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Extract from the Newhaven Travel Guides:
To the west of Leith lies the village of
NEWHAVEN
, built by James IV at the start of the sixteenth century as an alternative shipbuilding centre to Leith: his massive warship, the
Great Michael
, was built here. It has also been a ferry station and an important fishing centre, landing some six million oysters a year at the height of its success in the 1860s. Today, the harbour still has a pleasantly salty feel. Among various modern developments, the old fish market remains, housing
Harry Ramsden's
fish-and-chip caf, a couple of fish merchants and the small
Newhaven Heritage Museum
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read the whole Newhaven Travel Guides...
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