Skateraw Airfield Memorial

A quiet corner of farmland near Dunbar holds something that stops you in your tracks. Skateraw Airfield Memorial marks the site of a World War II RAF station, now just fields and sky where bombers once lined the tarmac. What remains is a simple stone monument and the ghost of the place itself - you can walk the overgrown perimeter and feel the weight of what happened here.

It's not flashy. There are no visitor facilities, no café, no gift shop. You turn up, find the memorial among the grass, and stand there thinking about the crews who flew from this runway. History buffs and anyone with a serious interest in wartime aviation will get genuine value from it. Families with young kids might find it a bit abstract - there's not much to do except read the inscription and absorb the atmosphere. Walkers heading out from Dunbar, though, will find it rewarding on a longer ramble across the Lothian countryside.

Allow maybe 20 minutes unless you're keen to explore the wider airfield perimeter. Access appears to be free and unrestricted, though it's worth checking locally before you go. The Belhaven Bay Caravan Park, just five miles away, makes a sensible base if you're spending time in East Lothian. Pair this with a walk along the coast at Dunbar itself and you've got a proper day sorted.