Editing Newport-on-Tay (section)

==Present==
Newport currently has a population of about four thousand, mostly living in stone houses built before World War II. The town centre comprises two main streets with a small variety of shops and three public houses. The town has one primary school, Newport Primary School. It was built in 1977 by the then [[Fife Council|Fife Regional Council]] Architectural Department, with Donald George Beaton working as the school's architect.<ref name= "BuildingsOfScotland">{{Cite book |last= Gifford|first= John|title=Buildings of Scotland: Fife |date= 27 October 1988|publisher= [[Penguin Books]]|isbn=0-14-071077-9 |editor-last=McWilliam |editor-first=Colin |location= Harmondsworth|page= 336|language= en|oclc= 475440850|editor-last2= Newman|editor-first2= John}}</ref><ref name = "DSA">{{Cite web |author= <!--Not stated-->|date= <!--Not stated-->|title= Dictionary of Scottish Architects - Newport Primary School|url= http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=410418|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220131192130/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=410418|archive-date= 31 January 2022|access-date= 31 January 2022|website= www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|language= en}}</ref> Older pupils attend secondary school at [[Madras College]] in [[St Andrews]], or at [[Bell Baxter High School]] in [[Cupar]], or at the nearest independent schools, the [[High School of Dundee]] and [[St Leonards School]].

Public bus routes are the 77 to [[Dundee]], 92 to [[St Andrews]], and the X54 to [[Edinburgh]] via [[Glenrothes]] (and [[Ninewells Hospital]] in the other direction)

Newport has been twinned with [[Zolotarovo]], [[Ukraine]] since 20 July 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town Twinning |url=https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=service.display&objectid=909a83ad-347e-4e30-828c-07b353b68048 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165242/https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=service.display&objectid=909a83ad-347e-4e30-828c-07b353b68048 |archive-date=3 January 2017 |access-date=26 January 2018 |website=www.fifedirect.org.uk |publisher=[[Fife Council]] |language=en}}</ref>

===Local amenities===
[[File:Newport East Station (geograph 3190285).jpg|thumb|right|300px|A view of Newport in about 1968 showing the BL Nairn, St. Fillans Church, and the East Station]]
Amenities on and around the High Street include food and drink stores, health and beauty outlets, trades and services, a variety of shops, an art gallery and a sports centre.

There are three churches:
*[[Church of Scotland]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-17 |title=Newport on Tay Church of Scotland Homepage |url=http://www.notchurch.co.uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518013817/http://www.notchurch.co.uk/ |archive-date=18 May 2020 |access-date=28 March 2020 |publisher=Newport on Tay Church of Scotland |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Episcopal Church of Scotland]] (St Mary's)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newport-on-Tay, St Mary's |url=http://www.standrews.anglican.org/index.php/churches_directory/church/newport_on_tay_st_marys/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927053800/http://www.standrews.anglican.org/index.php/churches_directory/church/newport_on_tay_st_marys/ |archive-date=27 September 2011 |access-date=10 March 2011 |website=www.standrews.anglican.org |publisher=Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane |location=Perth, Scotland |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Roman Catholic]] (St. Fillans)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://northfifecatholic.weebly.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216120635/https://northfifecatholic.weebly.com/ |archive-date=16 December 2018 |access-date=28 March 2020 |website=Northfifecatholic.weebly.com |language=en}}</ref>

A second Church of Scotland church, St. Fillans, originally a [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church]], was demolished in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Fillans Free Church, Newport-On-Tay |url=http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/photopolis/st-fillans-free-church-newport-tay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224021106/http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/photopolis/st-fillans-free-church-newport-tay |archive-date=24 February 2022 |access-date=24 February 2022 |website=www.leisureandculturedundee.com |publisher=Leisure & Culture Dundee |language=en}}</ref>