Newport-on-Tay

Newport-on-Tay
Scots: *Newport-on-Tay*
Newport-on-Tay Scots: Newport-on-Tay;
Population	7,922
OS grid reference	NO365325
Council area	Fife;
Lieutenancy area	Fife;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT-ON-TAY
Postcode district	DD6
Dialling code	01382
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	North East Fife;
Scottish Parliament	North East Fife ; Mid Scotland and Fife;
	List of places UK Scotland

Newport-on-Tay is a small town in the north east of Fife in Scotland. Practically speaking, it is a suburb of Dundee located opposite the city between the south ends of the Tay Rail Bridge and the Tay Road Bridge. The burgh of Newport-on-Tay also includes the village of Wormit.

The Fife Coastal Path passes through Newport.

History

The town was established near the endpoint of one part of a ferry route that itself was started in the 12th century.

In 1715 a new pier and inn were built, the work being funded by the Guilds of Dundee which resulted in the settlement being called "New Dundee". Thomas Telford built a new harbour in the 1820s, and the town expanded and grew into a commuter suburb of Dundee as the prosperous jute manufacturers, industrialists and the middle and upper working class of Dundee established fashionable residences in Newport .

Present

Newport currently has a population of about eight thousand, mostly residing in stone houses built before World War II. The town centre comprises two main streets where may be found a small variety of shops, two public houses, a Catholic church and a Church of Scotland building. There is one primary school, Newport Primary, with older pupils attending secondary school in St Andrews. Public bus routes are the 77 to Dundee, 96 to St Andrews, 42 to Cupar and the X54 to Edinburgh via Glenrothes and Dunfermline

Historical populations
Census year	Population

1755	751
1801	916
1851	1125
1901	4720
1951	3727
2005	7922

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