Macmerry Scottish Gaelic: Magh Mhoire
Main Road, A199, Macmerry
Macmerry Location within East Lothian
Population	1,430 (2020)[1]
OS grid reference	NT434723
Civil parish	Gladsmuir Pencaitland
Council area	East Lothian
Lieutenancy area	East Lothian
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TRANENT
Postcode district	EH33
Dialling code	01875
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	East Lothian
Scottish Parliament	East Lothian
List of places UK Scotland 55°56′28″N 2°54′22″W / 55.941°N 2.906°W / 55.941; -2.906

Macmerry is a village located on the old A1 (now renumbered the A199) just east of Tranent.

The village has a primary school with a roll of around 100.

There is an industrial estate to the east of the town. Originally this area was part of the RAF Macmerry, also known as Penston, which closed in 1953.

There was a railway branch line until 1960 which served the local coal mines.

Transport

Macmerry has two major bus networks Prentice Coaches and Lothian Buses

Prentice 108 serve the village town towards either Haddington or Fort Kinnaird

Lothian Buses service 104 which is owned by Lothian Country Buses serves the area and continue on towards Gladsmuir and then Haddington. Macmerry is in Zone C of Lothian Country Buses fare zone map, alongside Gladsmuir, Ormiston and Pencaitland.

See also

• List of places in East Lothian
• List of places in Scotland

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macmerry.

• Census data 2001
• Macmerry Branch of the North British Railway

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