Newtyle is a village in the west of
Angus, Scotland.
It lies north of
Dundee in the southwest of
Strathmore, between
Hatton Hill and Newtyle (
Heather Hill) in the
Sidlaws
The Sidlaws are a range of hills in the counties of Perthshire and Angus in Scotland that extend for 30 miles (45 km) from Kinnoull Hill, near Perth, northeast to Forfar. A continuation of the Ochils, they separate the valley of Stra ...
. The village sits on gently sloping ground with a northwest aspect. The main communication link is the
B954 road
The B954 road is a public highway in Angus, Scotland which generally runs north to south, connecting the settlement of Dykends to the northwestern part of the city of Dundee. The road runs near the Meigle Museum, where a collection of Pictish s ...
. The population was about 800 .
History
The original village of Newtyle was centred on the church and what are now Kirkton Road and Smiddy road.
Hatton Castle to the south and Newbigging to the north lie within the parish boundary.
The Railway
Newtyle was the northern terminus for the first commercial railway in Scotland, the
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1831 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland. It was built to carry goods between Dundee and the fertile area known as Strathmore; this involved crossing the Sidlaw Hills, and was accomplish ...
which opened in 1831. The grid street plan of the central part of the village was laid out shortly after the railway opened and was intended to form the basis for a manufacturing centre which could take advantage of the communications link to Dundee.
Rail services to and from Newtyle were in decline for a number of years before the line was closed in the 1960s under the
Beeching Axe.
[N. Ferguson ctober 1995''Dundee and Newtyle Railway Including the Alyth and Blairgowrie Branches'' (Oakwood Library of Railway History) (hardcover), The Oakwood Press. .] Most of the railway buildings have since been demolished but the
embankments and cuttings remain a prominent feature of the countryside surrounding the village.
Education
Newtyle school provides education at primary level up to year 7 after which pupils travel elsewhere for secondary education. The school provided two years of secondary education until 1998. Local government boundary changes have seen different generations of Newtyle pupils receive their secondary education at
Forfar
Forfar ( sco, Farfar, gd, Baile Fharfair) is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a pop ...
Academy,
Harris Academy
Harris Academy is a co-educational comprehensive school in the West End of Dundee, Scotland. Harris Academy was founded in 1885 and is the oldest state school in Dundee. Harris Academy is also one of the largest state run schools in Dundee in ...
in Dundee,
Monifieth High School and latterly at Webster's High School in
Kirriemuir
Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie or the ''Wee Red Toon'' ( gd, An Ceathramh Mòr; IPA: nˈkʰʲɛɾəvmoːɾ, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland. It reaches back to earliest recorded times, when it is thought to have been a major ecclesiastical ...
. A new school was constructed in 2009 to replace the old building which had been in use since 1963.
Economy
There are no major employers in Newtyle, but a number of small local businesses also provide employment within the village. A large part of the working population commutes to
Dundee.
See also
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Hatton Castle
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Kinpurnie Castle
Notes
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Villages in Angus, Scotland