Ashbound 

Images documenting a transformed stretch of East Lothian’s coastline once known as the Ash Lagoons. 
The landscape was engineered in the 1960s to contain pulverised fuel ash from Cockenzie Power Station. 

Enclosed by a two kilometre sea wall, the site held industrial waste for decades and reshaped both the 
shoreline and its ecology. Since the power station’s closure in 2013, the 134 hectare area has been 
steadily reclaimed as grassland, woodland and wetland. 

Now managed by East Lothian Council, this once restricted industrial zone has become a public 
landscape of recreation and conservation, supporting a diverse bird population and
 recognised as a  Site of Special Scientific Interest.