Newport-on-Tay

History

{| class="toccolours" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;"| Historical populations |- ! style="text-align:center;"| Censusyear !! style="text-align:right;"| Population |- | colspan=2| |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1755 || style="text-align:right;"| 751 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1801 || style="text-align:right;"| 916 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1851 || style="text-align:right;"| 1,125 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1901 || style="text-align:right;"| 4,720 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1951 || style="text-align:right;"| 3,727 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2001 || style="text-align:right;"| 4,370 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2011 || style="text-align:right;"| 4,243 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2022 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,118 |} The town was established near the endpoint of one part of a ferry route that itself was started in the 12th century. In 1715 a new pier and inn were built, the work being funded by the Guilds of Dundee which resulted in the settlement being called "New Dundee". Thomas Telford built a new harbour in the 1820s, and the town expanded and grew into a commuter suburb of Dundee as the prosperous jute manufacturers, industrialists and the middle and upper working class of Dundee established fashionable residences in Newport. The local war memorial dates from 1920 and was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer. Newport-on-Tay formerly had two railway stations – the East and West stations on what was the Newport Railway. Both stations (and the Tayport-Dundee branch line) closed in 1969, having lost much of their business following the opening of the Tay Road Bridge in 1966. In fact, trains had ceased to run…

Most-observed species

• Herring Gull

  Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 · Aves
  6,143
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,959
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,909
• Eurasian red squirrel

  Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  4,512
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,243
• eastern gray squirrel

  Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 · Mammalia
  4,145
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,067
• Daisy

  Bellis perennis L. · Magnoliopsida
  3,519

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2026-04-16
  42 km WNW of Comrie, United Kingdom
• M 3.9 — 2025-10-20
  29 km NW of Comrie, United Kingdom
• M 2.5 — 2005-12-31
  3 km WSW of Auchterarder, United Kingdom
• M 2.5 — 2003-06-20
  12 km NNW of Balfron, United Kingdom
• M 2.8 — 2003-06-20
  14 km NNW of Balfron, United Kingdom
• M 3 — 2003-06-20
  12 km NNW of Balfron, United Kingdom