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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8"" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm/Portobello_Beach_%28Aerial%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span></span><div>An aerial view of Portobello Beach</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style 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.pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edinburgh_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portobello is located in the City of Edinburgh council area"><img alt="Portobello is located in the City of Edinburgh council area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Edinburgh_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Edinburgh_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Edinburgh_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Edinburgh_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Edinburgh_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Edinburgh_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1330" data-file-height="1384" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.8%;left:84.762%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Portobello"><img alt="Portobello" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Portobello</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Edinburgh_council_area" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Edinburgh council area">City of Edinburgh council area</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the City of Edinburgh council area</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotland_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portobello is located in Scotland"><img alt="Portobello is located in Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Scotland_location_map.svg/240px-Scotland_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Scotland_location_map.svg/360px-Scotland_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Scotland_location_map.svg/480px-Scotland_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1128" data-file-height="1483" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:77.646%;left:67.69%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Portobello"><img alt="Portobello" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Portobello</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Scotland</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=55.952166~-3.116153&lvl=13&sp=Point.55.952166_-3.116153_Portobello&sty=s&style=s">NT304738</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Edinburgh_(council_area)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Edinburgh (council area)">City of Edinburgh</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland" title="Lieutenancy areas of 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class="infobox-data">EDINBURGH</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/EH_postcode_area" title="EH postcode area">EH15</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0131</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas 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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Portobello,_Edinburgh&params=55.953_N_3.114_W_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°57′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°06′50″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.953°N 3.114°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.953; -3.114</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portobello_Police_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Portobello_Police_Station.jpg/261px-Portobello_Police_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="261" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Portobello_Police_Station.jpg/392px-Portobello_Police_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Portobello_Police_Station.jpg/522px-Portobello_Police_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Police_Station" title="Portobello Police Station">Portobello Police Station</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Paterson_(Scottish_architect)" title="Robert Paterson (Scottish architect)">Robert Paterson</a> built as Portobello Town Hall in 1878 and later used as the Police Station</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Butcher%27s_shop_in_Portobello_High_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Butcher%27s_shop_in_Portobello_High_Street.jpg/261px-Butcher%27s_shop_in_Portobello_High_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="261" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Butcher%27s_shop_in_Portobello_High_Street.jpg/392px-Butcher%27s_shop_in_Portobello_High_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Butcher%27s_shop_in_Portobello_High_Street.jpg/522px-Butcher%27s_shop_in_Portobello_High_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Butcher's shop in the High Street</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Portobello</b> is a coastal suburb of <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> in eastern central <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of the city centre, facing the <a href="/wiki/Firth_of_Forth" title="Firth of Forth">Firth of Forth</a>, between the suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Joppa,_Edinburgh" title="Joppa, Edinburgh">Joppa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Craigentinny" title="Craigentinny">Craigentinny</a>. Although historically it was a town in its own right, it is officially a residential <a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Edinburgh" title="Areas of Edinburgh">suburb of Edinburgh</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Promenade" class="mw-redirect" title="Promenade">promenade</a> fronts onto a wide sandy beach. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area was originally known as Figgate Muir, an expanse of moorland through which the <a href="/wiki/Figgate_Burn" class="mw-redirect" title="Figgate Burn">Figgate Burn</a> flowed, from <a href="/wiki/Duddingston_Loch" title="Duddingston Loch">Duddingston Loch</a> fed by the <a href="/wiki/Braid_Burn" title="Braid Burn">Braid Burn</a> to the west, to the sea, with a broad sandy beach on the <a href="/wiki/Firth_of_Forth" title="Firth of Forth">Firth of Forth</a>. The name "Figgate" has been thought to come from an <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> term for "cow's ditch", but the land was used as <a href="/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture">pasture</a> for cattle by the <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monks</a> of <a href="/wiki/Holyrood_Abbey" title="Holyrood Abbey">Holyrood Abbey</a> and the name is more likely to mean "cow road", as in <a href="/wiki/Cowgate" title="Cowgate">Cowgate</a> in Edinburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1650 it was the supposed scene of a secret meeting between <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> and Scottish leaders. A report from 1661 describes a race in which twelve <a href="/wiki/Ale" title="Ale">browster</a>-wives ran from the Burn (recorded as the Thicket Burn) to the top of <a href="/wiki/Arthur%27s_Seat" title="Arthur's Seat">Arthur's Seat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1700s">1700s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1700s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the 18th century the area had become a haunt of seamen and <a href="/wiki/Smuggler" class="mw-redirect" title="Smuggler">smugglers</a>. A cottage was built in 1742 on what is now the High Street (close to the junction with Brighton Place) by a seaman called George Hamilton, who had served under Admiral <a href="/wiki/Edward_Vernon" title="Edward Vernon">Edward Vernon</a> in the capture of <a href="/wiki/Portobelo,_Col%C3%B3n" title="Portobelo, Colón">Porto Bello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, in 1739, and he named the cottage Portobello Hut in honour of the victory. By 1753 there were other houses around it. The cottage remained intact until 1851, when it became a hostelry for travellers known as the Shepherd's Ha.<sup id="cite_ref-oan_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1763 the lands known as the Figgate Whins were sold by Lord Milton to Baron Mure for about £1,500. They were afterwards <a href="/wiki/Feu_(land_tenure)" title="Feu (land tenure)">feued</a> out by the latter to William Jameson or Jamieson at the rate of £3 per acre.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jameson discovered a valuable bed of clay near the burn, and built a brick and tile works beside the stream. He later built an <a href="/wiki/Earthenware" title="Earthenware">earthenware</a> pottery factory, and the local population grew into a thriving village.<sup id="cite_ref-oan_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Land values subsequently rose, and by the beginning of the 19th century some parts had been sold at a yearly <a href="/wiki/Feu_(land_tenure)" title="Feu (land tenure)">feu</a> duty of £40 per annum per acre.<sup id="cite_ref-g45_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g45-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An advertisement for bathing machines for hire on Portobello beach appeared in the <i>Edinburgh Evening Courant</i> of 11 June 1795, according to a report in the <i>Evening Dispatch</i>. It says the bathing machines have steady horses and careful drivers, and the bathing sands are perfectly free from stones and "danders", the water clear and the beach very retired.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1800s">1800s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1800s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portobello Sands were used at that time by the Edinburgh Light Horse for drill practice. <a href="/wiki/Walter_Scott" title="Walter Scott">Walter Scott</a> was their <a href="/wiki/Quartermaster" title="Quartermaster">quartermaster</a>. While riding in a charge in 1802 he was kicked by a horse and confined to his lodgings for three days. While recovering he finished <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lay_of_the_Last_Minstrel" title="The Lay of the Last Minstrel">The Lay of the Last Minstrel</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-oan_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scots_Magazine" title="The Scots Magazine">The Scots Magazine</a></i> in 1806 noted that the lands were "a perfect waste covered almost entirely with <a href="/wiki/Gorse" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorse">whins or furze</a>". Portobello grew into a bathing resort, and in 1807 new salt-water baths at the foot of Bath Street and Regent Street were erected at a cost of £5,000.<sup id="cite_ref-g45_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g45-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1822, a <a href="/wiki/Visit_of_King_George_IV_to_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Visit of King George IV to Scotland">visit of King George IV to Scotland</a> organised by Scott included a review of troops and Highlanders held on the sands, with spectators crowding the dunes.<sup id="cite_ref-oan_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portobello_Beach_Pillars.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Portobello_Beach_Pillars.jpg/261px-Portobello_Beach_Pillars.jpg" decoding="async" width="261" height="348" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Portobello_Beach_Pillars.jpg/391px-Portobello_Beach_Pillars.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Portobello_Beach_Pillars.jpg/522px-Portobello_Beach_Pillars.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Three pillars in <a href="/wiki/Coade_stone" title="Coade stone">Coade stone</a> from a local garden, re-erected on Portobello Promenade</figcaption></figure> <p>Before Portobello had a promenade and public beach, there was only a belt of dry sand between the firmer sand of the beach and the private properties adjoining the shore. Access to the beach was restricted by these property holders, as <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Rae,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir William Rae, 3rd Baronet">Sir William Rae</a> discovered in 1842 when he tried to gain access to his favourite section for bathing. The proprietor of a villa adjoining the shore had extended his garden to include the sand and had built a wall leading right down to the sea. Sir William, a former <a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a>, viewed this as interfering with his right of way, as a private citizen and as an officer of the Crown. After legal action over several years and an appeal right up to the House of Lords,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the proprietor and his neighbours were forced in July 1849 to demolish the walls they had erected. Fifteen years later, Portobello Town Council began to build the Promenade, so securing public access to the beach along its two miles (three kilometres).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Portobello became industrialized in the 19th century, manufacturing bricks ("Portobello brick"), glass, lead, paper, pottery, soap and mustard. Joppa to the east was important as a salt producer. </p><p>In 1833 the town was made a <a href="/wiki/Burgh" title="Burgh">burgh</a>, and jointly with <a href="/wiki/Leith" title="Leith">Leith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Musselburgh" title="Musselburgh">Musselburgh</a>, it was represented by one member of Parliament. Then in 1896 Portobello was incorporated into Edinburgh by Act of Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a> in 1912 noted that "It was by the provisions of the Edinburgh Extension Act of 1895 under which Portobello was amalgamated with the city, that Edinburgh gave an undertaking to build and maintain the town hall in Portobello, and in February of this year the Corporation decided to implement the bargain". A formidable red-brick <a href="/wiki/Portobello_Power_Station" title="Portobello Power Station">power station</a> was built in 1923 at the west end of the beach. It was extended by <a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_James_MacRae" title="Ebenezer James MacRae">Ebenezer James MacRae</a> in 1938, and operated until 1977 when it was closed. It was demolished in the following 18 months.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1846 and 1964 <a href="/wiki/Portobello_(NBR)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Portobello (NBR) railway station">a railway station</a> provided access for visitors to the resort, whose facilities came to include a large open-air <a href="/wiki/Portobello_Open_Air_Pool" title="Portobello Open Air Pool">swimming pool</a>, heated by waste from the power station. The actor <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> once worked there as a lifeguard. The pool was closed in 1979. There was also a lido (now demolished) and a permanent funfair, which closed in 2007 and was also eventually demolished to make way for new housing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1900s">1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portobello Baths were constructed in 1898 and completed in 1901 on The Promenade overlooking the beach.<sup id="cite_ref-ScotsmanPool_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotsmanPool-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These, now known as Portobello Swim Centre, include one of only three remaining public <a href="/wiki/Turkish_baths" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish baths">Turkish baths</a> in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Pier" title="Portobello Pier">Portobello Pier</a> was a pleasure pier near the end of Bath Street, open from 23 May 1871 until the start of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">the First World War</a>. At 1,250 feet (381 m) long with a restaurant and observatory at the end, it cost £7,000 to build to a design by <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Bouch" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Thomas Bouch">Sir Thomas Bouch</a>, who was infamously linked to the <a href="/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster" title="Tay Bridge disaster">Tay Bridge disaster</a>. The iron supports rusted away and the pier was demolished as uneconomic to repair in 1917. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Marine_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Marine Gardens">Edinburgh Marine Gardens</a> laid out north of Kings Road in 1908–1909 included an open-air theatre, an industrial hall, a ballroom (later a skating rink), a scenic railway, a "rustic mill and water-wheel" and a speedway track. It fell out of use in the First World War and never recovered, although the speedway/motor cycle track remained in use until the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">the Second World War</a> in 1939. The site was cleared in 1966 for the <a href="/wiki/Lothian_Buses" title="Lothian Buses">Lothian Buses</a> Marine bus depot. </p><p>The 1983 Portobello was at the centre of police and media attention with the abduction of five-year-old Caroline Hogg from the Promenade area and her murder by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Black_(serial_killer)" title="Robert Black (serial killer)">Robert Black</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Portobello's peak as a resort in the late 19th century gave way to slow decline through the 20th century. Whilst visitors were mainly from Edinburgh,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was also once popular with <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glaswegians</a>, particularly as the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Fair" title="Glasgow Fair">Glasgow Fair</a> "trade holiday" signalled the start of a two-week holiday for the west of Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1960s, it had become an area of amusement arcades and permanent funfair attractions. From the 1980s these gradually disappeared, and by the end of the 20th century the Promenade had hardly any attractions specific to a seaside location, although the Tower Amusements arcade remains in business. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 21st century has seen the emergence of community activities, some focused on the Promenade. The beach hosts regular beach volleyball, including Olympic beach-volleyball qualifiers,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the annual <a href="/wiki/Big_Beach_Busk_(Portobello)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Beach Busk (Portobello)">Big Beach Busk</a> event.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other community activities focus more on the sea. They include the Portobello, Sailing, Kayaking and Rowing Club,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rowporty,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Eastern Amateur Coastal Rowing Club.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others concern community gardens,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a monthly local food market,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a youth theatre (now using a new web address),<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and culture and music.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artistic activity has become popular, including the annual Art Walk Porty.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2020 the Portobello Pencil Sharpening Project, thought to be an art installation, went viral on Twitter.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 Portobello was voted the best neighbourhood in the UK at the 2020 Urbanism Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021 it was considered by a Sunday Times panel to be one of the top eight places to live in Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Environment_Protection_Agency" title="Scottish Environment Protection Agency">Scottish Environment Protection Agency</a> (SEPA) classed the quality of the swimming water as "sufficient" in its 2019 survey, a small improvement on the previous year,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when dolphins were sighted off the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020 there was a sighting of what was thought to be a swordfish.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A wild swimmers' club has been braving the waves through the year since 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, a warmer alternative is provided by the Turkish Baths in Portobello Swim Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016 Portobello became the first urban community in Scotland to register a Community Right to Buy after the 2016 expansion of <a href="/wiki/Land_reform_in_Scotland" title="Land reform in Scotland">Land reform in Scotland</a> to cover urban areas.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Purchase of Bellfield Old Parish Church and Halls by Action Porty for £600,000 was confirmed by Scottish Government Ministers on 3 May 2017. The purchase was funded partly by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Land_Fund" title="Scottish Land Fund">Scottish Land Fund</a> and partly by community donations and borrowing.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The buildings and grounds formally passed from the Church of Scotland to Action Porty on 6 September 2017 and opened as <a href="/wiki/Bellfield_(Community_Centre),_Portobello" class="mw-redirect" title="Bellfield (Community Centre), Portobello">Bellfield (Community Centre), Portobello</a> on 23 June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Work in 2019 on re-laying the <a href="/wiki/Sett_(paving)" title="Sett (paving)">paving setts</a> in Brighton Place caused controversy over the cost and duration: the main road was closed to traffic until the end of 2019 while the work was done.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the new surface proved of high quality, including smooth sets for cycling and a refuge for safe turning into the Christian Path. The final cost of about £750,000 was less than predicted. Minor problems remaining with drainage were to be dealt with when the spring 2020 lockdown was lifted. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_in_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronavirus in UK">2020 Coronavirus Lockdown</a>, police praised the public for curbing the spread of the virus by avoiding Portobello over Easter weekend,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although as the weather improved in May the visitor numbers increased, causing concern to politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Portobello continued busy over the summer of 2020, with some disturbances reported.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August a Ferris wheel appeared on the old Fun City site, but its licence was suspended before it opened, as it broke government rules on the reopening of funfairs; despite this, some smaller attractions in the area have come and gone since.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Concerns about overcrowding on Portobello promenade continued into 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2021, it was announced that the Swim Centre would shortly close for a £2.5 million refurbishment.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ethnicity</th> <th>Portobello/Craigmillar Ward</th> <th>Edinburgh<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>White</td> <td>85.0%</td> <td>84.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian</td> <td>7.5%</td> <td>8.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black</td> <td>3.0%</td> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed</td> <td>2.2%</td> <td>2.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>2.2%</td> <td>1.9% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portobello is served by <a href="/wiki/Lothian_Buses" title="Lothian Buses">Lothian Buses</a> which provide eleven services to the area, continuing towards Joppa and Eastfield to Musselburgh, Port Seton, Tranent or North Berwick, down Brighton Place to Fort Kinnaird or Royal Infirmary, and from Kings Road to Craigentinny.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former electric tramways operated by Edinburgh Corporation Transport Department were replaced by diesel buses in November 1956. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portobello's first railway station was initially served by the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_and_Dalkeith_Railway" title="Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway">Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Portobello_(E%26DR)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Portobello (E&DR) railway station">Portobello (E&DR) railway station</a> operated from 1832 until 1846, when it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Portobello_(NBR)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Portobello (NBR) railway station">Portobello (NBR) railway station</a> operated by the <a href="/wiki/North_British_Railway" title="North British Railway">North British Railway</a>. The station closed in 1964 under the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_cuts" title="Beeching cuts">Beeching cuts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hovercraft">Hovercraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Hovercraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For two weeks in 2007 there was an experimental <a href="/wiki/Hovercraft" title="Hovercraft">hovercraft</a> service to <a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy" title="Kirkcaldy">Kirkcaldy</a> in Fife. <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach</a> was interested in running a regular service, but the local authority refused planning permission for the infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stagecoach planned to use a terminal to be built in Leith using public funds, which failed to materialise.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Promenade and beach host two annual four-mile (6.4-kilometre) running races: Portobello Beach Race every summer since 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Promathom most New Year's Days since 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A weekly five-kilometre (3 mi 188 yd) Park Run every Saturday in Figgate Park provoked press-reported controversy and <a href="/wiki/Exhibitionism" title="Exhibitionism">exhibitionism</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Town_halls">Town halls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Town halls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portobello_Town_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Portobello_Town_Hall.jpg/220px-Portobello_Town_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Portobello_Town_Hall.jpg/330px-Portobello_Town_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Portobello_Town_Hall.jpg/440px-Portobello_Town_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Town_Hall" title="Portobello Town Hall">Portobello Town Hall</a>, September 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>As an independent burgh, Portobello had aspirations for a town hall, the town council having first met in rooms in Brighton Place and then in Rosefield House. The first purpose-built hall (now the Baptist Church in the High Street) was designed by David Bryce and erected in 1862. This proved inadequate for the purpose and was replaced in 1877 by a building designed by Robert Paterson, which is now <a href="/wiki/Portobello_Police_Station" title="Portobello Police Station">Portobello Police Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Edinburgh Extension Act 1895, which amalgamated Portobello with Edinburgh, gave effect to a number of undertakings, including extension of the Promenade, building of the Baths, surfacing various streets, providing drainage, extending the trams, providing a public park and a new town hall for public meetings. The new <a href="/wiki/Portobello_Town_Hall" title="Portobello Town Hall">Portobello Town Hall</a> was intended to hold at least 800 people and was built on the site of Inverey House to a design by the City Architect, James A. Williamson, opening in 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, the town hall was closed by the city council after the masonry and plasterwork were found to be in poor condition.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city council put the building on the market for lease in February 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, following a competitive process, it agreed to enter into exclusive talks with a local community organisation known as Portobello Central in May 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city council confirmed, in June 2021, that it had allocated £350,000 of capital investment to the town hall project, money provided by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> under its Place Based Investment Programme.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Portobello Central indicated that it hoped the funding would enable it to re-open the building by April 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Town Hall opened for business on 1 June 2023, under a 25-year, full repairing lease from the City of Edinburgh Council at £1 per year rent.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In birth order: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Laing_(architect)" title="Alexander Laing (architect)">Alexander Laing</a> (1752–1823), architect based in Portobello, where he died</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Misses_Corbett" title="Misses Corbett">Misses Corbett</a>, Grace (c. 1765/1770–1843) and Walterina (died 1837), poets and authors from Portobello</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Laing_(antiquary)" title="David Laing (antiquary)">Dr David Laing</a> (1792–1878), librarian to the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Writers_to_Her_Majesty%27s_Signet" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet">Signet Library</a> and noted archaeologist, lived at 12 James Street</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackintosh_MacKay" title="Mackintosh MacKay">Mackintosh MacKay</a> (1793–1873), compiler of a Gaelic dictionary and Moderator of the General Assembly of the <a href="/wiki/Free_Church_of_Scotland_(1843%E2%80%931900)" title="Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)">Free Church of Scotland</a>, died in Portobello</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Fraser_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Thomas Fraser (Royal Navy officer)">Rear Admiral Thomas Fraser</a> (1796–1870), hero of the <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War" title="First Anglo-Burmese War">First Anglo-Burmese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Miller" title="Hugh Miller">Hugh Miller</a> (1802–1856), a founding father of geology, lived in the tower in Tower Street.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Stevenson" title="Alan Stevenson">Alan Stevenson</a> (1806–1865), lighthouse engineer, lived his final years at 13 Pittville St, then called Pitt St<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenson_Macadam" title="Stevenson Macadam">Stevenson Macadam</a> (1829–1901), scientist and author, lived much of his life in East Brighton Crescent, Portobello</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Durham_(chemist)" title="William Durham (chemist)">William Durham</a> (1834–1893), chemist, papermaker and astronomer, lived and died at 16 Straiton Place</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Bethia_Walford" title="Lucy Bethia Walford">Lucy Bethia Walford</a>, née Colquhoun (1845–1915), novelist, was born in Portobello</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Graham_Fairley" title="James Graham Fairley">James Graham Fairley</a> (1846–1934) architect, lived at 47 Abercorn Terrace.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Grieve" title="Marion Grieve">Marion Grieve</a> (1848–1938), suffragette, lived at Coillesdene House, <a href="/wiki/Joppa,_Edinburgh" title="Joppa, Edinburgh">Joppa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ivison_Macadam" title="William Ivison Macadam">William Ivison Macadam</a> (1856–1902), chemist and antiquarian, spent his childhood in Portobello.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hopekirk" title="Helen Hopekirk">Helen Hopekirk</a> (1856–1945), composer, pianist and teacher, lived at 148 High Street, Portobello from 1856 to 1868 and is commemorated by a blue plaque<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Philip" title="Alexander Philip">Alexander Philip</a> (1858–1932), a lawyer born in Portobello, became a campaigner for calendar reform</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Robertson_(VC)" title="William Robertson (VC)">William Robertson</a> (1865–1949), recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>, lived at 21 Lee Crescent.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Lauder" title="Harry Lauder">Harry Lauder</a> (1870–1950), <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a> entertainer, was born at 3 Bridge Street.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he and his family left the town within weeks of his birth, a Harry Lauder memorial garden was opened in 1970 in the grounds of the Town Hall built in 1912 and designed by architect James A Williamson.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Portobello's main bypass is named Sir Harry Lauder Road.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Russell_Flint" title="William Russell Flint">William Russell Flint</a> (1880–1969), painter,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lived at 9 Rosefield Place.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Heron" title="Alexander Heron">Alexander Heron</a> (1884–1971), a member of <a href="/wiki/1921_British_Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_expedition" title="1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition">1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition</a> and Director of the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Survey_of_India" title="Geological Survey of India">Geological Survey of India</a> (1936–39), lived in Hamilton Terrace in 1900–1911.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madge_Elder" title="Madge Elder">Madge Elder</a> (1893-1985), born in Portobello, is a noted gardener and writer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Barnie" title="Ned Barnie">Ned Barnie</a> (1896–1983), born in Portobello, became in 1950 the first Scot to swim the English Channel.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norrie_Haywood" title="Norrie Haywood">Norrie Haywood</a> (1910–1979), born in Portobello, became a professional footballer and football manager.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Rankin_(RAF_officer)" title="James Rankin (RAF officer)">James Rankin</a> (1913–1975), born in Portobello, was a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> fighter pilot in the Second World War.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cunningham" title="Johnny Cunningham">Johnny Cunningham</a> (1957–2003), Celtic <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddle</a> virtuoso, was born in Portobello.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Porter" title="Gail Porter">Gail Porter</a> (born 1971), TV presenter, grew up here, attending <a href="/wiki/Portobello_High_School" title="Portobello High School">Portobello High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewen_Bremner" title="Ewen Bremner">Ewen Bremner</a> (born 1972), born in Portobello, is a noted film and TV actor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Virgin" title="Iron Virgin">Iron Virgin</a> (1970s), glam punk rock band <sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Valves" title="The Valves">The Valves</a> (1977), punk band from Portobello<sup id="cite_ref-valves_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valves-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shauna_Macdonald_(Scottish_actress)" title="Shauna Macdonald (Scottish actress)">Shauna Macdonald</a> (born 1981), actress, grew up in Portobello.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emun_Elliott" title="Emun Elliott">Emun Elliott</a> (born 1983) Actor <sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_buildings">Notable buildings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church,_Portobello_(1248355656).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church%2C_Portobello_%281248355656%29.jpg/170px-St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church%2C_Portobello_%281248355656%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church%2C_Portobello_%281248355656%29.jpg/255px-St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church%2C_Portobello_%281248355656%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church%2C_Portobello_%281248355656%29.jpg/340px-St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church%2C_Portobello_%281248355656%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extant">Extant</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Extant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Evangelist_RC_Church,_Portobello" class="mw-redirect" title="St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello">St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellfield_(Community_Centre),_Portobello" class="mw-redirect" title="Bellfield (Community Centre), Portobello">Bellfield Community Centre (previously Bellfield Church)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cinema,_Portobello" title="George Cinema, Portobello">George Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Library,_Edinburgh" title="Portobello Library, Edinburgh">Portobello Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Swim_Centre" title="Portobello Swim Centre">Portobello Swim Centre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demolished">Demolished</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Demolished"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Open_Air_Pool" title="Portobello Open Air Pool">Portobello Open Air Pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portobello_Power_Station" title="Portobello Power Station">Portobello Power Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Gardens" title="Marine Gardens">Portobello Marine Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portobello_(E%26DR)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Portobello (E&DR) railway station">Portobello Railway Station</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portobello_Parish_Church">Portobello Parish Church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portobello,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Portobello Parish Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portobello_Parish_Kirk,_Bellfield_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1809146.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Portobello_Parish_Kirk%2C_Bellfield_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1809146.jpg/220px-Portobello_Parish_Kirk%2C_Bellfield_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1809146.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Portobello_Parish_Kirk%2C_Bellfield_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1809146.jpg/330px-Portobello_Parish_Kirk%2C_Bellfield_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1809146.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Portobello_Parish_Kirk%2C_Bellfield_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1809146.jpg/440px-Portobello_Parish_Kirk%2C_Bellfield_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1809146.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Portobello Parish Kirk, Bellfield Street</figcaption></figure> <p>The building was designed by <a href="/wiki/William_Sibbald" title="William Sibbald">William Sibbald</a><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the foundation stone was laid on 27 October 1808 with the church opening for worship in 1810. It originally had the status of Chapel of Ease for <a href="/wiki/Duddingston" title="Duddingston">Duddingston</a> Parish Church to the west. In May 1834 the <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</a> gave it the status of a <a href="/wiki/Quoad_sacra" class="mw-redirect" title="Quoad sacra">quoad sacra</a> church. It received full independent parish status in 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The church hall, built in 1964, stands on the former graveyard, but several stones survive, for instance in the narrow gap behind the back of the hall and the boundary. </p><p>In 2017 the church was sold by the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> to the local community and reopened in 2018 as <a href="/wiki/Bellfield_(community_centre)" title="Bellfield (community centre)">Bellfield community centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a 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title="Craigentinny">Craigentinny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craigmillar" title="Craigmillar">Craigmillar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duddingston" title="Duddingston">Duddingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Road_(street)" title="Easter Road (street)">Easter Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Junction_Street" title="Great Junction Street">Great Junction Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joppa,_Edinburgh" title="Joppa, Edinburgh">Joppa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith" title="Leith">Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith_Docks" class="mw-redirect" title="Leith Docks">Leith Docks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochend,_Edinburgh" title="Lochend, Edinburgh">Lochend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdalene,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Magdalene, Edinburgh">Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowbank,_Edinburgh" title="Meadowbank, Edinburgh">Meadowbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountcastle,_Edinburgh" title="Mountcastle, Edinburgh">Mountcastle</a></li> <li><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Edinburgh_urban_area_%28settlement_area%29.jpg/300px-Edinburgh_urban_area_%28settlement_area%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Edinburgh_urban_area_%28settlement_area%29.jpg/450px-Edinburgh_urban_area_%28settlement_area%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Edinburgh_urban_area_%28settlement_area%29.jpg/600px-Edinburgh_urban_area_%28settlement_area%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1562" data-file-height="1031" /></a><figcaption>Edinburgh's Old and New Towns</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list 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Edinburgh">Saughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shandon,_Edinburgh" title="Shandon, Edinburgh">Shandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sighthill,_Edinburgh" title="Sighthill, Edinburgh">Sighthill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slateford" title="Slateford">Slateford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stenhouse,_Edinburgh" title="Stenhouse, Edinburgh">Stenhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Calders" title="The Calders">The Calders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wester_Hailes" title="Wester Hailes">Wester Hailes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balgreen" title="Balgreen">Balgreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnton,_Edinburgh" title="Barnton, Edinburgh">Barnton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackhall,_Edinburgh" title="Blackhall, Edinburgh">Blackhall</a></li> <li>Boswall</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canonmills" title="Canonmills">Canonmills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cammo" title="Cammo">Cammo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clermiston" title="Clermiston">Clermiston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comely_Bank" title="Comely Bank">Comely Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corstorphine" title="Corstorphine">Corstorphine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craigleith,_Edinburgh" title="Craigleith, Edinburgh">Craigleith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cramond" title="Cramond">Cramond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Toll" title="Crewe Toll">Crewe Toll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson%27s_Mains" title="Davidson's Mains">Davidson's Mains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Village" title="Dean Village">Dean Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumbrae" 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