Mayfield is an area of

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, about one mile south from the city centre, with

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to the south-east and Newington to the north. Mayfield is also the name of several streets in the area. The area is affluent and mostly residential, with a large number of small hotels, a few shops, and an NHS dentist on Mayfield Road.

Church

The area is dominated by

Mayfield Salisbury Church Newington Trinity Church, formerly Mayfield Salisbury Church and Mayfield North Church and also informally known as Mayfield Church, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland. It is located in the Newington district of Edinburgh, approximat ...

(now renamed Newington Trinity). The church was designed by Hippolyte Jean Blanc and opened in 1879. It was named ‘Mayfield North’ from 1929 to 1957, then ‘Mayfield & Fountainhall’ from 1957 to 1968, then 'Mayfield Church' from 1968 to 1993, then 'Mayfield Salisbury' from 1993 to 2024 when it finally become know as Newington Trinity Church.

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