Newhaven, Edinburgh
Newhaven is a district in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, between Leith and Granton and about north of the city centre, just north of the Victoria Park district. Formerly a village and harbour on the Firth of Forth, it had a population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants at the 1991 census. Newhaven was designated a conservation area, one of 40 such areas in Edinburgh, in 1977. It has a very distinctive building form, typical of many Scottish fishing villages, with a "forestair" leading to accommodation at first floor level. The lower ground floor was used for storing nets. More modern housing dating from the 1960s has replicated the style of these older buildings. Victoria Primary School, established in the 1840s, is a historic building in Newhaven Main Street and the oldest local council primary school still in use within the City of Edinburgh. It has a school roll of around 145 children. The new Western Harbour development extends north into the Firth of Forth from N ...
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Newhaven Harbour Aerial View
Newhaven may refer to: Places *Newhaven, Derbyshire, England, a hamlet *Newhaven, East Sussex, England, a port town *Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland *Newhaven Sanctuary, Northern Territory, Australia *Newhaven, Victoria, Australia Other uses *Newhaven (horse), the 1896 Melbourne Cup winner *Newhaven College, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia *Viscount Newhaven, a title in the Peerage of Scotland *Newhaven, a bombing marking technique used by Pathfinder (RAF), the Pathfinders *Newhaven F.C., a football club See also

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