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Portobello Police Station, by Robert Paterson built as Portobello Town Hall in 1878 and later used as the Police Station Butcher's shop in the High Street. Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny.
Portobello Pier was a pleasure pier opened in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Designed by Thomas Bouch , it was 1,250 feet (380 m) long [ 1 ] and 22 feet (6.70 m) wide, and included a tea room , camera obscura , and a concert hall .
Portobello Police Station, also known as the Old Town Hall, is a former municipal building on Portobello High Street in Portobello, Scotland. The building, which was previously the meeting place of the burgh council but now serves as a police station, is a Category B listed building .
Portobello Central, which became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) on 8 July 2021, [21] said that it expects the building to re-open in April 2022. [22] On 10 November 2022, the Finance and Resources Committee of the City of Edinburgh Council agreed to offer Portobello Central SCIO a 25 Year, fully repairing, lease at £1 ...
The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway opened Portobello railway station in July 1832. [1] It remained in use until 1846 when a replacement station was opened nearby on the NBR Main Line . [ 1 ]
A 1905 Railway Clearing House diagram of Edinburgh railways, with the SSJR (in blue along the bottom). The station was rebuilt in 1887-1890. [2] [3]During its lifetime, as rail services evolved, Portobello was served by most passenger trains running out of the east end of Waverley including stopping trains on the Berwick and Carlisle main lines and through trains to the various branches, e.g ...
The Portobello coat-of-arms on the power station was rescued during demolition and it was planned to incorporate it into a new sports centre to be built in the area. [11] This never happened and in 2016 the broken coat of arms was located in a City of Edinburgh Council storage facility in the west of Edinburgh. [12]
Bellfield is a community centre located in what was previously Portobello Old Parish Church, a Georgian church of classical design located in Bellfield (formerly Melville) Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] The church was the subject of a successful community buy-out in 2017, [2] and reopened as a community centre on 23 June 2018.