Canty Bay

Canty Bay is a small inlet and coastal hamlet on the northern coast of East Lothian, Scotland.[1] It is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of North Berwick and is opposite the Bass Rock and Tantallon Castle. Other settlements nearby include Auldhame, Scoughall, Seacliff, and the Peffer Sands. Canty Bay means "bay of the little head" from the Gaelic ceanntan, diminutive of ceann.[2]

Canty Bay
The hamlet of Canty Bay
Canty Bay Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NT585850
Civil parish	North Berwick
Council area	East Lothian Council
Lieutenancy area	East Lothian
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTH BERWICK
Postcode district	EH39
Dialling code	01620
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	East Lothian
Scottish Parliament	East Lothian

The Glen Golf Club is close to its western side, and to the east there are high coastal cliffs. There are two beaches separated by a rocky headland. The western beach is uninhabited and accessible by two paths that descend the grass-covered cliffs from the eastern end of the Glen golf course. The eastern beach is by the hamlet.

This former fishing hamlet has been immortalised by William McGonagall in his poem Beautiful North Berwick and its surroundings.^{[citation needed]} The Canty Bay Inn offered hospitality to the tourists who came to see the Bass Rock. The tenant of the Rock was usually also the innkeeper.^{[citation needed]}

The William Edgar Evans Charitable Trust maintains a house and two cottages for use by Scout and Guide troops.^{[citation needed]}

Dolphins can be seen at Canty Bay and from the Scottish Seabird Centre.^{[citation needed]}