Newport-on-Tay
Newport-on-Tay is a town in the north-east of Fife in Scotland. The Fife Coastal Path passes through Newport-on-Tay. The area itself has views of the two bridges that cross the River Tay and distant views of the Scottish Highlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 7,920 residents
- Description: town in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Newport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RRS Discovery and V&A Dundee.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland for Antarctic research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom. RRS Discovery is situated 1½ miles northwest of Newport-on-Tay.V&A Dundee
Museum
Photo: Disde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. V&A Dundee is situated 1½ miles northwest of Newport-on-Tay.
Dundee railway station
Railway station
Photo: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59+1⁄4 miles northeast of Edinburgh. Dundee railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Newport-on-Tay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee and Dundee city centre.
Dundee
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
Dundee city centre
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City Centre represented the full extent of the City of Dundee, Scotland. Now roughly encircled by the A991 dual carriageway, the city centre is now the main shopping and commercial district. Dundee city centre is situated 2 miles northwest of Newport-on-Tay.
Craigiebank
Suburb
Craigiebank is an area of eastern Dundee, Scotland. It borders three other areas of the city: West Ferry to the east, Pitkerro to the north, Baxter Park and East Port to the south-west. Craigiebank is situated 2 miles north of Newport-on-Tay.
Newport-on-Tay
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.4397° or 56° 26′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.94167° or 2° 56′ 30″ westPopulation
7,920Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
9C8VC3Q5+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 243631129OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2641593Wikidata ID
Q508190
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Newport-on-Tay” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Basque: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Cebuano: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Cebuano: “Newport-On-Tay”
- Chinese: “泰爾河畔的新港”
- Dutch: “Newport-on-Tay”
- French: “Newport-on-Tay”
- German: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Italian: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Japanese: “ニューポート・オン・テイ”
- Japanese: “ニューポート=オン=テイ”
- Persian: “نیوپورت آن تی”
- Polish: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Romanian: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Scots: “Newport on Tey”
- Silesian: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Spanish: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Swedish: “Newport-on-Tay”
- Swedish: “Newport-On-Tay”
- Welsh: “Newport-on-Tay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Woodhaven and City Quay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Reformer Studio and No 13 Gallery.
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