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'''Niddrie''' ({{IPAc-en|'|n|I|d|r|i}}) is a residential suburb in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland. It is situated in the south-east of the city, south-west of the [[coast|seaside]] area of [[Portobello, Edinburgh|Portobello]], and west of [[Musselburgh]] in [[East Lothian]] near [[Fort Kinnaird]] retail park. The western section of Niddrie is also known by the alternative name of [[Craigmillar]].

'''Niddrie''' is a residential suburb in Eastern [[Edinburgh]] in Scotland.

==Location==
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It is situated on the south-east of the city, south-west of the [[coast|seaside]] area of [[Portobello, Edinburgh|Portobello]], and west of [[Musselburgh]] in [[East Lothian]] near [[Fort Kinnaird]] retail park.


==History==
==History==
The place name is believed to be of [[Brythonic languages|Brythonic]] origin, *''nuada tref'' meaning "new settlement". It was known historically as Niddry Marischal.
The place name is believed to be of [[Brythonic languages|Brythonic]] origin, *''nowid treb'' meaning "new settlement".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_III_Index_of_Place_Names_2023_edition.pdf|title=Brittonic Language in the Old North: Index of Place Names|website=spns.org.uk|access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref> It was known historically as Niddry Marischal to distinguish it from several other nearby localities: [[Longniddry]] and Niddry Bents.


The Wauchope family owned the majority of the area up to the 1930s. The family home Niddrie Marischal House was immediately west of the present day Jack Kane Centre sports complex in [[Hunters Hall]] Park. The Wauchopes eventually donated their lands to the city.
The Wauchope family owned the majority of the area up to the 1930s. [[Robert Wauchope (bishop)|Robert Wauchope]], [[Archbishop of Armagh]] and Primate of Ireland, was born in Niddrie Marischal around 1500. In the 1590s [[Archibald Wauchope of Niddrie]] was a supporter of the rebel [[Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell|Earl of Bothwell]].<ref>[[Annie Cameron|Annie I. Cameron]], ''Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595'', vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 164.</ref> The family home Niddrie Marischal House was immediately west of the present-day Jack Kane Centre sports complex in [[Hunters Hall]] Park. The Wauchopes eventually donated their lands to the city.


In 1839 [[John Henderson (architect)|John Henderson]] designed the lodge and gates to the Mansion. The House was demolished although the vaulted tomb-house, which adjoined the western extension, remains as a listed building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.historic-scotland.gov.uk/designation/LB28103|title=NIDDRIE MARISCHAL HOUSE TOMBHOUSE NIDDRIE MARISCHAL TERRACE|publisher=}}</ref>
In 1839 [[John Henderson (architect)|John Henderson]] designed the lodge and gates to the Mansion. The House was demolished although the vaulted tomb-house, which adjoined the western extension, remains as a listed building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.historic-scotland.gov.uk/designation/LB28103|title=NIDDRIE MARISCHAL HOUSE TOMBHOUSE NIDDRIE MARISCHAL TERRACE}}</ref>

From the mid-19th century the area was developed by the family for coal-mining purposes with several pits being built and a great number of miners cottages were erected.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/227.html | title=Niddrie 1884 - Scottish Mining Website }}</ref>


[[Social housing]] was built in Niddrie Mains by Edinburgh [[Corporation]] from 1927 until the mid-1930s, under the designs of City Architect, [[Ebenezer James MacRae]]. The new housing was linked to a major [[Slum clearance in the United Kingdom|slum clearance]] scheme in the St. Leonard's Ward of Edinburgh. Families from these cleared areas were housed together with local coal mining families from Niddrie.
[[Social housing]] was built in Niddrie Mains by Edinburgh [[Corporation]] from 1927 until the mid-1930s, under the designs of City Architect, [[Ebenezer James MacRae]]. The new housing was linked to a major [[Slum clearance in the United Kingdom|slum clearance]] scheme in the St. Leonard's Ward of Edinburgh. Families from these cleared areas were housed together with local coal mining families from Niddrie.


The [[Niddrie Mains]] estate is now almost completely demolished, with no attempts made to recondition the buildings. The land has been mostly designated for private housing. The land that occupied most of the social housing in the community is being regenerated.
The Niddrie Mains council housing estate is now almost completely demolished, with very few of the buildings surviving. The land has been mostly redesignated for private rather than social housing.
The site is currently being developed by PARC, an ALMO or [[Arms Length Management Organisation]], fully owned by the [[City of Edinburgh Council]]. The development includes a new primary school for the surrounding area, with the old Niddrie Mill Primary School and St Francis Primary School being put in a joint campus. The first, though unassociated, phase of redevelopment in the Niddrie Mains area was the Hays area, constructed around 2001 and consisting of two-storey blocks with gardens and [[pedestrianised]] streets.
The site is currently being developed by PARC, an ALMO or [[Arms Length Management Organisation]], fully owned by the [[City of Edinburgh Council]]. The development includes a new primary school for the surrounding area, with the old Niddrie Mill Primary School and St Francis Primary School being put on a joint campus. The first, though unassociated, phase of redevelopment in the Niddrie Mains area was the Hays area, constructed around 2001 and consisting of two-storey blocks with gardens and [[pedestrianised]] streets.


==Crime==
==Crime==


In the 1980s and 1990s, Niddrie suffered from a high crime rate. [[Antisocial behaviour]] is fairly common, though gang fights and [[knife legislation|knife crime]] are of a lesser degree today compared to the levels recorded in the 1980s and 1990s. During the 1980s, Niddrie was one of the most drug-riddled communities in Scotland,{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} and still has problems with [[class A drug]] use today. For a number of years, the area has had problems with joyriding and youngsters stealing cars and motorbikes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/irresponsible-youtube-shows-180mph-joyriders-in-stolen-car-1-1337261|title='Irresponsible' YouTube shows 180mph joyriders in stolen car|publisher=}}</ref> Nearby [[Greendykes]] and [[Niddrie Mains]] was ranked as the fourth-most deprived area in Scotland in the 2006 [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]]<ref name="Scottish Index of Multiple deprivation">{{cite web
Between the 1980s and 2000s, Niddrie suffered from a high crime rate. [[Antisocial behaviour]] is fairly common, though gang fights and [[knife legislation|knife crime]] are of a lesser degree today compared to the levels recorded between the 1980s and 2000s. During the 1980s, Niddrie was one of the most drug-riddled communities in Scotland,{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} and still has problems with [[class A drug]] use today.{{cn|date=December 2021}} For a number of years, the area has had problems with joyriding and youngsters stealing cars and motorbikes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/irresponsible-youtube-shows-180mph-joyriders-in-stolen-car-1-1337261|title='Irresponsible' YouTube shows 180mph joyriders in stolen car}}</ref> [[Greendykes]] and Niddrie Mains was ranked as the fourth-most deprived area in Scotland in the 2006 [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]]<ref name="Scottish Index of Multiple deprivation">{{cite web |url = http://www.sns.gov.uk/Simd/Simd.aspx |publisher = Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics |year = 2012 |access-date = 6 March 2013 |title = Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150510081913/http://www.sns.gov.uk/Simd/Simd.aspx |archive-date = 2015-05-10}}</ref>

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Episodes of public disorder have seen police and fire service personnel subject to attack.
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During the bonfire night period 2023 a police vehicle was struck by a Molotov cocktail in the area with gangs on motorcycles racing through the area "while fireworks were lobbed at the ground". Young people in masks were reported to be filming themselves using a "rocket launcher to shoot fireworks at police" In an effort to control the disorder several roads in the area were closed in the Hay Avenue area of the suburb and police became involved in a stand-off with around 100 youths on the Sunday night.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vesty |first=Sarah |date=2023-11-05 |title=Niddrie riot youths aim rocket launcher at police and shout 'get it on his head' |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/niddrie-riot-youths-aim-rocket-31368387 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref>
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|title = Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
On November 5, 2023, the BBC reported that "about 50 young people have clashed with riot police in Edinburgh with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-05 |title=Police petrol-bombed in Edinburgh Bonfire Night disorder |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-67328978 |access-date=2023-11-06}}</ref>
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==Demographics==
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! Ethnicity !! Portobello/Craigmillar Ward !! Edinburgh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/wards/city_of_edinburgh/S13002935__portobello_craigmillar/ |title=Portobello / Craigmillar |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=2024-08-12}}</ref>
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| White || 85.0% || 84.9%
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| Asian || 7.5% || 8.6%
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| Black || 3.0% || 2.1%
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| Mixed || 2.2% || 2.5%
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| Other || 2.2% || 1.9%
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==Transport==
==Transport==
Niddrie once had its own railway station, on the [[Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway]]. Today the nearest stations are at {{rws|Brunstane}} and {{rws|Newcraighall}}, both located on [[Edinburgh Crossrail]] and [[Borders Railway]].
Niddrie once had its own railway station, on the [[Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway]]. Today the nearest stations are at {{rws|Brunstane}} and {{rws|Newcraighall}}, both located on [[Edinburgh Crossrail]] and [[Borders Railway]].


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[[Lothian Buses]] provide 8 buses to the area:

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[[Lothian Buses]] provide 6 buses to the area:


<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">2</span>'''</span>
<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">2</span>'''</span>
Gyle Centre - Hermiston Gait - Broomhouse - Saughton - Gorgie - Haymarket - Grassmarket - Southside - Prestonfield - Niddrie - Asda
Hermiston Gait - Broomhouse - Saughton - Gorgie - Haymarket - Grassmarket - Southside - Prestonfield - Niddrie - Asda


*Sunday buses terminate at Hermiston Gait
*Evening Buses terminate at Broomhouse Roundabout
*Evening Buses terminate at Broomhouse Roundabout


<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">14</span>'''</span>
<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">14</span>'''</span>
Muirhouse - Granton - Pilton - Ferry Road - Leith - Elm Row - North Bridge - Southside - Prestonfield - Niddrie
Muirhouse - Granton - Pilton - Ferry Road - Leith - Elm Row - North Bridge - Southside - Prestonfield - Niddrie - Greendykes


<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">21</span>'''</span>
<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">21</span>'''</span>
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<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">30</span>'''</span>
<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">30</span>'''</span>
Musselburgh - Queen Margaret University - Fort Kinnaird - Niddrie - Prestonfield - Southside - Princes Street - Longstone - [[Wester Hailes]]
Queen Margaret University - Fort Kinnaird - Niddrie - Prestonfield - Southside - Princes Street - Longstone - [[Wester Hailes]] - Clovenstone

<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">46</span>'''</span>
Rosewell - Bonnyrigg - Dalkieth - Danderhall - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird - Stoneybank - Musselburgh

<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: red">48</span>'''</span>
Gorebridge - Mayfield - Dalkieth - Danderhall - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird - Stoneybank - Musselburgh

<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color: blue">400</span>'''</span>
Edinburgh Airport - Gyle Centre - Wetser Hailes - Colinton - Oxgangs - Kaimes - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird


<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color:black">N30</span>'''</span>
<span style="color:white;">'''<span style="background-color:black">N30</span>'''</span>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst7787.html Niddrie] at [[Gazetteer for Scotland]]
*[http://members.tripod.com/niddrie/ Photos of Niddrie]
*[http://members.tripod.com/niddrie/ Photos of Niddrie]


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Niddrie House south of Edinburgh c. 1800

Niddrie (/ˈnɪdri/) is a residential suburb in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated in the south-east of the city, south-west of the seaside area of Portobello, and west of Musselburgh in East Lothian near Fort Kinnaird retail park. The western section of Niddrie is also known by the alternative name of Craigmillar.

History

The place name is believed to be of Brythonic origin, *nowid treb meaning "new settlement".[1] It was known historically as Niddry Marischal to distinguish it from several other nearby localities: Longniddry and Niddry Bents.

The Wauchope family owned the majority of the area up to the 1930s. Robert Wauchope, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, was born in Niddrie Marischal around 1500. In the 1590s Archibald Wauchope of Niddrie was a supporter of the rebel Earl of Bothwell.[2] The family home Niddrie Marischal House was immediately west of the present-day Jack Kane Centre sports complex in Hunters Hall Park. The Wauchopes eventually donated their lands to the city.

In 1839 John Henderson designed the lodge and gates to the Mansion. The House was demolished although the vaulted tomb-house, which adjoined the western extension, remains as a listed building.[3]

From the mid-19th century the area was developed by the family for coal-mining purposes with several pits being built and a great number of miners cottages were erected.[4]

Social housing was built in Niddrie Mains by Edinburgh Corporation from 1927 until the mid-1930s, under the designs of City Architect, Ebenezer James MacRae. The new housing was linked to a major slum clearance scheme in the St. Leonard's Ward of Edinburgh. Families from these cleared areas were housed together with local coal mining families from Niddrie.

The Niddrie Mains council housing estate is now almost completely demolished, with very few of the buildings surviving. The land has been mostly redesignated for private rather than social housing.

The site is currently being developed by PARC, an ALMO or Arms Length Management Organisation, fully owned by the City of Edinburgh Council. The development includes a new primary school for the surrounding area, with the old Niddrie Mill Primary School and St Francis Primary School being put on a joint campus. The first, though unassociated, phase of redevelopment in the Niddrie Mains area was the Hays area, constructed around 2001 and consisting of two-storey blocks with gardens and pedestrianised streets.

Crime

Between the 1980s and 2000s, Niddrie suffered from a high crime rate. Antisocial behaviour is fairly common, though gang fights and knife crime are of a lesser degree today compared to the levels recorded between the 1980s and 2000s. During the 1980s, Niddrie was one of the most drug-riddled communities in Scotland,[citation needed] and still has problems with class A drug use today.[citation needed] For a number of years, the area has had problems with joyriding and youngsters stealing cars and motorbikes.[5] Greendykes and Niddrie Mains was ranked as the fourth-most deprived area in Scotland in the 2006 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation[6]

Episodes of public disorder have seen police and fire service personnel subject to attack.

During the bonfire night period 2023 a police vehicle was struck by a Molotov cocktail in the area with gangs on motorcycles racing through the area "while fireworks were lobbed at the ground". Young people in masks were reported to be filming themselves using a "rocket launcher to shoot fireworks at police" In an effort to control the disorder several roads in the area were closed in the Hay Avenue area of the suburb and police became involved in a stand-off with around 100 youths on the Sunday night.[7]

On November 5, 2023, the BBC reported that "about 50 young people have clashed with riot police in Edinburgh with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers".[8]

Demographics

Ethnicity Portobello/Craigmillar Ward Edinburgh[9]
White 85.0% 84.9%
Asian 7.5% 8.6%
Black 3.0% 2.1%
Mixed 2.2% 2.5%
Other 2.2% 1.9%

Transport

Niddrie once had its own railway station, on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway. Today the nearest stations are at Brunstane and Newcraighall, both located on Edinburgh Crossrail and Borders Railway.

Lothian Buses provide 8 buses to the area:

2 Hermiston Gait - Broomhouse - Saughton - Gorgie - Haymarket - Grassmarket - Southside - Prestonfield - Niddrie - Asda

  • Evening Buses terminate at Broomhouse Roundabout

14 Muirhouse - Granton - Pilton - Ferry Road - Leith - Elm Row - North Bridge - Southside - Prestonfield - Niddrie - Greendykes

21 Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Portobello - Leith - Ferry Road - Silverknowes - Davidsons Mains - Clermiston - Sighthill - Gyle Centre/Clovenstone

30 Queen Margaret University - Fort Kinnaird - Niddrie - Prestonfield - Southside - Princes Street - Longstone - Wester Hailes - Clovenstone

46 Rosewell - Bonnyrigg - Dalkieth - Danderhall - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird - Stoneybank - Musselburgh

48 Gorebridge - Mayfield - Dalkieth - Danderhall - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird - Stoneybank - Musselburgh

400 Edinburgh Airport - Gyle Centre - Wetser Hailes - Colinton - Oxgangs - Kaimes - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird

N30 Westside Plaza - Baberton - Clovenstone - Longstone - Princes Street - Niddrie - Queen Margaret University - Stoneybank - Musselburgh

Community Arts

Immediately adjacent to Craigmillar, and part of Edinburgh City's political ward Craigmillar/Portobello, it was also the home of the Craigmillar Festival Society, a community arts organisation, founded by local mother and "Woman Of Achievement" Helen Crummy.

References

  1. ^ "Brittonic Language in the Old North: Index of Place Names" (PDF). spns.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ Annie I. Cameron, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 164.
  3. ^ "NIDDRIE MARISCHAL HOUSE TOMBHOUSE NIDDRIE MARISCHAL TERRACE".
  4. ^ "Niddrie 1884 - Scottish Mining Website".
  5. ^ "'Irresponsible' YouTube shows 180mph joyriders in stolen car".
  6. ^ "Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation". Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  7. ^ Vesty, Sarah (5 November 2023). "Niddrie riot youths aim rocket launcher at police and shout 'get it on his head'". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Police petrol-bombed in Edinburgh Bonfire Night disorder". BBC News. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Portobello / Craigmillar". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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