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Gullane Golf Village
East Lothian Coast
Gullane Village
Gullane Village or known as Gullane Golf Village has been in existence since before the 9th century when the first church was built. Golf has been played here circa 1640.
Gullane East Lothian is known mainly for Golf with 2 Open Championship Courses Gullane 1 Established in 1884 and Muirfield opened in 1891 . There are also 2 further courses at Gullane No.2 opened 1898 and No.3 opened 1910.
Luffness New formed in 1894 by Mr Henry Hope, owner of Luffness Estate, designed by Tom Morris.
The course has remained in the same format since 1894.
Old Church of St Andrew’s
Gullane Village
East Lothian Coast
Gullane East Lothian, the Church at Gullane was a parish church run by a vicar after 1268 until it closed in 1612 and all services were taken at Dirleton. Dirleton was dedicated to St. Andrew in 1444. From the 7th Century until early in the 11th Century, Lothian was part of the kingdom of Northumbria. When the Scottish Border was established, in 1018 as it is now there were many changes especially to the church.
Old Church of St Andrew
Gullane Village
East Lothian Coast
In 1127 the Bishop of St. Andrews claimed jurisdiction over all the churches in the Lothians. Plaque inscription reads:
Old church of St Andrew | Close by this site in ancient times our ancestors erected a Christian Cross as witness to their faith. A Church dedicated to St Andrew was established, probably as early as the 9th century,
and three centuries later the simple Norman church was began.
The Scots Parliament decreed a transfer to Dirleton in 1612, partly because
the old church was being “continually over blown with sand” and partly because its
location had become inconvenient as most of the parishioners at that time lived in Dirleton.
Growth of Gullane as a holiday and golfing resort during the 19th century led to the building
of St Peter’s Church, now disused, Gullane Parish Church and St Adrian’s Scottish Episcopal Church.
This plaque commemorates the abiding witness of those early Christians as we start the third millennium.
Erected by Gullane Parish Church | 2000 A.D.
The stoup from the ruined church is still used during baptisms in the parish church.
The Old Smiddy
Gullane
East Lothian Coast
The Old Smiddy a blacksmith’s forge on Smiddy Green
was where the first tee of Gullane golf course once was situated.
Also where Ladies could play golf.
Now a children’s golf course where no adults are allowed.
Gullane War Memorial
Gullane Village
East Lothian Coast
To remember the fallen in the World Wars
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Gullane Golf
Heritage Museum
Gullane Village
East Lothian Coast
The Heritage of Golf Museum with the development of golf from Europe circa 1450 to the modern game. See old balls and clubs how they were made. From when golf was played one on one or two v's two and the crowds followed them round the course, where there were no bunkers and only 5 rules and then when the first written rule in 1744 were produced there were 13. The museum is open by appointment only. Please call David Kirkwood on (44) 0 1620 842 744
The Gullane Golf Courses
Gullane Village
East Lothian Coast
The first Gullane golf course was Gullane No. 1 opened in 1884 and the first Golf Club (Dirleton Castle Golf Club) was founded in 1854. Gullane Golf Course No. 2 (1898) and No.3 (1910) were designed by Willie Park Jr, one of the top golf course designers in the world. He was Open Champion on two occasions and born in Musselburgh East Lothian, inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013.
Gullane Golf House
Gullane Village
East Lothian Coast
The first Golf club house in Gullane was built in 1889 on East Links Road to accommodate the members of the first Gullane Golf Club. The golf club house closed in 1928 and moved to its new home where it still stands.
The Old Club house is now a restaurant.
