Looking along Waterside Road and Giffordgate

Giffordgate is a street in the town of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. East Lothian ( Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 Unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It runs adjacent to the River Tyne opposite St Mary's Church and overlooking the 12th-century Nungate Bridge. The River Tyne is a River in Scotland, UK. It rises in the Moorfoot Hills in Midlothian near Tynehead to the south of Giffordgate connects to Waterside Road (the location of the Waterside Bistro), Ford Road (which used to lead to an old ford over the river) and via a narrow pathway (paved in 2005) to Dunbar Road.

Giffordgate is reported to be the birthplace of John Knox, a fact marked by an oak tree between numbers 5 and 7. John Knox (c 1510 – 24 November 1572 was a Scottish clergyman and leader of the Protestant Reformation who is considered the founder of the Presbyterian There are around 12 houses along Giffordgate.