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Western Harbour, Edinburgh

Areas of EdinburghBuildings and structures in LeithNew Urbanism communitiesRedeveloped ports and waterfronts in ScotlandUse British English from March 2017
Blocks of flats at Western Harbour, Leith
Blocks of flats at Western Harbour, Leith

Western Harbour is a mainly residential development in Newhaven, Scotland. The new urbanist masterplan is designed by the new classical office of ADAM Architecture. Reaching north into the Firth of Forth away from Newhaven Harbour, the site extends the breakwater on the west side of the Port of Leith with land reclaimed from the waters of the harbour through landfill. On the opposite side of the port to Ocean Terminal, Western Harbour forms part of a major redevelopment of the area.

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Western Harbour, Edinburgh
Western Harbour Way, City of Edinburgh Leith Harbour & Newhaven

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N 55.985613888889 ° E -3.1917388888889 °
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Western Harbour Way

Western Harbour Way
EH6 6LP City of Edinburgh, Leith Harbour & Newhaven
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Newhaven, Edinburgh
Newhaven, Edinburgh

Newhaven is a district in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, between Leith and Granton and about 2 miles (3.2 km) 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, created in 1844, is a historic, listed building in Newhaven Main Street and was the oldest council primary school still in use within the City of Edinburgh until pupils and staff moved to a new building across in Western Harbour in 2021. It latterly had a school roll of around 145 children. The site has now been acquired under the Community Asset Transfer scheme, by the Heart of Newhaven Community, a volunteer-led charity, who will be running it as a community hub. The new Western Harbour development extends north into the Firth of Forth from Newhaven. It is also the home of Next Generation Sports Centre (now named David Lloyd Newhaven Harbour), where the tennis player Sir Andy Murray regularly played as a youngster.