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Coordinates:55°56′04″N3°05′20″W / 55.934469°N 3.0888°W /55.934469; -3.0888

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Human settlement in Scotland

Newcraighall Scottish Gaelic:Talla na Creige Nuadh Scots:Newcraighauch
Newcraighall Station
Newcraighall Location within theCity of Edinburgh council area Show map of the City of Edinburgh council area Newcraighall Location withinScotland Show map of Scotland
OS grid reference	NT320719
Community council	Craigmillar
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Lieutenancy area	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MUSSELBURGH
Postcode district	EH21
Post town	EDINBURGH
Postcode district	EH15
Dialling code	0131

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Edinburgh East
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Eastern
List of places UK Scotland 55°56′04″N3°05′20″W / 55.934469°N 3.0888°W /55.934469; -3.0888

Newcraighall (Scots:Newcraighauch,^[1]Scottish Gaelic:Talla na Creige Nuadh)^[2] is a South-Eastern suburb ofEdinburgh, Scotland. A formermining village, its prosperity was based on theMidlothian coalfields. The Newcraighall pit was known as 'Klondyke' and closed in the 1960s, work transferring to nearby Bilston Glen and in particular the last-to-close (1998) Monktonhall pit. The village had a church, aCo-op and a miners' club (demolished after a fire on 15 July 2009) andbowling green. Newcraighall now plays host to an out-of-town shopping complex,Fort Kinnaird, previously known as ‘’Edinburgh Fort (south of Newcraighall Road) andKinnaird Park (north).Today, the retail park is still commonly referred to as "The Fort" by residents.

Newcraighall railway station is on the newly reopenedBorders Railway which runs from Edinburgh toTweedbank and was formerly part of theWaverley Route toCarlisle its closure (Closed 5 January 1969) following the Beeching Report in 1963.

Newcraighall was the setting for the filmMy Childhood byBill Douglas. There is a plaque to Douglas in the village. The village also contained a bridge that features in a scene from the film, however it was demolished in 2015. The village also contains a sculpture byJake Harvey which celebrates the mining tradition of the area. On Newcraighall Road is theCraigmillar Arts Centre, with a Woman of Achievement plaque forHelen Crummy, who lived in Newcraighall for many years.