am to 5pm; petrol station
7am to 9pm. Sunday - only supermarkets 9am to 4pm; petrol
station 9am to 9pm. There is early closing on a Wednesday,
although about 60% of the shops remain open.
- Place: East Linton
- Distance: 13 miles
- Map: Click
here for a map
- Facilities: Well-stocked mini supermarket and Post Office,
a working farm selling all manner of fresh local produce
(Knowes Farm Shop), a fine pub (The Drovers Inn - meals
available) and a fabulous butcher (Anderson's), reputedly
the best in East Lothian. Now by-passed by the A1, East
Linton is a small market town still demonstrating all the
best traditions of what life used to be like around here.
- Open: generally Monday - Saturday 9am to 5pm. Sunday - mini
supermarket only (reduced hours).
- Place: Duns
- Distance: 15 miles
- Map: Click
here for a map
- Facilities: A traditional, pleasant, quiet rural Borders
market town with all the shops and facilities you'll need
to survive. Petrol, Banks, bakers, butchers - yes. Nightclubs,
Michelin starred restaurants, high fashion, café
society - no!
- Open: generally Monday - Saturday 9am to 5pm. Petrol station
7.30am to 6pm. Sunday - petrol station 10am to 4pm, baker
and supermarket (reduced hours).
- Place: Haddington
- Distance: 18 miles
- Map: Click
here for a map
- Facilities: This is the County Town of East Lothian and is
the main local centre for all shopping and most other facilities.
If there's anything you need that, for some reason, you
can't find in Haddington, then Edinburgh is your next stop
(a further 20 minutes). The main draw is the full scale
Tesco's supermarket, which sells pretty much everything
in the food and drink department. In addition, the high
street has all the other usual trades (Petrol, Banks, doctors
(and a small hospital), saddlers, bicycles, outdoor and
walking clothes etc).
- Open: generally Monday - Saturday 9am to 5pm; Tesco - Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday 8am to 8pm; Tesco - Thursday and Friday
8am to 9pm; Tesco - Saturday 8am to 7pm; Tesco - Sunday
9am to 6pm. Petrol station 8am to 6pm. Sunday - various
small shops (reduced hours). Telephone: Tesco + 44 (0)1620
644400
- Place: Berwick upon
Tweed
- Distance: 23 miles
- Map: Click
here for a map
- Facilities: England's northernmost East coast outpost and
frontier town, Berwick is substantially bigger than all
the other places mentioned above. Berwick is the main local
railway stop for reaching Oldhamstocks from the South (if
your train doesn't stop at Dunbar, which many don't) and
has the full range of shops and tourist information facilities
that you'd expect from a principal regional capital. There
is also a Morrisons supermarket (with petrol station, cash
point etc) right on the A1, making this the perfect stocking-up
spot if you're driving up to Oldhamstocks from the South.
- Open: generally Monday - Saturday 9 to 5; Morrisons Monday
- Wednesday 8.30am to 8pm; Morrisons Thursday - Friday 8.30am
to 9pm; Morrisons Saturday 8am to 8pm; Morrisons Sunday
10am to 4pm. Petrol station Monday - Saturday 7am to 10pm;
Sunday 9am to 6pm. Sunday - various shops open (reduced
hours). Telephone: Morrisons + 44 (0)1289 302200
Tourist Information offices
- Dunbar and North Berwick: + 44 (0)1620 829197
- Berwick upon Tweed: + 44 (0)1289 330733
Doctor
- Dunbar: + 44 (0)1368 863226
- NHS Direct: + 44 (0)8454 242424
Dentist
- Dunbar: + 44 (0)1368 862223 or 862381
Pharmacy / Chemist
- Dunbar: + 44 (0)1368 863727 or 862305
- Haddington: (Tesco) + 44 (0)1620 644400
Hospitals
- Dunbar: + 44 (0)1368 862246 (Cottage Hospital), 6 miles
- Haddington: + 44 (0)131 536 8300 (Roodlans Hospital), 18
miles
- Edinburgh: + 44 (0)131 536 1000 (Royal Infirmary), 35 miles
- Edinburgh: + 44 (0)131 668 4949 (Sick Kids' Hospital), 35
miles
- Edinburgh: + 44 (0)131 537 1000 (Western General Hospital),
35 miles
- Berwick upon Tweed: + 44 (0)1289 356600 (Berwick Infirmary),
23 miles
- Melrose: + 44 (0)1896 826000 (Borders General Hospital),
39 miles
Garage mechanics
- Cockburnspath Garage: + 44 (0)1368 830400
- J & A Coachworks, Dunbar: + 44 (0)1368 863418
- DM Conversions, Dunbar: + 44 (0)1368 862604
Pubs
- Garvald Inn, Garvald: + 44 (0)1620 830311
- The Drovers Inn, East Linton: + 44 (0)1620 860293
- The Rocks Hotel, Dunbar: + 44 (0)1368 862287
- The Craw Inn, Auchencraw: + 44 (0)18907 61253
Contact us: olivia@oldhamstockscottage.com
|

|