Newbridge, Edinburgh

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Newbridge
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Drochaid Nuadh
  • Scots: Newbrig
Newbridge from the air.jpg
Newbridge from the air
Council area
  • Edinburgh
Lieutenancy area
  • Edinburgh
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWBRIDGE
Postcode districtEH28 8
Dialling code0131
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The flooded workings of Hillwood Quarry, south of Newbridge, dolerite was extracted here

Newbridge (Scottish Gaelic: An Drochaid Nuadh) is a village within the parish of Kirkliston, to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It originally lay on the western edge of the county of Midlothian; however, local government reforms in the late 20th century placed it within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.

Newbridge (including Ratho Station) had a total population of 1,074 at the 2011 Census based on the 2010 definition of the locality.[1]

Archaeology[]

Excavations in advance of a phased commercial development in 2007 and 2014 by AOC Archaeology revealed human activity in Newbridge from the Mesolithic to the medieval period. Radiocarbon dating put the earliest human activity in the area at 6640–6230 BC. There was a scatter of domestic settlement in the Middle Bronze Age (radio carbon dates of 1700-1200 BC) and pre-Roman Iron Age. They also believe there may be the remnants of a barrow cemetery. The archaeologists also identified a section of Dere Street, a Roman road. Finally, there was evidence that the area was farmed in the 11th to 12th centuries and in the 13th to 14th centuries AD, a pattern reflected in other medieval settlement in the Lothians.[2]

Newbridge Chariot[]

Main article: Newbridge chariot

The remains of an Iron Age chariot burial were found near the Bronze Age burial mound at Huly Hill, Newbridge, in advance of development at the Edinburgh Interchange. The chariot was the first of its kind to be found in Scotland.

Local amenities[]

Newbridge has an industrial estate, two car dealerships, a Royal Bank of Scotland branch, a pub with a large beer garden (the Newbridge Inn, founded in 1683), a bowling club, a McDonald's restaurant, a petrol station, a Premier Inn (with Thyme restaurant), a cafe and a fish and chip shop. There is a Scotmid nearby at Ratho Station. Larger supermarkets can be found in Broxburn. A doctor's surgery and a chemist are located in Ratho.

Transport[]

Road[]

The Newbridge roundabout was built in 1970 as a flat roundabout serving the M8 Edinburgh to Glasgow motorway, the M9 Edinburgh to Stirling motorway, the A8 and the A89. One of the busiest roundabouts in Scotland, traffic congestion became intolerable and it was converted to a grade-separated roundabout interchange in 1997, becoming Junction 1 of the M9. The A8 (dual carriageway to Maybury junction only) runs from the Newbridge Roundabout into Edinburgh City Centre. The A89 road runs from Newbridge roundabout to Broxburn.

Bus[]

Newbridge is served by several bus services

First Scotland East[]

  • 18 (Edinburgh - Broxburn - Dechmont - Bathgate)
  • 20 (Slateford - Kingsknowe - Wester Hailes - Edinburgh Park - Ratho Station - Ratho)
  • X24 (Deans - Eliburn - Livingston - Pumpherston - Broxburn - Edinburgh)
  • X25 (Blackridge - Armadale - Bathgate - Deans - Livingston - Broxburn - Edinburgh)
  • X38 (Stirling - Plean - Larbert - Falkirk - Linlithgow - Kirkliston - Edinburgh)
  • 63 (Balerno - Currie - Riccarton - Sighthill - Gyle Centre - Newbridge - Kirkliston - Queensferry)
  • 600 (Whitburn - Livingston - Broxburn - Winchburgh - Kirkliston - Edinburgh Airport) [3]

Lothian Country Buses[]

  • X18 (Whitburn - Armadale - Bathgate - Dechmomt - Broxburn - Edinburgh)
  • 275 (Bathgate - Seafield - Livingston - Pumpherston - Broxburn - Gyle Centre - Hermiston Gait)[4]

Stagecoach East Scotland[]

  • X51 (Dunfermline Bus Station, Forth Road Bridge, Queensferry, Kirkliston, Livingston, Harthill, Glasgow Bus Station)

Air[]

Main article: Edinburgh Airport

Newbridge is about a mile from Edinburgh Airport's Terminal Building.

Tram[]

Newbridge will be the western terminus of Tram Line 2. [5]

Schools[]

Newbridge shares Hillwood Primary School with Ratho Station. Newbridge is in the catchment area for Craigmount High School.

Sources[]

  1. ^ "Ratho Station (City of Edinburgh)". Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Vol 59 (2016): A Roman Road Runs Through It: Excavations at Newbridge, Edinburgh | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports". journals.socantscot.org. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Network maps | South East and Central Scotland | First Bus". www.firstbus.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Lothian Country". www.lothianbuses.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Route Maps & Stops". edinburghtrams.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

Coordinates: 55°56′21.80″N 3°24′28.97″W / 55.9393889°N 3.4080472°W / 55.9393889; -3.4080472

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