Newtyle

Newtyle is a village in the west of Angus, Scotland. It lies 11 miles to the north of Dundee in the south west of Strathmore, between Hatton Hill and Newtyle (Heather Hill) in the Sidlaws. The village sits on gently sloping ground with a northwest aspect. The main communication link is the B954 road. The population numbers approximately 800.^[1]

Looking south towards the Sidlaw Hills. From left to right: Kinpurnie ,Hatton and Newtyle Hills.

Coordinates: 56°33′30″N 3°08′43″W / 56.558387°N 3.145331°W / 56.558387; -3.145331

Newtyle
Newtyle  Newtyle shown within Angus
Population	800
OS grid reference	NO297413
Council area	Angus
Lieutenancy area	Angus
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Blairgowrie
Postcode district	PH12
Dialling code	01828 650
Police	Tayside
Fire	Tayside
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Angus
Scottish Parliament	North Tayside
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History

The original village of Newtyle was centred around the church and what are now Kirkton Road and Smiddy road.Hatton Castle to the south and Newbigging to the north lie within the parish boundary.

The Railway

Newtyle was the northern terminus for the first commercial railway in Scotland, the Dundee and Newtyle Railway which opened in 1832.The grid street plan of the central part of the village was laid out shortly after the railway opened and was intended to form the basis for a manufacturing centre which could take advantage of the communications link to Dundee^[2]. Rail services to and from Newtyle were in decline for a number of years before the line was closed in the 1960s under the Beeching Axe.^[3] Most of the railway buildings have since been demolished but the embankments and cuttings remain a prominent feature of the countryside surrounding the village. Although now placed in the county of Angus when the village was first built it designated as part of the county of Forfar.

Education

Newtyle school provides education at primary level up to year 7 after which pupils travel elsewhere for secondary education.The school provided two years of secondary education until 1998. Local government boundary changes have seen different generations of Newtyle pupils receive their secondary education at Forfar Academy, Harris Academy in Dundee, Monifieth High School and laterally at Webster's High School in Kirriemuir. A new school was constructed in 2009 to replace the old building which had been in use since 1969.

Economy

There are no major employers in Newtyle, but a number of small local businesses also provide employment within the village. A large part of the working population commutes to Dundee.

Notes

1. ^ Year 2004 population of selected Scottish settlements
2. ^ William Murdoch Duncan, (1979) Newtyle. A Planned Manufacturing Village, Forfar Historical Society
3. ^ N. Ferguson [October 1995] Dundee and Newtyle Railway Including the Alyth and Blairgowrie Branches (Oakwood Library of Railway History) (hardcover), The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-476-8.