Luffness lies in a wooded estate just to the east of Aberlady. Before a castle was ever built there, it was the site of one of the many permanent camps established round the coasts of Scotland by Norsemen. The graves of three of them were found under the hall during building work in the nineteenth century.

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Luffness has been the private home of the Hope family for three hundred years. The walled fruit garden is unique, having been built by French prisoners of the Napoleonic wars, and is a haven of sunshine with all kinds of fruit, including figs, apricots, and peaches. The grounds are extensive and frequently roe deer flit across the fields between the copses.