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Victoria Park is a district in north Edinburgh south of Newhaven and lying between Trinity and Leith. The area was given Conservation Area status in March 1998. The area was given Conservation Area status in March 1998.
Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects four Councillors. Its territory covers communities in the north of the city between Ferry Road and the coast on the Firth of Forth, including Granton, Newhaven, Pilton, Trinity, Victoria Park and Wardie, some of which historically fell within the boundaries of Leith. [3]
Two tennis courts were laid in the north west part of the gardens between 1882 and 1883; these were replaced by a more permanent court in 1889. [6] In 2012, this court area was enlarged and the red brick dust surface was replaced with green asphalt.
The date of Edinburgh's formation as a burgh is unknown, but it is referred to as a royal burgh from the reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153). The town council of the burgh was granted the right to appoint its own sheriff by James III in a charter dated 16 November 1482.
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 council area 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.
Park Place - demolished to build the university's medical school on Bristo Street; Salisbury Square, Salisbury Street - demolished same time as Arthur Street; Shakespeare Square - demolished to create GPO/ Waterloo Place; Swinton Row - demolished to create the St James Centre; Victoria Place, Newhaven - demolished as part of the redevelopment ...
Students in the Meadows, Edinburgh The Meadows The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, to the south of the city centre. It consists largely of open grassland crossed by tree-lined paths, but also has a children's playground, a croquet club, tennis courts and recreational sport pitches. It is bordered by the University of Edinburgh's George Square campus, the Gordon Aikman ...
In 2006 the City of Edinburgh Council published plans to demolish Meadowbank Stadium, selling the site for housing. [21] Meadowbank would have been replaced with a smaller community facility on the east side of the city and a stadium for athletics and rugby was to be built to the west of the city, probably in Sighthill. [21]