The South side houses a continuous line of various façades, only interrupted by a few alleyways. The town cross with a drawing of the Haddington Goat is a replica from the 19C. In the same style, Lodge Street contains contrasting architectural styl..

First built around 1345, this castle was bought by the Duke of Hamilton in 1946, and today houses the treasures of Hamilton Palace . Inside, the portraits bring this old building back to life. Note the porcelain room (18C-20C heraldic examples), t..

Leading to the western part of the port, this tree-lined street is home to a number of private houses such as the 18C Bank of Scotland building. Opposite stands the Corn Exchange , dating back to 1854, and the Council buildings designed by Willi..

This narrow street is an extension of High Street, and is made up of contrasting styles. Carlyle House - an unusual name for an Italian palace stuffed with ornaments - has an 18C style façade that contrasts with the house next door that is in a loc..

William Adam (1748) gave a solemn dignity to this building, with pediment and pillars framing a Venetian window. Such extravagance shows how this town prospered under the agricultural revolution. The pinnacle was added in 1831.

Three or four-storey buildings (late 18C / early 19C) close off the third side of a triangle that initially housed the market of this royal town. A charming group of buildings that is typical of local architecture, Mitchell's Close (renovated in 19..

Kinloch House , with its Dutch-style gable, is typical of 18C landowners' houses. Standing opposite the George Hotel, the Custom Cross marks the spot where taxes were collected during the Middle Ages.

The most remarkable building here is Haddington House (early 17C). The street-side entrance is a late addition: initially, it was under the tower staircase, on the garden side. St Mary's Pleasance recreates a traditional 17C Scottish garden.

On this street stands a charming three-storey building, the old Grammar School and library, which allies the rigour of the Georgian style and the softness of rubble work with the quality of its decorative motifs. Opposite, the church occupies the..

Late 14C / early 15C church that, after numerous floods and disasters, deteriorated to the point that under the Restoration, it was no longer used as a place of worship. The nave was completely changed in the 19C, and then the choir from 1971 to 1973..

Restored and turned into an art centre, this 18C mill still contains its little waterwheel. The mill and its warehouses, barns and millers' houses are all built with fine biscuit-coloured stone.

This walled garden contains a cylindrical dovecote (now a performance centre). In the Middle Ages, this was a training ground for archers as well as a bowling ground.

Church Street leads to the banks of the river where the very solid 16C Nungate Bridge stands, with its crown cut-waters, offers a fine view upstream towards St Mary's Church. The other bank was once occupied by a Cistercian abbey that the church wa..