Newhaven, Edinburgh
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Newhaven is a harbour village within the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, between Leith and Granton. It has about 5000 inhabitants.
Once it was a thriving fishing village and a centre for shipbuilding. King James IV wanted to build a Scottish Navy, but the existing port of Leith had proved unsuitable for large warships. In 1504 he created Newhaven as a deep-water port, which was used to build the warship Great Michael in 1507-11.
Between 1572 and 1890, Newhaven was a major oyster port.
Newhaven was on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.
A lighthouse was built in 1876. It is now disused.
The harbour looks almost lost now, next to the much enlarged Leith Harbour.
The Fishmarket is now converted into a smaller fishmarket (still in use), a fish restaurant, and the Newhaven Heritage Museum.
Newhaven is one of 38 Conservation Areas in Edinburgh.
It also played its part in the birth of photography, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson did many studies of the fishwives of Newhaven.