Musselburgh Library

The library sits right in Musselburgh town centre, a proper working library that actually serves the community rather than existing as some tourist attraction. You'll find the usual suspects - books, computers, a quiet reading room - but what makes it worth a visit if you're staying nearby is that it's genuinely useful. The staff are helpful if you need directions or local information, and there's usually a decent collection of Scottish history titles if you're into that sort of thing.

It's not somewhere you'd plan a trip around, but if you're based at Drummohr Camping or Haven Seton Sands and the weather's turned properly dour, it's a decent shelter for an hour. Families with younger kids might appreciate the children's section on a rainy morning. The opening hours are a bit fragmented - closed Wednesday afternoons and all day Sunday - so check before you head in. Free to enter, which helps.

The real value here is as a place to kill time between outdoor activities rather than a destination in itself. Musselburgh's got enough going on around it that you won't need to spend long in the library unless you're a proper book person. Pop in, have a browse, grab some local knowledge from the bulletin board, then get back out into East Lothian. The town itself has shops and the river walk, so you can make an afternoon of it.