With the days getting longer and spring finally here, our thoughts are naturally beginning to turn to day trips away from the city and one coastal town not too far from Edinburgh will definitely make the grade.
North Berwick, which lies under an hour's drive from the capital, has been ranked the fifth top in a list of Britain’s 20 best and worst seaside towns.
The seaside town is popular with scores of visitors, with its stretches of golden sand beaches, impressive sand dunes, the welcoming town itself and its quaint parks and top restaurants, cafes and pubs.